Category Archives: Gardening

Trying to beat back the Great Outdoors

“Your friend,” said Eeyore, “appears to have bitten on a bee.”

HOT. Continue reading

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Oh, rot!

The Roma tomatoes are setting fruit, but they’ve also developed blossom-end rot, caused by calcium deficiency. Continue reading

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It POURED today

While the rain was hugely needed, and will help, it doesn’t come close to getting us out of the woods. Continue reading

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Hay tomates

Well, all right—the hell with cilantro, I’ll figure out something different to do there. Continue reading

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Garden bed update

One of the cilantro bedders and one of the Magic Mountain basil plants gave up and died. The rest of the herbs and salad greens are enjoying the hell out of being in a bed that is 100% humus. Continue reading

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There is a raised bed

But what can I do to make my heirloom roses bloom? Continue reading

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All my joints HURT

I’ve shoveled two cubic yards of compost out of a six-by-three-by-four pen, one coal-scoop at a time. Continue reading

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I don’t have to worry

All the yardwork I have to do means that aerobic activity happens almost by default. Continue reading

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There has been mowage

The yard at The Old Gray House is now beaten back. Continue reading

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Stuff I can’t deal with

There.  I said it. Continue reading

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