Posted on 07/20/2019 5:43:37 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Puppies are hard on trees. I lost a purple hibiscus, a lemon tree, and a hot pepper bush that was trying to turn into a tree because of various puppies. Hubby says you can count on losing 10% of your net worth within the first two years of puppyhood. The one thing I wasn’t able to replace, though, was my Marvin the Martian fuzzy slippers. They were the bomb.
Wow! Sounds like a dream garden!
*snorkle chortle*
Lady Benders flowering Sweetpeas…
I’m about ready to hit it with Napalm. Just kidding.
The plants keep trying to outdo each other for sunlight. I hope my poor onions can get a little bit.
LOL!
Puppies were in the house for an over-nighter when they were first delivered. Then they were in the barn until weaned.
And then...all H#LL broke loose! ;)
Oh, NO!
How can a creature with such GORGEOUS fur be so destructive and smelly? LOL!
Did Coyote Joe round them up and head them OUT?
Heads-up from an insider: The crop failures and bad weather are affecting seed crops as well as food crops. When the catalogs start coming, get your seed orders in early! There will be a lot of varieties that have very limited quantities, or are pulled from the catalog entirely.
This is Pasta Putanesca.
Tomatoes, capers, sliced olives, paprica powder and chopped anchovies go into the sauce.
Heads-up from an insider: The crop failures and bad weather are affecting seed crops as well as food crops. When the catalogs start coming, get your seed orders in early! There will be a lot of varieties that have very limited quantities, or are pulled from the catalog entirely.
Here in the NE MA the weather has been an answered prayer, very good for gardens, with weekly heavy rains, so that for about 2 months I have only watered the garden about two times, the last being yesterday with close to 100F being forecast for the weekend. Glory to God.
Got our first 2 toms this week, but a squirrel (or less likely, a rat) took a bit out of the second one, which is all they ever do.
Unless you’re really ‘married’ to the tomato varieties you grow, in your limited space I’d consider going with all ‘determinate’ tomato varieties. I have plenty of room, but I switched over to determinate varieties this season and life is SO much easier!
More compact plants, I did NO pruning this season, which is something that used to take up a LOT of my gardening time, and you can time varieties so you get them all at once, or staggered ripening dates.
The only indeterminate type I’m growing this season is ‘Chef’s Orange’ because I can’t live without it! :)
Sympathy prayers up for your onions. Also, thanks for kidding about the napalm.
Hoo, boy!
Heh. Boy did it rain overnight. Really came down. Had to be 2-3 inches at least.
One good thing about being so crowded is that the soil retains moisture better than areas with less sun and less plants. The Butternut squash are being directed to climb up the bird netting, yet they have a mind of their own . However, Brother Marty on the 1st floor who likes to pick the toms after work (and give them away more than eat them) humorously refers to the ever-expanding squash as being the infiltrator!
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