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Comments (72)On this, the last day of the month, I finished Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. I find her to be a powerful writer, and fortunately she came to be recognized before her sudden death in her late 50's. This is the first of two novels from a planned series about a declining America, written about 30 years ago but eerily prescient. I'll probably read the second book in a while. She never finished the others she planned for the series - apparently too depressing! Nonetheless, there is enough hope in this novel that I was able to enjoy it. In turn, I am glad she was able to enjoy the recognition she deserved. She is probably best known for the time travel story Kindred, which I read with my book club a few years ago....See MoreMarch 2023 : Your flowers that start this month
Comments (25)Thanks Irma, I noticed the last photo was mostly green after I looked a little closer. I think I will love this plant. I have a first of the season flower from yesterday. Also, since we always share the pretty pictures I thought I would share a nasty picture that shows brand new first of the season Pickerel Weed. Last summer I picked up some pond plants at a big box store and then I researched how to plant them so that the Koi fish would not eat them (they ate everything I just plopped in there previously). So I ordered some fabric bags and some aquatic planting media and found some large rocks to hold them under water. I had them all ready to go into the pond when my Mom had a heart attack. She is doing well now but those plants have been sitting in a bucket of water since July. I keep topping it off because I see baby water lilies in there but I thought the Pickerel was dead for sure. Now that it has poked its head out, I think I should get my waders out and get it placed in the pond somewhere. That pickerel picture was so nasty LOL that I will also share another from today. These re-open every single morning 365 days per year. Amazing!...See MoreMarch Week 3 2023
Comments (58)We made it to 31 this morning. I'm about to head to the hoop house to vent it and remove the coverings because we're at 36 and it's SUNNY. If I wait too long it will be 90 in that hoop house. Funny how those things work. I brought in the tray of kale because it had a few herbs in it. They would have been fine, tho. The cabbages stayed in the hoop. I nearly forgot the calendula. It can take a light frost, I THINK. But didn't want to risk it. It's one of my focus herbs. And I have quite a bit of it. Those extra trays didn't fit on the light shelf, but they're big enough to be okay just sitting next to it. The door to that room has to be kept closed. I have 2 sister cats who love herbs--all herbs. I always say that their ancestors must have belonged to herbalists, wise women or witches. My herb cabinet is such a fascination for them. Even closed, they'll nose at it. Anyway.... I'll take the trays back to the hoop house and only bring the calendula up tonight. Tomorrow, night, the cabbages will come indoors too. How did everyone elses plants do? I hope the lows on Sunday morning don't harm those lovely plant volunteers in the burn pile. Or my red poppies. The seedlings on the light shelf really need to be potted on. (I like saying "potted on" now. There's a girl I follow on Instagram from the Isle of Man and that's what she calls potting up or up-potting.) It's a messy job and I prefer to do it outside or in the shop. Maybe after this cold spell. The tomatillos HAD to be potted on, tho, so I did those last night in the house. Okay. it's time to open the hoop house now....See MoreMarch or April 2023
Comments (48)Kim, we have too much stuff in the greenhouse. We need to start hardening off now and don't really have a place to do that. Our largest problem is getting a place to plant our plants. Kim, do you have a tiller? Lynn, I never had a light problem, I used a product called stretch wrap, I expect it was much like what you use. The stretch wrap was used in shipping, it was the stuff wrapped around pallets of products to keep them secure in shipping. The problem I had was not getting enough air flow, by not wrapping very high up the cage solved the moisture problem. I am also concerned about the moisture problem in the greenhouse. I am afraid the plant will be getting too thick and we don't have enough air flow. Our first patch of potatoes are breaking through the ground....See Morevee_new
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