Recent content by flowerbug

i'm curious how it can be so acidic if it is mineral based and rains wash through it quickly. i think you may need to try again with a different testing kit to verify. also you say it drains quickly but is compacted, so again i'm a bit confused... :) some organic material and a small...

as i've mentioned before i also talk to the crows if they are around and while they won't come close to me they don't seem too agitated.

i can't suggest specific plants because i'm not from that area, but if you do end up planting any kind of fruit tree put it far enough from the house, sidewalks and driveway to keep down the amount of birdie drips and plant debris you have to deal with. for bird watching a bird bath is really...

this is crunch time when i can go outside and work as much as my body can take. a half hour to an hour, maybe longer - depending upon how hot it gets and what i'm doing. the ground is currently too hard for me to get a shovel to go far in some spots. we're supposed to get some rains tonight...

my browser (mozilla firefox) just lets me go past a warning message like that... I'll send a note to the hosting company to see what's going on and maybe they can fix it. i have a file that says it should be rewriting all requests and letting them go through, but perhaps something isn't...

if i'm outside gardening or mowing i'm not going to be worried about not getting enough exercise in...

https://www.anthive.com/project/killdeer/

i knew we had another killdeer nest out back inside or outside the fence, but i'd not yet found it until yesterday when i went to work on the onion patch and hoped to get the peas planted. the nest is only a few feet from the onion patch. at first the killdeer Mom did the usual sqwawk and...

if this is the same plant i've had to remove from a few spots it's incredible.

the usual progression is to do your gardens for vegetables and then to put in rows of fruit trees/shrubs, nuts and other forage trees (nitrogen fixers) scattered around in the right proportion, by the time the trees get big enough to shade out the vegetable gardens you can also trim some of them...

yes, for us and tulips the fence we put up around the gardens out back have meant the difference between keeping the tulips going and not. the price for the fence was probably about $300 20-25 years ago. sadly the fencing used was not really the right kind and also the poles weren't either...

looking at the upcoming weather this afternoon i decided i should probably get outside and mow. luckily i can get that done in an hour and a half. this being my 2nd outing i persisted and did not take a break and got it done, but i was lecturing myself the last half hour to be careful because...

yo doofus...

<makes popcorn>

yes.