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  1. Dirtmechanic

    Can you identify this bug

    why? just on the edges? I did not understand.
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    Can you identify this bug

    Bugs smell the wind like a dog. Put the trap downwind before they get to the area.
  3. Dirtmechanic

    Can you identify this bug

    When I put JB pheromone traps upwind of my garden I was shocked by how many accumulated in the bag. I noticed that the following year there was much less pressure and less in the bags. And the year after that I forgot to put them out.
  4. Dirtmechanic

    Can you identify this bug

    Shieldbug. " It is important to be able to distinguish between the southern green shieldbug and the more widely distributed native common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina). The latter often strays into glasshouses during the summer but does not cause economic damage. As a result, control...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    My eyes must be tired -I started with you pickling green beans. That got me going! I squeezed my cherries into tomato sauce. They bring some sweetness.
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    How many peppers are in a peck of peppers? I picked a peck...I think!
  7. Dirtmechanic

    When do you plant bulbs?

    Bulbs and our clay get along nicely. I try to plant just as the wet season begins to avoid watering so much in the fall or just as the warmth of spring shows up in March. We have no frost line so I plant for drainage and wet seasons.
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    This is the one I stumbled upon so many years ago. No garlic but better for adding into dishes that may have garlic. It ruined me for lousiana style hot sauces -even frank's fermented sauce, except wings of course.
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    Peppers. I have been boiling them to make a sauce through my tomato press. This morning it was about 25% tomato, 75 peppers. Banana and others My favorite chili paste (not siracha sp?) was a fairly mellow chili paste with the rooster logo. You would not want more than a spoonful in your plate...
  10. Dirtmechanic

    Do you believe?

    And Frank Herbert...plans within plans. Edit: What about the mathmatical symbol for infinity? How long has that sideways eight been around? See what I mean about the photon photo?
  11. Dirtmechanic

    Do you believe?

    Ever seen the ancient yin and yang symbols? The balance of nature? How did they know?
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    Wishing Happy Birthday to Dirtmechanic

    I just thought it was dogs getting me up to go outside!
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    Wishing Happy Birthday to Dirtmechanic

    HaHa -Hay Ya'll! And Thank You!
  14. Dirtmechanic

    Which flowers are special to you?

    I steal yellow ones from my neighbor because the tubers grow into my yard so I shovel them up and transplant them to a fairly large patch on the other side of my yard. I am a little torn as I do not know if it is a royal setting, feng shui, yin and yang or common theft. Either-or they still look...
  15. Dirtmechanic

    Which flowers are special to you?

    Deeply red roses because my Grandmother had her mother's plants in front of her house when I was growing up and she let me tend them. That was pretty risky in retrospect.
  16. Dirtmechanic

    What’s going on with my green beans?

    Would you consider pine bark mulch under the beans to be worth the trouble?
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    What’s going on with my green beans?

    Ever used a translucent sheet over veggies in the heat?
  18. Dirtmechanic

    Are these ripe?

    Yes. Green bits? Like a woman in her mid to late 20s. They will be ripe for some time. Then as the wrinkles begin they will be even more flavorful.
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    Tomatoes for 2023

    Really good actually. I am in a state of mourning because the 18 san marzano starts I bought came with a totally new fungus as if I needed another out there but when I boil them and squeeze them they taste fine. In fact, its not until I start cooking that the subtle differences between types...
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