From commentor Mazareth: My garden is doing pretty well in spite of the sometime neglect. The 4 o’clock blossom is simply cool IMO. I have several growing by the chimney. It creates a micro zone 5 in my yard which allows the 4 o’clocks to over winter. They’re an annual in Central Wisconsin. I’ve been …
Garden Chats
Open Thread: Thursday(ish) Garden Chat
(Yeah, but if I’d posted this any sooner, I was afraid of being found strangled with an ipod cord.) Since nobody sent any pics this week, you’re stuck with mine. Roughly top-to-bottom, left-to-right: Persimmon, Stupice, Great White, Ramapo, Black Plum, Black Prince, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Tomatoberry, Japanese Black Trifele, Sara Black, Golden Sweet Plum, Rose, Sweet …
Open Thread: Sunday Garden Chat
More pics from commentor Opie Jeanne, “just East of Seattle, in Woodinville“, because they are awesome. *********** As kharmic retribution for my bragging, suddenly my tomatoes are developing random yellowed and withered leaves. Well, some variation of ‘late blight’ hits every year around Labor Day, and everything botanical’s been a good couple weeks in advance …
Open Thread: Thursday Garden Chat
Fruits of my labors! Left to right: Carmello, Rose de Berne (which is a lovely, delicate pinkish-red), Heirloom Great White, two Black Plums, Kellogg’s Breakfast, some Golden Sweet Plums & one Black Pearl, Persimmon, and Cherokee Purple. (I’ve never seen a Cherokee that didn’t look like a failed sci-fi prop, but they are soooo delicious!) …
Open Thread: Sunday Garden Chat
From commentor Opie Jeanne: We live just East of Seattle, in Woodinville. __ We woke up at too-damned-early o’clock because a flicker was pounding on the roof just after dawn. This would be amusing if it weren’t for the real damage he may be doing to our fragile roof, which we can’t afford to replace …
Open Thread: Thursday Garden Chat
From commentor Linda Featheringill: This is my fall garden. Those containers are grocery store reusable bags. Soil is in the bag about 6 inches deep and each bag holds about one squre foot, if you’re into that sort of thing. __ The plan is to grow 8 brussels sprouts, 15 rutabagas, and a bag full …
Wednesday Evening Open Thread
(Mike Thompson via GoComics.com) __ On the bright side, I just picked the first batch of basil, so it’s pasta with basil and home-grown cherry tomatoes for dinner. (Boxed pasta; my gardening is better than my cooking, and it don’t take mad gardening skillz to grow basil/tomatoes.) __ What’s on the table at your house? …