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Been seed shopping a lot in the last week, good times. I've come to the conclusion that my seed purchases for any given year are all whim based. I find myself ordering things that had not even crossed my mind to grow, until I saw the photo on a website. Melons for instance. And tonight, I...

Oh my gosh they tasted like dirty sand!!

This is incredible @Alasgun, you've literally perfected the art of home storage for carrots. This is an enormous help!! I'm glad to know that it is somewhat of a complex science to get it right and prevent the roots rotting, because I was feeling like quite the failure to throw out so many...

Wow, thank you so much for this info @Alasgun. I had no idea that perforated bags were important, I definitely did not do that with my carrots. This is fabulous info, 32 degrees with high humidity. I'm guessing that its working well for you with the fridges means that air movement is not...

Well, 2 more new species on the horizon for 2026. Though I'm not actually much of a melon person, I decided to grow one this summer. I do like a nice watermelon, like Cream of Saskatchewan or Yellow Doll, but Cucumis melo varieties have never tasted good to me. Passable at best. That we...

It's definitely something I'm thinking of considering @Decoy1. It is definitely coolest directly on the cement floor, and the basement in general is certainly cooler than upstairs. If I stored them in a single layer in sand right on the floor, in something long and shallow I just might...

Have you checked out the photo settings in the phone @Blue-Jay ? There might be various light settings, or even a brightness adjuster in the photo gallery settings? I was actually on your website last night @Blue-Jay because I'm going to purchase some beans this year I think instead of do...

Purple Dove was like that for me. And while I really like that bean, I'm not crazy about that type of growth. I wound up sticking in a bamboo pole next to the longest plant and tying it to the stick, and it still refused to wrap itself on there.

I am utterly thrilled that today I was able to find some 'Gniff' carrot seeds! :celebrate

I made a very intriguing discovery with the 2025 grown carrots this weekend. I decided long ago that I'd never have the conditions to save carrot seeds; but looking back at that decision I realize that I arrived at that conclusion without meaningful consideration. The main assumptions why I...

I use sticks from the bush and I plant the seeds in rows like I do bush beans, plunking the stick in next to each seedling. I make sure the sticks have little Y branch nibs so the bean vine can get hung up on them as it goes up. Most of the semi-runners I've grown go up about 4 feet, but I've...

The adventures in long keeper tomatoes of 2025 has finally come to an end. Well, almost. I squeezed the 'Giallo a Grappoli' today and have half a pickle jar full of seeds with gel sitting on the counter fermenting. I tried the spoon technique this afternoon with them, instead of the typical...

I like the thread @digitS'. I'm not sure that I have any species slotted in that will be completely new, but I am considering re-trying some failures from last year - like Hamburg parsley and devil's claw. Maybe another try at celeriac, which was a new one last year. I am trying a new sweet...

Given how grim this winter has been I'm feeling elated to hear that it will go to 0C/32F Monday. Tonight another -25C/-13F but it will rise thereafter, thank heavens. It won't stay I'm sure but a hiatus from this bitter cold is welcome. Nobody will be happier than the dog!

Dogs are more or less hard wired to guard things that they feel are valuable; I learned from the Voyageurs Wolf Project in Minnesota (which is awesome and I highly recommend checking out) that after a kill there are an average of 50 birds flying overhead within the hour seeking to scavenge...

I'm not surprised they booted you from the thread, the dog training world has a lot of that sort of nonsense right now, what they call FF or PP training. Classes run by those trainers often won't even allow the word 'no' to be spoken. I could say a lot more about that but won't. lol 🤐 Poor...

Beautiful seeds @Artorius. Beans can be such heartbreakers! 2025, the season from

Dog training class last night had a particularly interesting tidbit. My experience with the whole orbit is that, generally, the #1 cause of pet dog problems is the owners being too soft. I could write an epistle on the layers of it, but the collision of species tends to impact along that fault...

I'd guess you may not have had a hardy variety? I'm not sure what might cause them to perish in ground. Did they have other plants crowding them?

I don't think it's for lack of skill of experience @Alasgun , lol, I'd guess as you say they don't like the raised beds. Some of the newer homes around here, the ones that have almost no yard but a couple raised wooden boxes, the owners put perennials in those. Very hardy perennials. And many...