Recent content by Mike

We have very hard water where I live and I grow things just fine, so I wouldn't expect it to make much of a difference. That said, because of where I live, we don't have soft water so I've never been able to try it to see if it would make a difference.

Happy Resurrection Sunday y'all!

Well yesterday didn't go as planned, AT ALL! First of all, we got the stand finished. Unfortunately, however, the way we connected the pipes created a vacuum or air lock, or something, because the water wouldn't flow from pipe to pipe fast enough and the first pipe kept overflowing out of the...

I've read a lot about folks who grow herbs hydroponically, so I'm not sure why we couldn't just add a few cups of basil into the same system. Probably won't do that this year, just because today is strawberry purchase day, but it's definitely something I'd consider going into next year (or the...

Not sure. We planted some this year but I'd never even seen them before. I'm hoping we're able to harvest seeds from them at the end of the season so we can plant them again next year from our own crop.

I guess the real question is, does compost "expire", or does it stay good forever in the piles? If it's good for life, then I'd say nope...can't be too big. Otherwise, I'd say it depends on how much you can use, sell, or give away. Doesn't cost anything to make it right? Just pretty much...

Finally warm enough, and I have enough time, to finish this up and get it outside with strawberries in it. The youngster is going to get plants tomorrow. We did add another pipe, so we'll have a total of 24 strawberry plants on the stand. Should be fully up and going by tomorrow so I'll get some...

As I said yesterday, this isn't at my house, but we did get the flowers out yesterday at work. This is a new flower bed we put around our flag pole. We plan on painting it a country white color in the future, but it was a last minute decision and we wanted to get the flowers all planted...

We got all the flowers in today. I'm exhausted, but I'll definitely get some pictures posted tomorrow of what we did.

We started working the ground at work today. Hoping to start getting flowers in the beds tomorrow. 🕺

I couldn't agree more with this! I really don't even care which way they leave it, though. I just wish they'd leave it alone, one way or the other!

This is something I'm gonna try this year. We're gonna try some marigolds around the tomatoes then we're looking at possibly planting some Russian sage in various spots all around the perimeter of the garden. From what I understand, both of those could help deter some of the pests. I doubt any...

We're gonna plant ours in a few weeks. Can't wait for okra harvest!

Slow growing little dudes huh? Is it normal that they're growing that slow?

Yeah, that's a bit absurd. They expect you to wait until the growing season is over to get your soil test back? 🤦‍♂️