A quick picture of the garden: Mostly tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, and broccoli in that shot, because let’s face it- little bean and pea sprouts aren’t all that photogenic. And here is a picture of the ferocious guard dog watching my front yard while I relax on the porch: No one gets by without a very …
Garden Chats
Open Thread
I swear it has to be 90 degrees here, with nasty humidity. I am completely soaked after mowing the grass and weed-eating. Also, earlier, I said “It’s too hot,” and of course this has been going through my head for three hours: BTW- my pansies crack me up. I went out this morning and they …
Another Open Thread
Thought I would share a picture of the mini greenhouse I’m building on Tunch’s window: I think one of my begonias is dying.
Early Morning Open Thread: Dirt Talk
February must’ve been more brutal than I remember, or else I was permanently scarred by last summer’s rain-intensive Year of Almost No Sunlight, because somehow I ended up with 42 different tomato varieties, mostly single plants, mostly mail-order. (And, yes, I understand that completely violates the whole virtuous green locavore ethos of growing one’s own, …
Master of My Domain
Garden planted and watered, tomatoes staked and hay spread. Weeds pulled in the landscaping. Grass cut, dog pooped from several walks and cheering me on barking her ass off at everything while I worked. Now off to buy a new weed-eater and then to edge the sidewalks. Figured we could use an open thread.
Open Thread
Rainy and cruddy all day. Just a wasted day. On the other hand, the newly planted garden needs the rain. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about plants is that even when you do your best to plant them, they sometimes look a little cock-eyed and tilted when you are done, but within …
Open Thread
Finally had the garden plowed. Our tiller is broken, so a neighbor did it and it looks like the soil is pretty rich underneath, so I’m excited about that. Had a good dirt color, no sand and clay, and lots of worms. I hope to spend some time getting the big clumps of sod and …