Five herbs enter- five herbs... get along well? The sun herb bed is limping along, but the Berggarten sage has finally given up the ghost and as I'd like to have a more dignified bug free herb pot- the sun herb bed needs some negotiation- time for a change. I got some goodies yesterday, and … Continue reading Herb thunderdome
Been a while, and this one's largely going to be a good news/bad news post because I have a lot of that going on right now. October is a good month. So good news first! The second brassica bed is doing great. Sprouts are sprouting, kohlrabi is rabi-ing- good news all around. My next project … Continue reading Captain’s log: October 9th 2019
The latest try to anyways. It's not draining great and paradoxically dries out too easy and in general the really established plants are doing great while any new ones are kinda meh. Also the sage looks rough. That empty spot on the end in particular is like where herbs go to die. I lost a … Continue reading Trying to fix the sun herb bed
September is always a difficult time in the garden. Depending on the weather certain summer veggies are going strong- or failing. Certain herbs are thriving, or starting to die back. Somethings are unchanged, and somethings are just starting to fruit. And of course some bugs have gone away, and some are being a pain in … Continue reading Captain’s log: September 1st 2019
The absolutely wild weather continues, but we had a break in the rain and fog so I could pot up a few plants and contemplate future actions. I have no idea where the celery is going to end up in the end. Probably in its own larger pot but for now it's in a one … Continue reading August work part three: putting things in pots and looking ahead
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