Recent content by digitS'

Peas finished for the early season — on to the Green Beans :).

@baymule, it's 830 miles and 12-14 hours of driving between Trinity County and Albuquerque! That's what Google says and, honestly, I thought it was further than that but I imagined a route through El Paso ... I would need more than a day to recover! Blueberries and banana in the cold cereal...

Wishing You the Very Best, Duck4You. Steve

Hot day ahead with 96⁰f (36⁰C) forecast. Humidity may drop below 10% ... where am I, the Mojave? Sun is coming up and there is Corn Pops and Crispx in the bowl with lots of raspberries. Oolong has cooled enough to drink and then it's on to the herbal mix with Mojave ... uhm ... Mojito Mint in...

Three bald-face hornets (or yellow jackets, not gittin close enuf to tell) were in the beets this morning. One was eating a leaf miner. I hurried back into the house to grab the camera for a picture but he had finished his meal by the time I returned 😠. I was not intending to bother the hornets...

Whopper pepper from the greenhouse where there are more bells and jalapeños (whistles?) along with the Super Chilies. With yesterday's dinner, we had volunteer amaranth, of the red persuasion. And, I had 2 Yellow Jelly Bean tomatoes :).

Honestly, I didn't confuse Mick with Mark Ronson and it took me a few minutes to realize that I had seen that name before. Elton John's name, I recognize but who would have expected him to record 🎶 like this. If you want to lift the Millennials next door out of their complacency, give them 9...

The cucumber vine will be making trouble for it but I could put a little corral around the pansy for protection until it can be moved later in the season ;).

Spraying with Spinosad doesn't always take them out, for me. I think that it is because they stay under the plants hiding and feeding from there, right against the ground. Also, they seem to show up "en masse." After a week, I have hit them again with pyrethrum. That makes for a one-two punch...

I wanted to comment on @heirloomgal 's response on @ducks4you 's thread about planting tomatoes at an angle. Here seemed to be a better location. You are right, @heirloomgal about  leginess. and the benefits of roots growing from stems. Like "everything garden," local conditions having to do...

I experienced nearly the same thing just a couple of years ago, Dahlia. It was along the river and I had stopped at the park to have lunch. A bird was down on the river. It must have been a merganser. A bald eagle showed up and began that swooping back and forth close to the water. The bird...