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I am in my happy Place today!
Cherlynn that's awesome! Glad those little bees are doing their work on your pepper plants! Our creek is full of frogs and sometimes at night it is so loud! I love when they all start and stop simultaneously!
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Pepper plants - North - South and all between
I am on the Missouri/ Iowa border due south of Des Moines and I am getting tons of hot peppers for salsa but no bell peppers. I am concerned because so many things from frogs to wasp did not survive our winter. I've been going out with Q-Tips and pollinating that way and finally getting fruit setting. I know how…
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Show me your harvest!
lettuce, sweet peas, beets, rhubarb, strawberries, asparagus, scallions, radishes, and mulberries. Wish I had photos. That really is not on my mind when walking out to the garden to make a lunch. We took from the garden sweet peas, beet greens, lettuce and strawberries into a nice salad. Our home-made goat feta cheese in…
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Ants are eating my radishes!
Ants usually don’t eat radishes but more likely a sign of other pests in the garden. If you pull up a radish you may find deep in there another peat to repel ants Try some ground cinnamon around your plants it works to repel ants .. you can also sprinkle DE around the plants but this may also kill beneficial pests as well.…
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Mites on rose bushes
* Orange Essential Oil Cleaner – Dilute 1 teaspoon per gallon of water. Use as needed by spraying on leaves. Good coverage is important: Wet leaf surfaces to the point of drip. * Soap Spray – Mix ½ teaspoon natural non toxic mild dish soap (or Dr Bronners Castile liquid soap) and 1 teaspoon cooking oil in a 1-quart sprayer…
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Suddenly wilting basil
Hi When you say keeling over, is it a sharp bend like a break or a gentle droop? A sharp bend could be mechanical damage; such as a bird breaking a branch or a bug eating one side away. A gentle bend would make me suspect a water issue. Too much water and the roots rot to the point that the plant might not be able to keep…
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Benefit the bees to benefit your garden
Lots of clover here! Unfortunately those that farm near us are using Monsanto seeds and that means Round Up gets sprayed and carried on the wind. I am still seeing bees but getting less with each passing year. About 40% of the farmers in our region plant non GMO crops. They have an agreement with the Amish to not plant GMO…
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Onion problems
What kind of soil do you have? We have lots of clay here which onions do not like at all so we get beautiful tops but no onions. Double digging and adding in lots of compost and some sand has really lightened the soil up so our onions have a fighting chance to make us nice big roots! Let us know what kind of soil and…
