I've been pretty busy. Both at work and at home and in the garden. So I've been tearing out anything that isn't bearing or was a bad experiment and the like. Lots of harvests- and lots of harvest to come. But my herb situation has been a mess for a while- and it's time to … Continue reading August construction
So I found a really weird weed that looks like a geranium. One of the cranes-bill ones. Then I found another. So I picked them roots and all. Probably just a weed. Looks good in a pot though. This was kind of my mood. Put a weed or two in a pot and hope it's … Continue reading Captain’s Log: February 20th 2019
Alright, it's still raining periodically, but that's no excuse. It was much worse last year, and I have too much to do to be idle. But oh what a mess. It's just wall to wall shrooms in the shade herb bed- but that's not the only fungus among us. The weird cat hair like mycelium … Continue reading Digging out from under the mire
So I've had some old dead tarragon under my shade herb pots for a while. I set them there during the rains to see if they'd bounce back. Not very bouncy. The one in terra-cotta is stone dead, and I thought the one in ceramic was too. Well what do you know? After cutting back … Continue reading Tenacious Tarragon
I got a few interesting herbs at work a few days ago, but due to the heat wave I had to wait to plant them. They just sat on my work table which is slightly under the overhang of the back of the house so they didn't get scorched. You will note the second tarragon. … Continue reading Mid-June planting and sowing
