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Your vegetables will look approximately 372% more glamorous if you put them in a fancy gardening basket. Wheelbarrow optional. On a related note, does anyone know what I can do with three habaneros? That won’t kill me?
Some people say that tomatoes are choosy, delicate plants requiring only the best in soils, nutrients, and growing conditions. Rogue tomato would beg to differ. You talkin’ to me? Rogue tomato sprouted from the seed of a fruit left to fall and sit on the ground through the winter because it was too gross to … Read more
Once upon a time, I planted a tomato upside-down. It was not pleased. There was denial, there was determination; there was even a victory of sorts. But there wasn’t a whole lot of actual tomatoes. Things are a little different now. I wasn’t sure that this side of the bay, with its fog exposure, was going … Read more
Plan for success.
Do you want the satisfaction of tending your own garden plot, but are afraid you might not be able to spend sufficiently ridiculous amounts of money and/or look stupid enough while doing it? Well, fear not! Capitalism has you covered. For starters, you’re going to need some tools. Shime Garden Tools, $1250 You provide the … Read more
Let’s check in on the garden, shall we? The chard is starting to look like chard: We got the heirloom “sideways” variety. The favas have joined the party: And the edamame came along too: The lettuces have been particularly enthusiastic: So much so that I decided to free up some space by clipping some leaves … Read more
Sometimes, when the weather is nice on a weekend day, Cameron and I take some reading material and a bottle of wine and go sit out on the patio, to enjoy the sunshine and the view of the WheelWorks across the street. And sometimes, when the weather is nice for an unusually long time and … Read more
It’s not just tomatoes and herbs in the garden here. I mean, it is, mostly, but we have a couple of pepper plants too. Unfortunately, I’ve misplaced their tags, so I’m not sure what kind of peppers these are, but I did remember enough to know that I was supposed to wait for them to … Read more