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Old cucumber seed, new cucumber growing method

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 ~ M Ress ~ 1 Comment

Trying out new things in the garden is a necessity year after year. A soil blend you like might be out of stock or reformulated badly, so you have to give something else a try. Last year your favorite tomato really beefed it and got ultra blighty or aphidy and you now know sun-gold is … Continue reading Old cucumber seed, new cucumber growing method

Those forking cats keep damaging my cucumbers

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 ~ M Ress ~ 1 Comment

Also titled: "how to fork some cats." So I planted up my trellis bed with cucumbers a while back and they're all doing well. A tad windburnt as you can see- but that's fairly common damage and generally isn't a major issue. Also some caterpillar damage but again, standard stuff. However. You see that coir … Continue reading Those forking cats keep damaging my cucumbers

A new bed for May

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 ~ M Ress ~ 2 Comments

I really went whole hog on weed wacking the yard this week. It was the perfect weather for it, nice and warm without being boiling. I only had to re-string the darn thing once, thought I did run through all the charged battery packs. See- nice and trim. But oh so empty... I have a … Continue reading A new bed for May

Mid-March planting, part 3

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 ~ M Ress ~ 5 Comments

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

Mid-March planting, part 2

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 ~ M Ress ~ 4 Comments

So it's stopped raining during the day, though it's still drizzling at night and in the early morning. This is good for me, as it's giving more time to plant and pot things before next Monday when the rains return. What's kinda nice is that with my new parsley I have an excuse to use … Continue reading Mid-March planting, part 2

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