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Full Frontal Lobe Tomato Mystery
Whatever kind of tomato this is, it's not a yellow pear like the note I wrote myself said (drinking and gardening is harder than it looks). I must have crossbred something. Anyone have an idea who the parents of these lobey tomatoes might be?
Forex Pole Bean in Flower
This Forex pole bean in flower made the gray skies of "June gloom" a little brighter.
Keyhole Garden Out of Control
It's official. I've completely lost control of the keyhole garden.
First Sweet Corn of the Summer
These beauties are Allure, a bicolor organic synergistic sweet corn that can only be described as the purest, sweetest form of corn decadence.
How to Make a Simple Window Flower Box
Here's how to make a simple but attractive and durable window flower box for under $20 with a cedar fence board, a piece of corrugated steel, and a little paint
The Onion Harvest Rule
Grandpa always said "plant onions on the first day of spring, harvest them on the first day of fall." But here in the southwest, the first day of winter and summer are more like it.
Aeonium
An aeonium in the new succulent garden I'm creating. The light through the yucca tree hit it in just such a way to bring together the colors and symmetry in an almost hypnotic display.
Vegetable Garden Spring 2020: Then and Now
It's always fun to see how the vegetable garden has changed over the season. Here are some photos of mine on the first and last days of spring 2020.
How To Make Old Fashioned Summer Pickles
A simple, authentic dill pickle recipe from 1903 to maximize summer cucumber harvest. Only requires cucumbers, water, salt, vinegar and dill. No fridge needed.
Garden Path Refresh
I turned a drab wood walkway into a cool, colorful path through the tropical garden in a couple days for under $20. Here's how I did it.
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