All seedlings have been diligently protected from Shackleton the cat this year. We do not trust him after last year’s grazing incident.
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02/16/2025 prairie grazing!
Briar likes to eat some of our prairie grasses sometimes, she’s no herd of bison. This winter we’ve been meaning to escalate into a full trim. The weather today was crisp, clear, and not too windy sheltered by the house, so we did the cuts! This is in hopes that we’ll get more species from past seeding events coming up.
Continue reading “02/16/2025 prairie grazing!”12/14/2024 plants in their home
Mom and Dad kindly invited me to visit Chickasaw National Recreation Area with them this weekend. The cats get a rest from Briar’s ideas.
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Paula chose to harvest our two red cabbages this evening. the little one weighs 227 grams and the big one weighs 480 grams.
Continue reading “06/11/2024 cabbage invasion”05/23/2024 time off
I’m taking today and tomorrow off so I hope I can look around the garden a little more.
Continue reading “05/23/2024 time off”05/11/2024 supposed to rain tonight sadly
Why sadly? Well, it’s good for the new plants I just put out because the forecast is pretty firm about rain, but it’s going to obscure possibilities for more of a rare G5 geomagnetic storm that resulted in the aurora borealis visible FROM OUR DRIVEWAY. Check out the view last night at Texas home on Mom’s blog too!
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Hanging out with the baby plants!
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Last night I opened up the heating mat area to check on tomatoes and peppers who are indoors a few days while it’s chilly out.
Continue reading “04/21/2024 cat crime”04/20/2024 Saturday puttering
After a bit of rain this morning (maybe a tenth of an inch?) it was cool and humid and cloudy all day.
Continue reading “04/20/2024 Saturday puttering”04/14/2024 summer suddenly
It got warm suddenly. We got several new plants at a native plant sale yesterday but only planted one in the dark — it’s too warm and windy. We put the other two in this evening. Hopefully the forecast rain tomorrow night actually happens!
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