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Ocean Nematodes: "...What we know is that both Desmoscolex sp. and Greeffiella sp measure in at around 0.08mm, making them one of the smallest animals in the water, and vindicating the claim that a true list of smallest...
half a garden weeded and cleaned up for winter. dunno where all the grass in there came from as it wasn't in there last year. i sure hope it doesn't come back next year. i'll have to keep a closer eye on it...
not as much grass in the 2nd half and that will make things easier when i can get...
i was sure weeks ago that the garden i started working on today did not have any beans left in it that i was particularly worried about.
as i was double checking today i came across some Four Corners Red plants that had plenty of pods on them, they all need to dry down a bit more and i'm not...
for strawberries the worst predators were the chipmunks - birds might get some of them, but not nearly as many.
in recent years i'm not sure if it was raccoons or groundhogs that would also get into the strawberries, however since i stopped growing them i've not seen any fur trapped by the...
the old strawberry patch is weeded but not leveled, i may wait until spring to do that.
also did get the garlic planted and some other puttering around done.
made more progress today on cleaning up the old strawberry patch. i should be able to finish it up tomorrow in about an hour to an hour and a half.
i took a few pictures of the gardens out there that i've put up plus the few still left to go yet
i also took pictures of the soil profile of the...
they need a fence they can tilt up at night to let the leaves blow, but they put it down in the morning on school days to keep the children under control (an illusion i know, ... :) )
i've used a variety of methods over the years but my favorite is by hand shelling as then i can do selections based upon how easy it is to get the beans out of the shells or how many have stickers (little bits of the pod stuck to them) or ...
if the beans are super dry stepping on them may...
we are now into chances of hard frosts overnight for some days and last night we did have a hard frost.
i better get that garlic planted sometime soon... :)
i've seen all sorts of beans like that through the years. from changing conditions during the time when the beans are filling the pods. especially with larger beans and our poorer and more difficult soils in some gardens. it is why i like to plant smaller beans so they have a better chance of...