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Trying to decide if I want to let the wild lettuce go to seed, or harvest it. The problem is, I have no health problems myself (knock on wood :) ) so anything herbal I make just sits on the shelf until it's discarded for the next season. There's always the "what if" argument, and I dry a lot...

My 3 surviving licorice plants are thriving. The valerian seedling is dead. The last of the marshmallow seems to be coming back from the dead. The velociraptors got another seedling grapevine.

Landrace dry bean harvest so far. Planted in February as part of a cold tolerance test, started ripening just as the heat hit. No cullinary water, so probably 2/3 of the plants died of either the cold, the heat, or drought. Next year will be better. I'm tempted to plant a fall crop with these...

I have a nightmare aversion to drip lines, after Dad (early stages of dementia) decided it was time to dig the compost pit and cut all the lines to get them out of the way. SMH

I let one of my 30 week cockerels join the girls yesterday. He'll be going to my sister's house tonight. Watermelons are sprawling. Melons are struggling. Dry beans ripening. Still have 3 baby almond trees and an apricot in the new garden area. The last of the pumpkins are dead. I'll wait a few...

Got the rest of a box filled with compost. Woodchips have been in it all winter. Picked more dry beans. Tomatoes are starting to fruit. Waiting for female blossoms on the moschatas and melons.

Soft boiled eggs if I can get out there quick enough.

If it keeps simmering at this rate, I'll be able to leave the stove off and get pre-cooked chicken from the coop...

I can't find the tomatoes, but it's technically not because of weeds. I overseeded with flax. The flax did nothing to deter squash bugs. A few years ago I had one zucchini that didn’t have a single squash bug all season, surrounded by seeding lettuce. Maybe coincidence. I was hoping the flax...

Grapes at my old house thrived for over 40 years with a ph over 8. I wouldn't worry too much about PH.

I've used both those processes, and they rely on horizontal running, which you don't really have with an arch. I guess I'll just have to experiment.

Speaking of grape vines, does anyone have an ides which training process might be best for a grape vine trained on a cattle panel trellis?

Nitrogen would hit the old leaves, new leaves would look healthy. This might be sulfur. Try epsom salt.

I'd call it a miracle. Not just that they were dumped, but that they were dumped in a place you regularly go, to be cared for by someone who appreciates them.

Interesting. All the pictures I found showed a long thin pod for chickpea.

The cold tolerance test with dry beans is officially a success. I planted in February and the plants are ripening now, at the start of summer heat. They're stunted by the cold, of course, but still producing. Next year will be better. Squash bugs on the pumpkins. Any survivors will be harvested...

Rather like the pet food ads. "Tastes great!" According to who? "What do you do for work?" "I'm a product taster." SMH

Wherever you live, it might be worth it to succession sow your squash, so when one plant dies or goes to seed you have another to replace it.

I just used zip ties initially, but the wind kept breaking them and ripping the panels off. I decided to do as @peteyfoozer suggested and put two more cattle panels over the top for security.

Oh, and it tasted so good!