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This is interesting, and I wonder if there is some local factor? Because I almost have the converse problem; given that I regularly use a very sharp hoe to remove weeds, and the underbelly of tomato plants can get quite weedy in that shelter, I have nearly killed tomato plants weeding several...

No, each row is a different variety. So, I don't think it's one especially vigorous variety because the shady spot has 2 different types carrot rows and they are both really bushy. I'm thinking shade is the factor, though I'm not 100% sure of course. It may well be shade though, because...

Observing things as the season moves along. Some things are working, some things are not and some things are puzzling. And always the desire to draw conclusions so that next year there can be improvement! The leaf miners continue to show up, but not aggressively so. Unlike a lot of bugs...

In years past, I always found this to be true - that roses preferred a bit of protection from the hottest part of the day. That's why I moved them under the arbour, which is still bare. The runner beans are only up 3 feet on it. But bugs have skeletonized the leaves, always a sign the plants...

Confession: I've actually started to prefer my tomato starts leggy. There, I said it. So long as the growth is not too weak and fragile, I honestly think they make better transplants than stocky ones. That long stem is a big root afterall once you sink it in. I planted all my extremely leggy...

It's a beauty. Never seen such pretty blooms on a Kalanchoe. 😍

OK, got some photos to show of Slavonski Zeleni. I believe some of the seeds had mosaic, but I'm not sure if it's all yet. I've already pulled a couple, but there are a few whose baby leaves still look good so I'm waiting for them to grow a bit more before I terminate. Older leaves are cupped...

Is this a kalanchoe? The foliage looks like it, but the blooms look like little roses!

Well, the plan for my new rose bushes has utterly failed. They hate being under the arbour; I would have thought they'd like it under there, but they are communicating a hard 'no'. They'll have to eke out the rest of the summer there though because I have no where else to put them right now...

I'm afraid my 2024 network beans Slavonski Zeleni (which I'm regrowing this year) might have the same fate as your Seneca Pole. The row didn't look good last year, but I thought because it was a tough year for all the beans with the wind and the sky full of chem trails, that was why. But the...

So sorry to read about Eva, my heart goes out to you... :hugs She was beautiful. You were lucky to have each other. ❤️🥀 Rest easy in heaven Eva.

No pigeons really, though they do try to eat from the bird feeders in winter and bully the chickadees! Then they're gone for the year. I'm quite curious, what do pigeons do to brassicas? It's the strangest thing that one collard, I inspected today and I don't see any worms anywhere but it...

So impressed with this Russian variety. Can't believe how fast it put tomatoes on, despite the transplants being kinda neglected just before planting out. A keeper for an early indeed. Given the heat and the rains we've been getting, the tomatoes have been happier (and bigger) than the...

Not sure if these varieties being ahead is random, genetic or what, but in any case these are my tallest plants so far this year. Network bean Barry Island 👇is crazy big compared to all the others at this point! Haha, never noticed the weeds growing in behind my green planter until I posted...

Love those blooms @Decoy1 :love

Sounds like the best kind of neighbour! 😇

Wow, 8 or 9 feet, that's quite tall. I can see how that would increase yields significantly!

Awe! :love

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...