Branching Out's latest activity

They eat baby birds too. I had a coppermouth climb a tree in my yard to get to baby birds. An Oak snake tunnelled into my chicken house...

Dinner included new potatoes with fresh dill from the garden-- a delight!

The USDA lists so many species that it is difficult to narrow things down but what we have growing wild locally looks to be the one...

Pics taken at the Butterfly Pavilion Portland Oregon.

I received a perennial baby's breath plant from a friend, and it did fine in our garden with minimal irrigation and full baking sun-- so...

I feel the same about transplants —  boom, a garden! One can't quite give up on the nursing of the plants. "Transplanting shock" is a...

Two hours of rather tiring mostly shovel work made up my 30 minutes of cardio exercise, today. A wheelbarrow load of pulled Asian...

I should confess, I actually have More than one lettuce, but those are the groups that grew in jugs. Not sure where I want to...

i was very happy today to finally get back to bean planting and so i was able to finish up planting one of the gardens by selecting a...

i finished a garden by planting three rows of beans - in the process of doing that i also made sure to bury all my existing compostable...

The Sweet William has burst into bloom and they are such a cheery sight. Each branch is like a little bouquet of loveliness. :)

Yes, it definitely does. Seedlings with 4" long roots are less vulnerable to high temperatures that can kind of bake the top couple of...

sorry to hear about your dog having troubles. in the middle of all that other stuff it must be a tough time. :hugs to all.

peppers all planted, on to the rest of the gardens, all need to be weeded in some ways but they're not too bad.

i'd mentioned to Mom that until i was done planting beans that i wasn't really available to help her with projects until the gardens...