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My brilliant mother in law brought by some insecticidal soap to try! I blasted off all the visible bugs, but I'll spray it with the soap an some neem oil for good measure and see if that kicks it.

Bugs the greenhouse again. Need oil and soap mixed with water doesn't work, but laying the plant sideways in the sink and blasting them down the drain does. I guess it's daily water blasts until I find something that works.

If you happen to please let me know. I steered my sister to a sturdier one though. :)

Do you like it? My sister was looking at getting one but I thought it might be too small for much.

Root riot cubes definitely make a difference in how fast they sprout. The first one is up today, 4 days since planting. Just one. I'll be potting up the "Tiny tomatoes" today, and possibly planting another round of peppers.

I decided to plant an identical set of tomatoes (6 each of 4 varieties) in the same little starting pots, but this time with regular potting soil. I'm going to compare their roots in 2 weeks to the roots from the tomatoes planted in root riot cubes, to see if they really are bigger or if I'm...

Look at the root on this little guy!

I've added Sentry to the "Quiet Place" on my blog. If you like, you can light a candle for him there, and so can everyone else. I know it's a silly thing to do, but it would have made me feel better to have something like this when Rocco passed. I used a picture with no kid in it since it's not...

Garlic has not been disturbed! I did find a spot in my frost cloth that looks like something was trying to get through it (scratch marks, oddly, not tooth marks) but the garlic is healthy and intact. I'm really happy about it. I repotted my tomatoes and took some fun photos of the roots. I'll...

Let me know how this goes for you!

I am so sorry! Sentry was a wonderful dog, and well loved. :( :rainbowflower

I will definitely give it a go and see if planting it a little deeper helps. Thank you for the tip!

They were not. The planting guide I got with my original one said they should have their little top knot sticking up out of it. As for hungry daughter -- she totally would too. She just today discovered green onions (we seldom serve because they are the bane of my son's existence) and she is a...

Thanks for this. I don't have voles, mice are definitely out there. They're well controlled by owls, hawks and eagles though. It may be an enterprising young mouse decided to snack on my garlics. Went out and replanted today, covered with a frost cloth. Here's a chewed one.

I've never had anything bother my garlic. I'll replant today and take some photos before I put frost cloth across it to keep the Snacker away.

I went out to check my garlic bed to see if they'd sprouted much and...and...something ate them? At first, I was puzzled because I couldn't find any garlic where I planted, but thought maybe a storm had covered them over. Eventually I did find one though, pulled up and with bite marks in it...

I'm glad! :)

My daughter wanted to know how far back candy went. It turns out, candy goes all the back to ancient egypt. People would make candy by dipping fruits and such into honey. :)

YES!! This could be fun. Let's see here. February - The month you chip hopefully at the ground in the hopes it will magically be not frozen. April - Sweet lies of warmth, followed by frost, followed by warmth. May - The real growing month June - Weed, weed, weed, weed, *blink* How are there...

I'm happy to take it as something to laugh over! I admit, I didn't think about Chinese new year or Aztec calendars/non-traditional calendars. We should make a TEG calendar, but redo the months from most important to least important gardening wise.