Amaranth, holy basil, rosemary, witch hazel, yaupon, chamomile, echinacea, runner beans, hazelnut, sunflower, and carefully contained mints.
This is my final end of days plant list for the Southern US. #Gardening#Herbalism#ClimateDiary
Don’t know why I bother buying or collecting seed from previous years. I should just put my home compost in pots and water it: I’d get a nice crop of tomatoes and squashes with a lot less effort… this is from potting on 2 weeks ago
@JimmyB Made this bed using my homemade compost a couple of weeks ago. You can just about see a straight row of beetroot where I used the bottom of a bag of shop compost. I'm rebranding it as a seedbed. Full of squash, tomatoes and perhaps PSB.
Which is good because almost none of my purpose sown seeds have germinated!
Ok, here's an update on the Verbena bonariensis situation from my post yesterday. Less than 12 hours later and the two plants have been almost totally skeletonized by something I cannot see. There is a healthy Verbena less than 6 inches to the left of the picture that is totally untouched. Any thoughts? #gardening #allotment #zone6b #NewEngland #insects #entomology @gardening
#Tomatoes into the ground, though we could still add to the second row. Will acquire more this week maybe.
Also K replaced the #thyme that didn't make it through the winter, and the #rosemary that didn't survive in an indoor pot past December. Those dark days are tough for it, but we use it very heavily anticipating it won't last.
I think I've only twice managed to get rosemary to last to be replanted in spring.
@canyakker a good point! The first time I succeeded in making it survive the winter it was by watering it much more often. Indoor winter house environment is like a very dry desert, so it's a tough slog for them.
It's pretty great having the plant handy for cooking uses too. :)
Has anyone had any experience of using anaerobic digester digestate (the solid stuff that comes out the end)? One of the community gardens I’m involved with has been offered a tonne bag full of it.
I think it can be used as a mulch but we’ve been warned not to add it too thickly. I’ve been gifted a small bag of the digestate today & it smelled a bit like ammonia.
Any tips? #Gardening@gardening #AnaerobicDigester
I built this "Little Free Art Gallery" for my wife a few years ago. She's turned into a prolific artist over the years and creates way more art than our house can handle, and she's run out of friends to gift them to. So now she can give her art away to the neighborhood.
This #Monday morning I’m bored and pondering seed things, such as bigleafed maple whirlybirds at the park, chive flowers, and garlic scapes from the garden, which I ate. Have also consumed the year’s first garlic cloves, a whole bulb already. #GetOutside#Gardening#GrowYourOwn
A gold and purple iris in my friend's garden. I never really paid attention to iris beards before and didn't realize they has such amazing color patterns.
(05/15/24)
A neighbor very kindly offered me the contents of his compost pile which I gladly accepted and used to finish off mulching around the tomato plants. I gave him a head of lettuce in return for two carts of compost. What a deal! 😀 #gardening #allotment #zone6b #NewEngland @gardening #compost
Sorted out the #gardening. Drip tape leaks fixed. A few weeds pulled. Ground cloths adjusted to cover a few bare patches. About 10 tomato plants from a neighbor put in. Mine need a few more days to grow inside under the lights.
Opened a corner of the tarp and turned that and put in 10 potato plants.
Some tomatillo and eggplant still germinating or sprouted under the lights.
Ate a few asparagus a while ago. Year 2 for them so I will leave them to get stronger.
I have about 1kg of mammoth sunflower seeds saved from last year. I want to plant a wall of them, but I have to figure out how to protect them from vermin until they reach 2ft and toughen up.
This sunflower is NOT messing around. Only 7 weeks ago, this was a seed in the ground. Today it's 5 feet 4 inches tall! (~164cm for my European friends)
@killyourfm it was only a couple feet tall but it was growing in the gutter. 😂 Bird must’ve dropped a seed up there and it took root in all the gunk and leaves.
@thepoliticalcat Awww. My miaolings don’t go outside, but my brother’s Corexit goes out on a leash and explores their garden. I’m glad Juju got some outdoor time today! 🥰
if you have an idea what this is, please let me know!
found under a woodchip pile in north-central minnesota. my dad says "didn't have a plant attached. it doesn't smell like anything offensive, just dirt. isn't notably firm or soft" #gardening#foraging#fungus#wildcraft
Hello little friend! This ladybug investigated my giant swiss chard quite thoroughly before settling in a leaf curl. #gardening#insects#ladybug@gardening
@Stitch26@gardening I love the many different names for ladybugs! My favorite is probably the languages that decided to call them cows (presumably due to their spots).
