it's rather sad to do a search on this forum and not find any mentions of Keyline Design.
the overall issue with many earthworks though and any larger system is that you should understand the limits so that you don't design something that will be subject catastrophic failures. i think many...
when weeding yesterday (well now two days ago) i had some kind of bee or fly following me around (and i don't mean just for a few moments - but for about an hour and a half) and landing on my gardening gloves to get something (perhaps salt or moisture but the gloves weren't soaked wet it was...
cut around the bottom along with the slices down the sides. just leave the bottom as it is and dig it up in the fall to remove it. pull the sides out after planting like you describe. the plant will root out sideways ok at that depth and from what i've seen of your garden soils i think it...
for us (because we only plant the same type if we can get them) i've found that early stressed plants produce more BER fruits first - after the plants are established and growing well then the fruits are usually then fine until towards the end of the season.
we have a combination of issues...
wow, i've never seen that here on any of the puddles around the house after a rain. two sets of shingles (so far).
any roof leaks that needed patching? source of barrels? mosquito dunks or mosquito sprays? skin lotions?
still i think a small bit like that won't be enough to really harm plants.
yesterday i was very happy to see some baby toads. they are so very cute! :)
today i saw a tiny baby snake - also very cute. :) not sure what kind of snake it was as i didn't get very close.
perfect day to be outside. it was actually somewhat cool (compared to yesterday) and a nice...
new shingles? perhaps a bit of a concern at first but after they've been on for a while and through some rains that doesn't bother me. i'm sure we get a lot more contamination from things brought in on the winds (dusts from farm fields and various sprays).
If there had been a long hot and dry...
we do have peas/pea pods out there for picking but i've not been back that far in that garden enough to get many eaten or picked. the one pod i sampled was good.
we've had one of those dark clematis before, i'm not sure we still have it as i've not walked that side of things recently... i tend to get very task oriented and don't wander around looking for problems often because no matter what garden i'm in i can find things that need more attention than...
@heirloomgal i'm not sure those plants are infected as it looks maybe more like either heat stress or some other issue. they don't look mottled or mosaic to me... could it be some other disease? sure, but it would not be one i would worry about here. mainly because i have poor enough soil in...
as expected the new toy is not something that Mom will be able to use reliably. we will try the string trimmer attachment next to see if Mom will use it (i bet not as long as i'm around to do it instead) and if so i will have to content myself with picking up bits of plastic string the rest of...
summertime and the living is easy...
*dream evaporates*
summertime is busy in the morning then i get to take it easy the rest of the day... :)
i made some black walnut cookies and will have to get some frosting on them eventually.