Recent content by Jukebox Actual

I'm finding the same thing with some of mine. I'm setting up redundant crops in various locations to test my theories.

Full update part 3. Old metal yard art that I put around a cluster of stubborn sumac stumps last season so I would stop tripping over them. I started dumping old potting soil in there, worked most of the stumps out, now I use it as "death row" for my rejected failing starters. If they survive...

Full update part 2. Okra. Attempt #1. Squash bed: Spaghetti, butternut, yellow, spineless supreme, zucchini. Mammoth sunflowers run the fence line and I will chaos sow flowers and herbs throughout. Pepper bed: Jalapeno (Early, Gigantic, Mega), Santaka (Japanese), Thai, Habanero, Cayenne...

Full update part 1, sheesh! The French Marigolds self-seeded from last year, making a thick pollinating pest trap. Tomato bed: Pineapple, Red & Yellow Pear, Red & Yellow Brandywine, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, San Marzano, Roma, Indigo Rose, Beefsteak Morning glory volunteers that I...

yes, they do

Cleared all the beds. The soil is SO MUCH BETTER this season, it's mindboggling how much Mother Nature takes care of her own on the "off seasons". Amended half of the beds with blood meal and compost but decided to hold off on the remaining beds until the rest of the supplies come in over the...

Jams, compotes, and syrups are super easy to make. I found that out after finding myself with around 20# of strawberries one summer day last year.

Sarsaparilla is hands-down my favorite drink.

May 9th is estimated last frost here. Today was 83F, but we had snow 10 days ago.

There was a whole tv show dedicated to forest rangers that were combating the old growth poaching in that region. I lived not far from there for half of my life.

I'm a sunflower kinda guy. They remind me of my service to Ukraine, and the never-ending fields of sunflowers that remained unharvested due to war. I always liked the mammoth variety (even if they're often called Russian Mammoth). This year I am planting a few new varieties, (Rouge Royale and...

I felt the same way when I discovered my amaryllis had a 2nd "leaf". That's like... one leaf per month. This feels like I'm aging cheese, not growing a flower.