Got two late season tomatoes and a funny blueberry and an absolute crap-ton of herbs... and a freaking tree collard! and that's not even the half of it. Gonna rip out the carrot bed and fill up the potato bags... Gonna amend all the beds... And start some new seeds for my friends... Yeah. Tomorrow … Continue reading Oh boy oh boy oh boy
Well the jury's out on the ladybug's overall effectiveness, but that didn't mean I could rest on my laurels. Again the siren call of my discount... The Kentucky wonder beans I've been growing from seed look awful. Not surprising after all, they were planted during a sluggy season and they all got nibbled to death. … Continue reading June planting and construction
This is the bed that used to have Swiss chard and arugula- both going to seed. I still want Swiss chard, but I have an arugula pot for the arugula. Also this bed gets a lot of sun, good for chard not so good for arugula. In winter it wasn't such a big deal but … Continue reading Finally sowing the back mixed bed
I am so done. The next few days of rain will be a welcome rest. But as today was cloudy but clear- it was work time. All you really need is a shovel. And muscles. I dug and I dug and I dug the side area under the fence. Then I put down some soil … Continue reading April planting part 3
It's almost all in. I say almost because despite the fact that rain wasn't forecast until tomorrow... it started today. So I got most of my plants in anyways. The blackberry will have to wait until the rain stops- but at least the tomatoes and the mess of zucchini are in. The zucchini was an … Continue reading April planting part 2
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