A Busy Afternoon
Mar 14, 2004 in Garden
Backyard before: Backyard after: Bet I'll be sore tomorrow! But there's nothing like hacking away at tall weeds to work out a week's built-up stress.... Read on... (plus 1 Comments)
My Very First Pest Infestation!
Jun 28, 2003 in Garden
Into every green garden a little bit of nasty killer beasties must fall I guess. This week, instead of growing fast enough to take over the world, my spearmint and chives have themselves been viciously attacked by Evil Thingies. The chives suddenly became completely covered by small beetles: (those little black dots — that's them!) I'm going to OSH to see if I can find anything to get rid of these guys. I might look for some ladybugs to eat them, but as I live next to a large garden area, I fear that ladybugs wouldn't stick around. The spearmint, from out of nowhere, started getting holes in its leaves, and then a white fuzz grew on them. Then many of these leaves fell off, and now it looks nasty: I'm cutting off the stricken branches, and I'll see if stuff goes away. Either case, I'd rather not use chemicals. These herbs are all meant for the kitchen, and I'd rather not have stuff on them that would render them unsafe to eat. It's enough I have to wash off the dirt, dust, little critters, etc.... Read on...
Listen To What The Flower People Say...
May 26, 2003 in Garden
I repotted a bunch of plants about a week ago, and my thyme, for one, is ecstatic about it. At the beginning of the weekend, it decided to bloom! I've included pictures here for your viewing enjoyment: I didn't even know thyme had flowers (well, thinking of it now, it's got to have flowers, since it don't have seeds or anything). They are kinda pretty! In retrospect, this probably means I should be harvesting more thyme so that the plant spends time growing new leaves and not flowers. When the flowers go, I'll harvest and dry a whole bunch. Maybe make some thyme oil?... Read on...