Those are the biggest crabapples I’ve ever seen, if that’s the case. They’re bigger than a golf ball, though still smaller than a baseball. I sampled a windfall this morning, and while it clearly wasn’t ripe, it was starting to develop an apple sweetness, certainly moreso than the windfall I tasted a few weeks ago. […]
Not bad for a week’s worth of growth.
The World’s Smallest Aerogarden has been busy! It’s great to see some true leaves. It’s been about two weeks since I set up the aerogarden. It alerted me that it was in need of more plant food, but I will admit to being a bit skeptical given that there was virtually no water consumption, and […]
I bought the world’s smallest Aerogard
After a winter of snow, melt, more snow, more melt, more snow, I was about climbing the walls wanting to grow something. Anything. Not a succulent. (I have one. They’re nice, but not especially Good Eats.) I got a Sprout-model Aerogarden. I’ve done hydroponics before, but never inside, so I figured it’d be an inexpensive […]
Dealing Tomatoes out of a ’95 Tercel
You ever have one of those days where you look at your garden and go “well … shoot”? I hit “overrun with tomatoes” more than once this summer. I made over a gallon of dried tomatoes. Three quarts of roasted tomatoes. Two batches of conserva. Two gallons of tomato sauce that went into the freezer. […]
[Garden] Drainage Ditch Clearout, Part 1
I spent yesterday acquiring a wheelbarrow with the help of my buddy John. Thanks, John! It’s a good thing I did. Y’see, we have this great backyard, with an enormous slope, and the nice folks who built our property installed a drainage ditch near its base. I wish I could say it was a swale, […]
And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did
This is my current garden, such as it is. Kind of a far cry from the old house, but you make do with what you have. And I’m not allowed to get any more plants just now, or I won’t be able to get into/out of the storage closet and the hot water heater closet. […]
Garden Update
Where has the summer gone? I lost it in a whirlwind of conventions and work, which led to me messing up my left shoulder and left hand, and deciding that I really needed to re-evaluate how I was spending my time. One of the things that I’ve decided to do is pitch the standard “work […]
Things I’ve Learned About Boysenberries
In January 2010, I planted, on the advice of my nursery-man, four little sticks. In the intervening year and a half, I’ve learned a reasonable amount about said little sticks, and I’m going to share it now. (: I am pretty sure that ‘long around September I’m going to have an addendum to this post […]
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Getting to the Root of the Problem
Uncle Pasto and I are in the process of trying to get the garden rearranged for fall and winter. This is kind of … well, it’s complicated, because neither of us are experienced with turning over the garden for a new season. So it’s all kind of an experiment. Right now, we’re still getting plenty […]