Tobacco is pretty!

A lot of gardeners use tobacco as an organic pesticide. I decided at one time to grow some, so that I would not chance introducing tobacco mosaic virus to my tomatoes and peppers. Since then have found the only pesticide I like to use is homemade soap.

So now I grow tobacco for my pipe.

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July 11th, 2008 | Category: Chemistry, Gardening, Toxins | 3 comments

Frogs

I like to regularly sneak in pictures of frogs for no special reason.

Here is another;

Win, win for me, I get to share a frog photo or two and it gives me more daily content. 🙂

Bob

July 8th, 2008 | Category: Pond, Wildlife | One comment

Gathering Celery Seed

Celery Seed looks like this on a healthy plant;

On a stressed plant it looks like this.

Celery is a good mother, it will sacrifice itself to make healthy seeds. It may even make more flavorful seeds when it does this. They certainly seem stronger flavored.

The seeds will dry out and become […]

July 7th, 2008 | Category: Gardening, Seed Saving | 3 comments

Lettuce as a Complex Environment

I have been harvesting lettuce seed recently. Usually I just put a palm below one of the dandelion like flowers and with the finger tips of the other hand, massage the ripe seeds from the flower. The ripe seeds fall right out, along with a bunch of chaff.

As a child, I used to go […]

July 2nd, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Gardening, Seed Saving, Speculation | Leave a comment

Using water effectively

Here is how I conserve water in my garden,

The water is controlled and adjustable in each pot. The runoff from the pot, then supports the pear tree planted behind.

Here it is in early spring. The pond on the left catches water, but is allowed to dry out during the summer.

The […]

June 30th, 2008 | Category: Gardening, Husbandry, Pond | 3 comments
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