Cayuga, your photos of your spread are breathtaking! You have a green thumb all the way up to your elbow. :setc_089: About that yew--deer hate...
Logan, I love your posts, and would like to see photos of some of your greeting cards. We had a sunny, slightly breezy day, so I played Paul...
Finally, we have sunshine! After all that rain this past week, things are pretty squishy out there. I slipped and slid to the barn to feed the...
My stars, the information you can learn here! I have never heard of heritage geraniums, but you can bet I'll be on the lookout for some. Yours are...
Rained this morning, after a monstrous storm the day before. Standing water everywhere and a regular moat around the raised beds. Luckily, this is...
The great thing about books is--there are no commercials.
AAnightowl, French marigolds planted among root crops repel nematodes. For some reason, basil planted between tomato plants seems to repel the...
Picked lettuce and weeded the beans. I tried to hoe around the tomatoes and peppers but the soil is still too damp. I was simply making clods with...
What a lovely trip, and so interesting both to you and your companions, and to us here on the forum! Thank you for taking us along. Love the...
Not as pretty as Cayuga's mittens, but we do have a use for old crew socks. They are stretchy and when cut into 1" strips, make great tomato,...
We finished cleaning out the front flower bed, the one by our front door. I was so ashamed of its condition--weeds, hackberry saplings, and being...
AAnightowl, rosemary doesn't repel insects, not even tomato cutworms, but it is a great herb. We have two very large rosemary bushes that I prune...
So glad to hear you are doing better! Please take care of yourself, and post when you can and when you want.
Two of my favorite posters, Carolyn and Mart, are giving great advice on this topic. As an experiment, I took my oven thermometer out and placed...
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Our harvest baskets are hung from the barn beams. I wanted one particular basket the other day and a bird flew out and scolded me proper! I took...
Went to the garden today to cut some broccoli side shoots, and I couldn't resist "dibbling" for potatoes. I came up with four golf ball sized...
I second Eileen's "well done!" Here on the farm we use, re-use, and use until something is no longer usable. Large plastic coffee containers are...
Mswanson, the truly dead leaves will be crisp. Some may be on the way to crispness, but if they just feel leathery, leave them on and they may...
Meanwhile, get it away from the brick wall. We are in Texas also, and have found that brick holds and even magnifies heat. Follow Toni's advice,...
