I completed what I started yesterday, moving the blocks for my herb plot from the shadows to the light. It was a good workout, to be sure, and I am sure the herbs will love the sunlight, but exhausting as heck. Thank goodness it was partly cloudy with a little breeze at times. I am [...]

So I know this won’t be nearly as exciting for anyanyone as it is for me, but I really want to share a copuple of photos of one of my plants. My boyfriend and other roommates joke that it will take over the apartment, one can only hope :P
Here it was just under one month ago:

And [...]

I need a pink iris. Bearded, and fairly tall, so it comes in the later iris season. Bright pink, not lavender, pale or fuchsia pink. Can anyone give me a variety name and/or place to buy one, or offer one in trade?

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My grandfather has asked me to do some research for him. He has had wireworms get a lot of his potatoes this year. I don’t know much about the problem, but I’ve been looking for treatments for next year, and most of what I’m finding is pesticides for commercial-use or ones that are no longer [...]

The garden has finally started producing, and I always look forward to making my favorite soup, Borshte. Here are the pictures of the vegetables used, as well as the finished product. It was such a foggy, rainy day that it was perfect for making the soup. I had picked the peas and [...]