Winter crop attempts
The weekend blog crossover episode
Rouge d’hiver lettuce
A quote
“This is the most beautiful lettuce I’ve ever seen!”
I wasn’t present so you know it was truth and not flattery!!
Basil and oregano pizza
Bean sprouts (and their friends)
Getting a head in the garden
Garden harvest for salad and flavorings
Testing summer plants in the land of earwigs
I set out some of the tomato cages today. In the raised bed with the worst earwig depredations, I put one each of poblano pepper, Rio Grande verde tomatillo, Tommy Toe tomato, and Peruvian ground cherry.
I put out these four plants to see if the earwigs attack them and if so I’ll try petroleum jelly around the stem. I have other plants of all these so if any get completely consumed it won’t be the end of the world.
There have been fewer earwigs out in that bed since I’ve started putting out diatomaceous earth. However, in the adjacent bed, they have now moved onto a lettuce that was less dusted. So, maybe it’s helping?