Aug 20
I just got back from a trip to visit my parents. While I was there they gave me some of their horseradish plants. First the Man of the House made some potting soil. And then we planted the horseradish in pots. This isn’t a good way to raise horseradish, but since we rent it’ll do …
Dec 30
Last year I asked readers if anyone could identify this plant: Recently, Richard of XID, a weed identification system, supplied the answer. This is a lovely photo of a lamium purpureum. Other, more common names, for this plant include red deadnettle, purple deadnettle, or purple archangel. Thanks so much for solving the mystery, Richard!
Sep 21
I’m not sure if it was our increased dedication to weeding and fertilizing OR the record temperatures that helped us. Whatever the cause, we’re getting a great harvest of peppers this year.
Aug 29
Several years ago I tried growing potatoes in a barrel. It involved planting potatoes in the bottom of a barrel. When the plants grew I put more dirt on top, leaving the very top portion of the plant uncovered. When the plant grew some more, I repeated the process. I continued until the barrel was …
Aug 03
The plum trees in the mobile orchard/vinyard produced their first fruit this year. We got about two pounds of plums. The Man of the House is freezing them for use in wine.
