I  just got a compliment on an iris photo. so I have to post another.

This is the Iris Ellene Rockwell, but really it is a frog picture.  I will use  any excuse to at all to sneak in photos of frogs.  Click on the picture for a better view.
Bob

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Basil is a delightful grace in the yard, and fairly easy to grow as long as you have good seed to start with.
I am quite sure that someone has a much better way to collect basil seed,  there is no way that what I am  doing  would work commercially.   I will however share the method [...]

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One of my feral cats goes out of his way to destroy the surface of any pot that I plant seed in. Here is how I have learned to protect young seeds from him.

Chopsticks.
Bob

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Previously I showed the skeleton of a planter/bench.
Here it is finished and in place!

The slats were from the planter/table that remained only a table.  I did not use them on the table,  fit nicely inside another planter to finish it.
Now I will fill this with leaves, let them breakdown a bit and then top that [...]

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Zip lock bags are pretty much the rage for seed storage these days.  However, they are quite inferior in some ways.  They keep moisture in, so they can reduce the storage life of seeds and they can promote mold.  For keeping moisture out, they are great.
The best initial packet is a paper one.  After the [...]

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