The Historic District

We were hoping to build a few trellis in the garden, as well as expanding the compost into 3 bays. The lumber price insanity has hit here as well, so now the plans have shifted to using whatever scrap lumber we have already gathered or can get our hands on and doing what we can. We're thinking of pi...

I'll have to start remembering to take pictures in a smaller capacity. Everytime I've tried to upload they are too large. My front porch is pretty much a disaster right now though, between the horrible handy man, the last person who repaired the columns using the wrong wood and not sealing it, so n...

Meant to post this yesterday, my one non native we introduced out of nostalgia for my maternal grandparents' garden is still doing well (and spreading) under the side stairs despite the neighborhood kitties still using the patch of bare dirt under there as an occasional litter box. https://www.growi...

They're still hanging in there. Will put them in the cloche next week for certain once I figure out a way to raise the temp a bit more. Going to try moving some more rocks in/around the cloche this weekend and see how much that helps. We don't have many darker rocks, but more rocks are better than l...

Your restraint with the tomatoes was wise. Getting a chill seems to retard their growth and then it takes quite a while for them to snap out of it. I've done inadvertent experiments and the ones that weren't exposed to cold far outgrew the ones that were. I use 55ﾟ as the minimum. No New England ho...

I got a bit rambly thinking general plans in the "garden today", so here's those bits. :lol: I cannot find the outdoor thermometer I used to use to see how warm it was getting in our quick and dirty cold frames. We did get a compost thermometer, so I guess I could just put it inside the cloche and t...

Lily, a good plan for the mint although in the long term containing it might be a lost cause, the containment will only slow it down i’m afraid. At our Calgary home I planted just one mint plug, was fine for a couple of years then it just took off growing every were. Our home backed onto a heavily ...

I'm still thinking we might be able to make a laundry chute down the boxed in area that filled the rest of that wall behind the one short end of the tub. It would sure be nice to have, and I could easily build out the upper box in the upstairs bath since they're right on top of each other and there...

A frustration I've had of late is that Sean has taken to making videos about random stuff as a stress relief, and I thought that would eventually wind down a bit, but it's not. On one hand, I know he's doing it for stress relief and it does seem to be helping. On the other hand, it'd sure be nice if...

:dance: We had our first vax shots on Friday, and didn't do much because we both had some minor side effects and didn't want to push it. (Sean had to work the day after, but he's already decided to take some time off after the second since the Moderna tends to have stronger side effects at the secon...