Just finished the Suits season 2 premiere. Not sure if any of you are watching the show or watched it last season, but I really enjoy it. No pet drama today- everyone seems to be behaving themselves. No escapes, no vomiting, not shitting on the carpet. I’m gearing up for an active day tomorrow. On …
Garden Chats
Open Thread: “The Tomato Listener”
__ Two garden threads in one Sunday, because it’s that time of year. Pic is part of my personal harvest, two years ago. “In the midst of winter a dreary rainy week I found within me an invincible summer.” From commentor Jim M: In our little plot, we grow lots of tomatoes, from seed, mostly. …
Open Thread: Sunday Morning Garden Chat
__ From commentor Wesley: I live in downtown Washington DC (Dupont Circle) and have come across this plant attached in a planter across from my apartment. I’ve seen it growing for the last several years but always forget to get a pic of it. I’ve no idea what the hell it is but it is …
Open Thread- Garden Edition
Here’s a picture of my raised bed gardens: Just the usual stuff- heirlooms and a variety of tomatoes, as well as a bed of roma so I can freeze them for sauce, cukes, peppers, etc. The bed that appears to have nothing in it is peas and green beans and onions. I think I can …
Open Thread
Finally got my garden all the way in. What are we all up to tonight?
Sunday Morning Garden Chat
From commentor Jnfr: My roses have started blooming! From commentor Marvel: About this time of year I get so caught up in the Full Speed Ahead start of veggie-garden season, I sometimes forget to pause and spend a few quiet moments in our ornamental garden. OK — it’s a fair cop: if my hand happens …
Open Thread: Sunday Garden Chat
__ From commentor Marvel: It’s finally heating up, here in the Willamette Valley (OR). We’ve swapped out the poly- for fabric row covers on the raised beds and have spent the last few weeks preparing the soil for this year’s garden. Pepper starts (in the green house) and direct-sown peas, lettuce and spinach (outdoors) are …