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Thanks for this. I don't have voles, mice are definitely out there. They're well controlled by owls, hawks and eagles though. It may be an enterprising young mouse decided to snack on my garlics. Went out and replanted today, covered with a frost cloth. Here's a chewed one.

I've never had anything bother my garlic. I'll replant today and take some photos before I put frost cloth across it to keep the Snacker away.

I went out to check my garlic bed to see if they'd sprouted much and...and...something ate them? At first, I was puzzled because I couldn't find any garlic where I planted, but thought maybe a storm had covered them over. Eventually I did find one though, pulled up and with bite marks in it...

I'm glad! :)

My daughter wanted to know how far back candy went. It turns out, candy goes all the back to ancient egypt. People would make candy by dipping fruits and such into honey. :)

YES!! This could be fun. Let's see here. February - The month you chip hopefully at the ground in the hopes it will magically be not frozen. April - Sweet lies of warmth, followed by frost, followed by warmth. May - The real growing month June - Weed, weed, weed, weed, *blink* How are there...

I'm happy to take it as something to laugh over! I admit, I didn't think about Chinese new year or Aztec calendars/non-traditional calendars. We should make a TEG calendar, but redo the months from most important to least important gardening wise.

It's very hard to see people's emotions on the internet, so I'm going to assume you are not trying to be mean here. I do view everyone here on this website as friends.

Because I have a grow tent, starting after the new year didn't properly represent my "gardening" calendar. For me, the new year starts with the first seed instead.

Going back to this @flowerbug I've had a chance to look into this, and I think you may be on to something. I think we humans tend towards extremes. We learn that 'organic material' is what we need and that rocks in the soil block root growth or something, and we go crazy trying to eradicate...

More little tomatoes are up! I'm planning to go through my seeds today and see if I have anything else I want to plant. It's so exciting.

I feel uncomfortable sitting in a chair for a long time. The most I can do is 30 minutes to an hour before I have to get up and move around. As far as the off-season---I have two kids. :3 There is no off season! Soccer is just around the corner, there's a whole house to be cleaned, taken apart...

I have such a wonderful neighborhood! I followed the advice of my neighbor and plucked a sucker off my Tiny Tomatoes and got it set in a pot. If it grows too big, he says to just take a new cutting and start again until it's time for it to go out. He also showed me his pineapple plants, gave me...

The moon beam grape tomatoes were up this morning! I only planted them Sunday. :o That's some fast germination!

I want to be a grandkid. You guys have all the fun!!

It may well be the area. We've gotten some hot, sunny days, but mostly it's pretty dismal. My husband was able to grow his Carolina Reapers (from a healthy sized purchased plant) to enormous trees by keeping them in my grow tent. I wonder if I could make regional peppers a breeding project.

Today's gardening project was getting the hydroponics kit my mother in law gave me going. You fill it with water and plant food, insert pre seeded sponges, and the little machine does everything else. Fascinating!

That's a wonderful idea. I think I may try it.

Thank you for the tips! I could probably be more familiar with soil types. what can I do to make my soil more mineral based? Right now I imagine it's pretty heavy in organic materials, thanks to the abundance of chicken compost, vegetable compost, and fallen leaves I have. This year I'm growing...

Matt's Wild Cherry Tomato These are the sweetest, the smallest, the most wildly successful tomato I've ever had. I've got seeds planted now. It didn't mind anything from hail and frost to thunderstorms. It survived raccoons tromping through it and squirrels...