The rain is back! Bringing water, weeds and fungi to a parched garden. None of this is bad, it just means that tomato time is over. I have some work cut out for me pulling plants soon. Regardless, I'm not upset. I had a damn good year for tomatoes, and learned a few things about … Continue reading Captain’s Log: Early November Rains Return
I put one 4 inch squash plant in a large plastic grow pot earlier this spring. Oh my. I'm getting nearly a squash a day or every other day now, which is a really glorious situation to find oneself in. But we're approaching the zucchini event horizon- when the plant gets mega-unwieldy very quickly and … Continue reading A Zucchini tree in the making
So I've been obviously neglecting the blog- and frankly my garden for a few weeks. There's a very easy explanation- I had a very bad migraine that kept me inside for a while and when I had recovered, the air was so unhealthy in San Francisco that I found staying outside to do more than … Continue reading An Apology
Well, this is the second Sunday for me self-isolating, might be week one for you- but regardless, how is everyone? I hope everyone's gardens are doing well, whether they're indoors, outdoors, mental, or in Animal Crossing. (Isn't is lucky that was coming out now?) I recently had to do some heroics to de-fungus gnat a … Continue reading Sunday Open Thread 3/22/20
Fancy legume edition. So next to the bed that has the new cucumber jungle gym, is a really sad one. Oof. Besides the roots of long gone collards it is just chock full of weeds. And what appears to be a stray borage, we'll save that for later. Not to mention a ton of oxalis … Continue reading Mid-March planting, part 3
The Neanderthal Gardens 