I have a few balls I’ve dropped, most of which I haven’t talked about much here. This week I hope to go back over my still in draft form posts and finishing up those before it gets too close to fall. Continue reading “August passed, and now September progress, 2018”
Tag: edible garden
Unidentified spider in the corn
Crazy week, and I forgot to mention…
This first bit I might have mentioned and forgot I did. My mister was insistent on transplanting the grapes despite my explaining more than once why August is a terrible time for such. (Yes, they’re not doing well. Why do you ask?) Continue reading “Crazy week, and I forgot to mention…”
20th of August, Office Window View
Bug in the wood sorrel.
Basil and hummingbirds.
One thing I love about my office is looking out the window when it’s light outside. I see all manner of things going on, including what critters are hanging around what.
Yesterday, I again found myself leaning forward and peering through the window a bit perplexed as it seemed a hummingbird was drinking from my larger flowering basil. Continue reading “Basil and hummingbirds.”
Scarlet Runner Beans and Hummingbirds
I first learned about scarlet runner pole beans (Phaseolus coccineus) in The 2 Hour Garden book by Roger Grounds. I honestly did not research them much beyond his mention, and rather impulsively fit them into our $20 seed budget instead of kidney beans. Back then, I knew very little other than they were a pole bean with at least 6′ vines (I’ve seen up to 15′ listed), and should be one of the first things in our kitchen garden once they arrived. I read in that book that apparently most Americans don’t like the beans, while others consider them a gourmet legume. (Apparently the shell is a bit tough for some, and at least one site recommended cutting the pod before serving, other sites say forget the pod and shell the beans.) Continue reading “Scarlet Runner Beans and Hummingbirds”
Grape Trellis Project Part 2
I mentioned before picking up some trellis for free that we plan to use for the volunteer grape we found on our property. (Likely seed brought by birds from a multiple section chain link fence length of grape just under a block from our house.)
My partner suddenly decided at gloaming last night that it was a fine time to put it together. I pointed out that he’d be drilling the pilot holes and screwing them together in the dusk if he was lucky, and the dark if he wasn’t. I’m almost afraid to see what it looks like come morning. We did not paint it as I wanted because no budget for such at the moment. Continue reading “Grape Trellis Project Part 2”
Our berries of 2018
Did I mention our red raspberry canes had fruit? If not, I just did. We were a bit neglectful in cane management last year, and we have way too many runners, and thus not much fruit this year. Continue reading “Our berries of 2018”