I use well aged horse manure , aged vegetation - compost and allowing the heat in summer to kill all the weed seeds in the manure. By next season it’s black gold.
Chicken of the woods mushrooms are common in Oregon and found during mushroom season from sept thru Nov on the bark of degenerating decaying white fir trees in the woods next door .
Fire season in the Pacific Northwest, especially Oregon, typically starts in mid May or June and can last thru late Sept-Oct, ending ending with the first significant rains of fall. However, the specific start and end dates are highly dependent on weather conditions, with factors like drought...
By rooting compound do you mean root hormone? Sometimes I use a root hormone depends on the type of plant. Some plants only need a dip in willow water. The trick with growing from cuttings are varied depending on the plant, time of year and many other factors . I prefer a soilless sterile...
@SPedigrees Luv the pictures. Beautiful area you live in and the wild flowers are gorgeous.
Wow is that pic of your arms from stinging nettle? That looks painful. What do you use to treat it. Antihistimes help? I have eliminated nettle entirely from my garden. I had a similar run in with the...
Today is the first day of spring. And the equinox is when the sun aligns with the equator. From now on the days will be shorter and shorter. Then we turn the dang clocks back…Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. To remember which way...
My cat is called Manxy. He adopted me from watching me and keeping me company out in my gardens. I started feeding him took him to the vet , got him tags , then after a year or so one day just disappeared.
And does your cat have a name Marie? She has moved right in. She is a lucky cat. Male or female. She’ll be a good mouser.. I don’t know if you have them or not, but here this time of year mice always try to find a warm spot to camp out over winter.
Nancy is a lucky dog. She is doing so well and adjusted very well to her new home. She has lots of great toy’s to keep her attention and so much more. Sending hugs and biscuits for Nancy Grace and from Roxy too.
Hello all just want you all to meet Roxy . She’s a border collie rescue . I adopted her after she had already been thru 4 homes and rejected . Today she is a proud and beloved part of my family . She is so much joy , laughter and love every day. More creative and engaging than most people.
I have started mums from cuttings over winter in the greenhouse. By spring they are ready to transplant in 4” pot and ready to plant outside. They do great if the moles, voles, gophers or ground squirrels don’t get ‘em… then again a plants death is not always from the gardeners lack of trying...
Well Steve I was curious to why tomatoes depend on the weather so much to ripen when home grown.
I googled and found this explaination.
Tomatoes depend on specific weather conditions because their ripening is a complex biological process influenced by temperature, which controls the production...