Saw this whilst walking the dogs. Cracked me up: The prettier bunch of flowers busted through the crack in the curb, and is growing in a pile of curb detris. Wish my plants were so motivated.
Category: Gardening
Can’t have anything nice around here.
The summer blast furnace has fired up, and it's getting seriously hot around here. So gardening is challenging. I think I screwed up my cucumbers. Since I've been distracted by misery lately, I haven't been picking cucumbers. I grew a snack variety, which you're supposed to pick while they are small. By the time I … Continue reading Can’t have anything nice around here.
This is Out of Hand
Behold the Garden: Beets and peppers are progressing awesomely. The cucumbers are out of control. I'm up to my ass in cucumbers. What happened was I thought the ones I planted were dying, so I planted more. None of them died. So I have four vines, two types. Luckily I like cucumbers. The tomatoes I … Continue reading This is Out of Hand
Unearned Goodies
It's getting warm and stormy. The gardens are digging it. By the way, those cucumbers are 4" now. I harvested a few for lunch. They are the snacking variety. I can't get a view of the others, which are bush cucumbers. They aren't cooperating and climbing. Still, I'll be ass deep in cucumbers shortly. The … Continue reading Unearned Goodies
Getting to be That Time
I like reading Eaton Rapids Joe's posts about farming and gardening. He goes far deeper than I do, but I've learned quite a bit, especially about waking up old seeds. This year, I managed to start things on time, about 7 weeks before our last frost, which, technically, is next week although we haven't come … Continue reading Getting to be That Time
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