Tomatillos
The raccoons may have got a lot, but they didn't get my tomatillos.
Category: Grow
August on My Deck
Yikes. It's been a long while since I've updated. Obviously an awful lot has happened in my gardens since my last update. The weather has been the strangest this spring/summer of any year I can recall. It has been wetter, cooler and greyer.
An Ode to Tigerella
I was going to title this “Stupid Evil Dumbass Bastards at the Gate,”(SEDBAGs for short) in honor of the Cucumber Killers next door who have taken to hacking off parts of my tomato plants with a vengeance if they deign to stray from their caged/staked confines for even
Garden Plot Update
It's time to start posting updates on my gardens before things get too out-of-hand. Over at the community garden plot I dug in some fresh soil amenders and finished planting quite a while back. Thanks to some rain all the Time to start building an arc
Hello, my name is Schleprock, and I have the amazing ability to effect major climatic shifts in the environment. All I have to do is decide to go nutty with tomato growing, start hundreds of plants from seed, nurture and coddle them until they're ready to go outside....and
Herb Fair 2004
In keeping with tradition I am posting this year's Herb Fair haul. And in further keeping with tradition I was a complete glutton.
This year I got smart and devised a buggy system that would allow me to carry lots of herbs (that buggy was one of
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds
My seeds have arrived. Some are just in time for planting and some are kind-of late but manageable. Just to be clear I have done a first batch of seeds. This is a second, last-minute batch. They are all heirloom varieties purchased from READ MORE...
Shade Garden
Despite being trampled and mistreated flowers are blooming in the shade garden. Here are a few photos taken this afternoon.
Bleeding Heart - People say they are old-fashioned and boring but I disagree. Its unfurled, reddish foliage is one of the first signs of spring and
Time to show off my handywork.
Well, it's definately smaller than my own patch of land last year, but at least it's something and I love it. So, while planting yesterday I took photos to share with everybody!
Let's start with a few establishing shots, shall we (including the lovely gravel driveway I open
Parkdale Plant Sale
Today I attended the annual Parkdale Horticultural Society Plant Sale. There seemed to be less selection this year. I bought less plants then last year but still managed to break the bank.
I have a few plans
I have a few plans
