flowerbug's latest activity

Yikes. Reading a little as a reaction to that. I see that just about my favorite veggies are high in oxalate – baby beets or beet...

we can have quite cold snaps (-30C or worse at times). a few days ago we were at about -3C. i hope now we're past that. i don't plant...

We have frosts down to -8 but not often and not for days on end. I was assuming that by March peas would be able to survive your...

Years back I bought a red rose and took it sailing for a couple months and all of the blooms turned white. Now, I just bought a white...

Just got first sign; the chickpeas are up.

Generally, this winter is tricky here - cold but comparatively shorter. I checked different corners today and found this small...

She's still a very nervous girl when dogs are continually barking. The neighbours next door has two small dogs that bark and bang the...

if they were recently frosted it is not a good time to take rhubarb. the oxalates in the leaves will move down into the stem and it may...

Rhubarb, as in Strawberry Rhubarb pie! It's a little early and the stems were small and short. But, there were plenty of them and the...

you're in a place with much milder winters than what we get here. i do have pretty good luck growing Green Beauty peas into August here...

Peas are a cool weather crop though. They don’t like summer heat as they’re prone to mildew when it gets hot and dry. I grow them as an...

lovely! :)

Some more recent bean mail. This is a beautiful bean I ran across about two weeks ago. From a grower in Pescadaro, California. The...