I always knew the word baited breath, so I did the legwork and discovered bated is more common, but alternatively baited is also possible. sunny...
This is an Orobanche, we also call it Broomrape. These are parasitic plants that cannot photosynthesise and thus attach themselves to a suitable...
I came across this viper a couple of weeks ago. These are our most toxic snakes. This one was about 40 to 50cms. We also get lots of grass...
You grab the snake by the back of it’s head. That way it can’t bite you. Like S-H, I spent my childhood hunting poisonous snakes in our garden....
That is what it is blossom end rot.
I have planted potatoes and beans and transplanted physalis and weeding and weeding. I also transplanted some parsley too.
You obviously never ate the mangoes from my Aunt’s garden in Maun, Botswana. Or the ones on my grandparents farm in Zambia. Here in Europe they...
This is a classic case of Calcium deficiency. Remedies are, eggshells or lime or Epsom salts. Be careful to water not too much or too little. Do...
[MEDIA] The link is to a video that has good tips for beginners.
Transplanted volunteer maize and volunteer tomatoes. I will go back out and transplant more tomatoes. Last night we had a welcome 9mm of rain.
@Sjoerd My wife planted them. I water, weed and feed them. I managed to get a few plants of my own in too.
Wow some amazing rose flowers.
That stuff and regular chickweed grow here. It is a hardy weed and provides lots of food for the chickens in winter.
As @S-H says, nature knows best and top gardening practices imitate nature or even speed up certain natural processes.
I stand by my observation it looks like a potato. Obviously @S-H has never heard of garden elves. They come out at night when we are sleeping and...
Weeded carrots and strawberries and hilled beans and mulched with woodchips. Watered well and harvested chard and strawberries. I will spare you...
My pleasure, wait till you start learning about mycorizae and soil bacteria.
Personally I try not to constantly touch my plants, only if I have too. I don’t know if touching them is a problem, but my reasoning is that I can...
Nobody expected what happened next.
There are 2 weeds in this picture. The taller one looks like common chickweed. If so it is an edible plant. The other weed, The one with the small...
