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I haven't made a post of substance in a while. Not sure whether this has to do with keeping myself busy or just not wanting to talk about things. On the plus side, my brother is here. I love having him around. :) Also, it was rainy this past weekend, so Eor got me working on cleaning up the last remnants of my huge cleaning out of the guest bedroom fit that I had in preparation for Hawk's arrival, and now the house is looking much better and more pleasant. imho & ymmv - I think Eor thinks it could be better, but then he always does.
Right now I should make a run to the hardware store, because the foot of our step-stool needs replacing. Eor used it to stand on to drive some bean poles in the garden and one of the little rubber feet got lost in the dirt, somewhere. Since I often use this step-stool in the tub to hold things that need to drip (like when I washed the enormous down comforter in the tub last week) it needs to have rubber feet.
Gorgeous day out - cool enough to wear a flannel, clear skies and air (delightful after having the smoke from the Canadian fires when we got back from Florida), the breeze is gentle and flower scented. I've already taken a walk down to the store for eggs and a quick tour of the garden to confirm that yes, it does need weeding, as always. That Japanese knotweed bamboo does pop up over night, literally. The bok choy is getting big! :) And the peapod vines finally seem to be getting started. I spread granulated fox urine and also did a spray of garlic, pepper and capsicum in a line along the backside of the garden yesterday morning, because we have a woodchuck who seems to think peapod vines are the most delicious of breakfasts. I wasn't sure any would recover after his weeks of snacking, but they also can pop up overnight. I wish they were perennials - they might be able to challenge the bamboo with their speed of growth, if woodchucks didn't eat them. :)
I wonder why woodchucks don't eat bamboo? Little bamboo shoots taste like rhubarb, they're not unpleasant. Of course I don't know if woodchucks like rhubarb, either.
Oh, I planted rhubarb, a well-started plant I got at the greenhouse last weekend, but I can't tell yet if it's in an okay place. I figured that since it looks like burdock it would do well in the area I have been tearing burdock out of. Logical reasoning, right? ;) But then I read what it said on the tag from the greenhouse and it's supposed to need full sun - the burdock was growing quite nicely over under the trees in amongst the jewel weed. (If jewel weed is the right name - it's what I've always known it as. I'll try to take a pic when it blooms, it's very pretty.)
Right now I should make a run to the hardware store, because the foot of our step-stool needs replacing. Eor used it to stand on to drive some bean poles in the garden and one of the little rubber feet got lost in the dirt, somewhere. Since I often use this step-stool in the tub to hold things that need to drip (like when I washed the enormous down comforter in the tub last week) it needs to have rubber feet.
Gorgeous day out - cool enough to wear a flannel, clear skies and air (delightful after having the smoke from the Canadian fires when we got back from Florida), the breeze is gentle and flower scented. I've already taken a walk down to the store for eggs and a quick tour of the garden to confirm that yes, it does need weeding, as always. That Japanese knotweed bamboo does pop up over night, literally. The bok choy is getting big! :) And the peapod vines finally seem to be getting started. I spread granulated fox urine and also did a spray of garlic, pepper and capsicum in a line along the backside of the garden yesterday morning, because we have a woodchuck who seems to think peapod vines are the most delicious of breakfasts. I wasn't sure any would recover after his weeks of snacking, but they also can pop up overnight. I wish they were perennials - they might be able to challenge the bamboo with their speed of growth, if woodchucks didn't eat them. :)
I wonder why woodchucks don't eat bamboo? Little bamboo shoots taste like rhubarb, they're not unpleasant. Of course I don't know if woodchucks like rhubarb, either.
Oh, I planted rhubarb, a well-started plant I got at the greenhouse last weekend, but I can't tell yet if it's in an okay place. I figured that since it looks like burdock it would do well in the area I have been tearing burdock out of. Logical reasoning, right? ;) But then I read what it said on the tag from the greenhouse and it's supposed to need full sun - the burdock was growing quite nicely over under the trees in amongst the jewel weed. (If jewel weed is the right name - it's what I've always known it as. I'll try to take a pic when it blooms, it's very pretty.)
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I just had to google woodchuck to see what it was - CUTE! I had heard of them of course, but just wanted to get a good idea of what you were talking about since they are unfamiliar to me. Of course nothing is cute when it interferes with one's vegetables! I hope you can dissuade it.
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Place one of our terracotta rhubarb forcers over the emerging shoots and produce an early crop. The darkness and warmth inside the rhubarb forcer encourages the plant to put on early growth, which is especially tender and sweet. To harvest, simply lift the lid of the rhubarb forcer and pull the stems. It is advisable to remove the rhubarb forcer later in the season so that the plant can have a period of normal growth and not become exhausted.
http://www.thepottingshed.co.uk/rhubarbsale.html
85 bucks!!?? I think I'll stick with a broken metal bucket, thanks!
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