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I sampled the Hamburg parsley tonight - OH MY GOSH. Delicious! I can't believe how much flavor was in those little leaves, dare I say even better than parsley itself. More of a vegetable+ flavor. I am so going to grow this every year! I definitely did not plant enough. I can taste the...

If it's only every 2 or 3 months it's not so bad I guess, I just never weed for more than 15 minutes at a time with my hoe. Just a quick pass and I'm done, and with the hoe I actually really enjoy it. It feels like sweeping to me, not weeding. I almost finished thinning all the rest of the...

I have a backpack for my dog, and I've used it a lot. I put a baggie right full of rice or navy beans in each of the 'saddlebags' on either side. He is about 30 pounds so I think too much more might cause problems. I like it for the bit of extra work it gives him, so he tires out a bit more...

It's funny you mention this, because I believe I had this wind problem last year. We had 2 days of really, really big gusty winds and just after my beans looked really terrible. It actually set them back I think, some of the leaves even got torn. They did eventually catch up though. Even...

How did the training session go?

Bigarradda Gris Negre! Such a great bean! I'll be curious how it produces for you, that is the highest yielding bean I think I've ever grown.

Saw the first bud on the 'Apricotta' cosmos today!:weee They're still small yet, but they seem inclined to flower soon! The Elephant's Head amaranth was sooooo tiny when it went in. This species seems very resentful in a starter pot, Amarnath in general seems to refuse to put on size for me...

This is my & DH's thinking - gardens are actually less demanding in multiple ways than grass. We have too much 'grassy' areas as it is. I wish there was an economical and organic way to get a thick sward of beautiful pure grass, it really is the best foil for a pretty garden area. It's almost...

Do you prune them? My typical approach is to never cut branches, and worst case scenario allow the plants to just sprawl on the ground if need be, since I am afterall wanting maximum seeds as oppose to tomatoes. I grow enough plants that I can pluck good specimens from any of them and still...

:ep Oh my gosh, okay I think that is the answer! I can't keep any perennials that take hours to weed!

Do you prune the tomatoes to one stem only?

Bean progress pics! I had to redneck it a bit with some temporary "fencing" until the plants are a bit bigger and I can remove it all, because a little brown furry beast has been hanging around for 2 weeks. I'll give him this - he has eaten nothing in my garden and seems only to be interested...

Yes, I can imagine all the stones and pebbles are even more uncomfortable than compacted garden soil. Especially for long periods of weeding. On that topic I wanted to ask a question; with the various carpet type perennials you have, how do you manage to keep the weeds under control? The...

That's odd. Maybe they acclimatize quickly. One year of droughty heat conditions and the next generation of some species will be reflecting that. The seed company Potager Ornamental Catherine does this as a practice, plants the seeds and then leaves them. What survives is what seed they...

It's been a long time since I grew sunflowers. I had forgotten how quickly the plants can grow, but being such a large plant I suppose it's to be expected. It's sort of funny how all of them are angled slightly in the same direction. Given how much critters like these, I'm fortunate to have...

I think the main reasons behind the diy cages are to maximize the amount of tomatoes you can harvest & not have to manually deal with the plant during the season, whether that be with pruning or tying or staking. It's a type of support that allows you to just set it over the plant and then do...

It's pouring mosquitoes! 🦟🦟🦟

Have you tried any part-shade spots for your lettuce? I've found that lettuce, peas, cucumber and zucchini all seem to do a little better with a bit of shade even if its slows them down a little. It also seems to extend their cropping period some years.

Not much is edible yet, but the fresh basil & cilantro is pretty darn nice. Cilantro especially, because grocery store fresh basil is pretty good. Cilantro, galaxies of difference home grown. I saved a ton of seed last year, but wasn't sure how good they were so I thickly seeded an 8 foot row...