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Our mint is only reaching harvest stage but I am not sure that I need more than what came off in '26. Mojito is in a very shady location and needs more days. I probably should have left the anise hyssop alone but it was too tempting to have some fresh sprigs for a big mug this week 🥲. Some...

Somewhere in @heirloomgal 's neighborhood.

Quite a contrast between Tuesday afternoon's sunny 81⁰f (27⁰C) and what we have had since. Wind gusts to 48mph ... random rain showers ... it is 44⁰f (7⁰C) at 3:30AM. Had the lawn and gardens watered by the time the highest winds showed up because the prediction of rain totals amounting to...

.At least, we don't have to put up with this in our own gardens.

It's 81⁰f (27⁰C). Warmest day of the year and 15⁰f above the normal high for the day. Thinning beets yields a vegetable right at the top of my favorites. You might want to try starting beets in potting soil and transplanting. if it's beet roots you especially enjoy, chard would be a miss. If...

Shrub = bush: "They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than 6–10 m (20–33 ft) tall ..." Wikipedia, referencing a dictionary of botany. It qualifies this definition by noting environmental pressures which may limit tree growth. Multiple stems and...

After reading Bay's recent post, i felt a need for nature's calm.

My problem with carrots is a result of three factors : #1 The requirement to sow those small seeds only about 1/4-1/2 of an inch deep #2 The nearly 3 weeks waiting for emergence #3 The chance of dry conditions locally If there is one crop requiring hand watering, it’s carrots. Don’t say to...

I believe that I am correct in thinking that a “Robin” in the UK is a finch. A Robin in N America is a thrush with the same color pattern :).

? Hi, @ducks4you :D I like the mini herb garden ;). But, I am wondering if the plants would suffer here after the deterioration of the cardboard. Perhaps not — the plant roots may bind the soil together while not venturing out of the basket on the sides. Sitting on the ground, they would soon...

But, @Marie2020 , I have already seen All of Those Shorts ! Steve :D