Pandemic Garden Club
May. 12th, 2024 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scrubjayspeaksWelcome to the May edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!
Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
(Sorry for the late post!)
After another wet spring, things have taken a turn for the dry side. These are just wild plants out in my unused field. My plant identification app informs me they are called blow wives. Which. Huh. We sure do name things, don't we? In any case, these two shots were taken April 24th and May 4th. In eleven days, you can see the degree to which both these and the surrounding grasses have dried up and gone to seed. We are awash in foxtails!
Because of this, I was surprised to discover several tree frogs hiding out amongst my succulents when I opened their cold frames and lifted off their tarps. For some reason, this agave is a favorite spot for them to splat. Must be just the right leaf curvature.
The conventional garden is getting up to speed. The sweet peas here are a tricolor mix, thriving in one of the rare patches of shade we have available. We picked the first ripe strawberries this weekend. The walking onions are wandering about on the edges of the orchard.
That being said, we had a few mornings of 28 degrees. And even with the protection of a cold frame, all the bell pepper and eggplant seedlings dropped dead. Oh, and the pincher bugs have been decapitating the tomatoes. Replacement starts have been purchased...
Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.
As for myself...
(Sorry for the late post!)
After another wet spring, things have taken a turn for the dry side. These are just wild plants out in my unused field. My plant identification app informs me they are called blow wives. Which. Huh. We sure do name things, don't we? In any case, these two shots were taken April 24th and May 4th. In eleven days, you can see the degree to which both these and the surrounding grasses have dried up and gone to seed. We are awash in foxtails!
Because of this, I was surprised to discover several tree frogs hiding out amongst my succulents when I opened their cold frames and lifted off their tarps. For some reason, this agave is a favorite spot for them to splat. Must be just the right leaf curvature.
The conventional garden is getting up to speed. The sweet peas here are a tricolor mix, thriving in one of the rare patches of shade we have available. We picked the first ripe strawberries this weekend. The walking onions are wandering about on the edges of the orchard.
That being said, we had a few mornings of 28 degrees. And even with the protection of a cold frame, all the bell pepper and eggplant seedlings dropped dead. Oh, and the pincher bugs have been decapitating the tomatoes. Replacement starts have been purchased...
