Harvesting millions of chestnuts. [MEDIA] My three chestnut trees produce all we can eat. I wish I knew how to do more with them. Roasted...
It's still early, but I expect rain for the rest of the day. I need to go into town for groceries, anyway. I did remove a fig tree from the...
@Doghouse Riley you have a real talent with acers,
That sounds like a good plan. I should try that too. I had a good crop of everbearing strawberries this year, growing in containers, on the...
Thanks for the reminder. I need to do that, soon!
Rain, rain, rain! [ATTACH] It might let up a bit, next week. [ATTACH] Happy halloween, everyone!
That's so interesting! So the trees derive nutrition from mole feces via mycorrhizae!
Pac, sort of midnight blue with sparkles. I said I would have almost any "mainstream color" except red, because when I had a red Mazda many years...
Nobody can do everything, @Oreti. Wisdom comes in making that realization. I like the idea of "Keep what gives you joy" (Marie Kondo). If the...
@Melody Mc. you should write a book about your adventures. I would be the first to buy it.
Fantastic! A treasure trove of nature's little farmers.
I'm trying to plan the future with this car too. We plan lots of things too. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? I don't. The KIA sits high...
It looks like leaf-cutter bees. They usually make round holes like that. If it is, the new leaves should be OK. Since they are small trees,...
Pac, thanks for your good wishes. I'm not really a fan of new qizmos. I know I have to go with the flow. Sjoerd, I don't look for German - made...
Nothing in garden today. Except planting some special lavender variety seeds (Blue Vicenza and Bandera Deep Rose in the sunroom. I don't know if...
I feel so seen! Yep. Great list, @marlingardener!
I ordered seeds for next year. Not as many, mostly varieties I haven't seen before. I will grow squashes on trellises, so no giant varieties...
Nice pruning job, @Doghouse Riley
Today the puppy's owner has returned from Mexico, yay! Now she'll pick him up today and Rufus will be an only child again. He adjusted to the...
Yesterday I smoothed the soil where there will be lawn again, completing conversion of a big garden bed back to lawn and a border. I had a bin of...