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In a city-size lot, I have been fairly successful in tormenting ants enough to encourage them to move – probably just to a neighbor's yard. Of course, as they go, they may be more vulnerable to natural predators. I wish that cats were not so tough on ground feeding birds. With Spring, bugs...

The "Dry Pea and Lentil Capital of the US" lies less than 100 miles to the south. At one time, I imagined this meant that Austrian field peas would be a good choice for a Winter cover crop. Twice trying with the results of about ½ of the plants dying 1st Winter and 90% of them dying the 2nd...

The neighborhood Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium) has just begun to bloom and serves as my prompt to plant peas and potatoes. The peas are in the ground but the seed potatoes have just a few sprouts. I may go out and dig some holes where they should go in this afternoon since it has stopped...

🍀 You have 3 that are poor candidates for cold weather but your posted forecast certainly looks good. That is, for tomatoes. The 2nd week of June is the earliest for low temperatures to average above 50f (10C). I never wait that late for transplanting out the tomatoes and usually have them...

Sometimes, we have to help them through their problems ;).

Not especially weighing up anything except, perhaps, what i mostly missed th thir thirty-five years ago!

Oh, sure ... :D

Oatmeal, cranberries, butter, brown sugar, almond milk — i was tempted to put yogurt covered raisins in there but appreciate them too much as a snack ;). Orange slices on the side. Oolong :) DW woke me at 3 playing youtube in bed. I never hear it ... except this morning 😣. The noise played into...

Thinking just yesterday how i tolerate the clump of Autumn crocus. The leaves die back having done nothing. Then, the flowers emerge at the very end of the growing season :).