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I've been following a trainer on social media for a few years, recommended to me by a local trainer who I trust. The past 2 weeks he's ended one board and train, and begun another; these last 2 dogs, because they were rather extreme in they're issues (bite owners, will attack other dogs etc.)...

Ok, a more cheerful sharing. More pole bean pods are developing! 😃 'Matilda' and 'Pam's Speckled'! 💜💚

Devil's Claw pods! 2 of them per plant! 😃

Well, I'm in a pickle. A rabbit has officially taken up permanent residence in the forest just past the edge of the garden. He's inhabiting the center of the raspberry bushes which have formed a thicket. He's even beaten a path down out of there toward the tomato garden, and my dog is always...

Are these thistles an invasive species?

I was walking past my hydrangea with a watering can in hand and felt like a small live wire hit my ankle, right on the front. I quickly came to the conclusion it was a wasp or hornet because I felt targeted out of nowhere, as if they were defending home. Got DH to come look with me and sure...

Thanks! :) I got it in a seed trade with a fellow who collects very rare seeds, lots of Appalachian beans and native varieties as well. I'm not sure where he got it from, but he knows a lot of people in the heirloom seeds collecting circles. I'm guessing he got it from one of his connections...

What funny timing. He just showed up right at the moment I was going to take a picture of a flower. Normally I wouldn't be thrilled about a bee on my bean vines, but in this case it's the runner beans and he doesn't have a whole lot of other bean plants to drift around on afterward. So he...

Puppies! 🐶🐶 🤎:woot

I never got to it, and was swept up in the tsunami of seed collecting then never circled back around to that task. But it looks like your post has answered my wondering about that, now that I re-read what Prairie Garden described. I agree that interior flesh seems to be the main determinant of...

The dwarfs are starting to turn red! I'd love to attribute this to bred earliness but I'm guessing the heat spell we're in has something to do with it. My greenhouse fan seems to be running all the time right now trying to cool down, but it's not really able to keep up. I must say, the load of...

I grew 'Wagner Blue Green' last year @Decoy1; interesting you post this as I had assumed my seeds were crossed from Prairie Garden Seed, where I sourced them. But I looked again at the website after seeing your post and they list yellow as one of the variations of color, which is exactly the...

The gardens are finally turning into Bean Town! :celebrate A very small number of the pole beans are developing pods, though most are still flowering only. A lot of the *semi-runners* are an awful lot like pole varieties! But as far as problems go, that is a welcome one. There are a few here...

I'm having an interesting little adventure with a tomato called 'Fantastico' this season. I bought a small hanging basket tomato at Home Depot, it was discounted by 50% because it looked 3/4 dead. This normally would be of no interest to me, and I typically have plenty of tomatoes already...

I don't know much about apples, never having grown them or even seen many trees in my life. But I did get a little tutorial once from a greenhouse owner that sold various kinds of apple trees. What I retained from that was bugs like the same qualities in apples we do, and the further away from...

As an experiment I planted a row of 'Shirley' poppies between 2 carrot rows. I'm finding carrots appreciate a bit of shade, so wondered if they might like a bit of 'shady' company for a little bit. The plan was to pull them after blooming and free up space for the carrots. While these are...

That is a puzzler, hard to imagine for what purpose, or with what idea, someone would graft a crab onto a regular eating apple since they aren't nearly as hardy?? You could just grow a crab by plunking one in the ground, no grafting needed?

Some more bean pics! The runner beans are just loaded with flowers! And there are itty bitty beans starting! I think they're up to about 8-10 feet. I hope for a better crop this year, as last year's was pathetic. I've been scratching my head wondering why this bean might be called 'Black...

What a weird season. I feel like there is something planetary going on or something. Some garden plants are way late, and some are way early. Very odd combo in a single season. :idunno Typically Northern Ontario does not see sunflower blooms until late August, early September. I did start...

Funny coincidence, we had a major, major downpouring today. I hope that did it. I checked that little exposed tunnel and it was full up with water.🤞