And soon I'll be seeding in the fall/winter stuff, but the soil is actually fairly compacted. Thinking about adding an amount of compost/wood chips and rototilling that in. Bad season for tilling, but would be the best way to break up the soil and mix in the compost. Either way that's a tomorrow problem
Playing with redrawing my aggressive deer, but even with a reference pics, he's being stubborn and I feel like I'm being influenced by Beastars, even when I'm trying to avoid that style.
Is this actually that close or am I just imagining it? I'm aware the antlers are kinda wonky, they remain a weakness.
His name is Challenger, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised he's being difficult
I'm not talking green tomatoes either, they're taking chunks of actual plant (potato plants as well!) Super weird. Out of all my varieties, only Rebel Starfighter Prime is being munched. Maybe it's because it looks the weakest thinnest? Still growing like it's healthy otherwise, blooming and everything.
Not affected:
The regular potatoes behind them were nibbled, but not nearly the same damage. The deer have suddenly started hitting very hard in the last week. The potatoes/ sweet potatoes, some off one of my tomatoes (only Rebel Starfighter Prime affected), carrot and beets and something has even been eating green potatoes.
It makes me remember why I figured prime growing season ended mid July
I'm not afraid of calories, no. I'm actually afraid of how hot the oil gets, the splatter, cleanup, ect. Every time I've tried the food turns out a little soft and greasy- apparently I'm just not getting the oil hot enough? But when I do get the oil hot, everything moves so quick that I get paranoid I'm going to burn things. And even once I finish cooking, what do I do with all the oil after?
My photography skills however continue to suffer. This was from a no-name hardy lily from Amazon. Quite pleased with it and the size seems right for my pond
Pink Oyster mushrooms popping up between my roma tomato plants- and the first of those are just getting colored up. Mushrooms are grown from Plant and Grow blocks, and have been handling the weather here fine. They've been in the ground for just over a week with daily watering and rain.
Her name is Chibi. She's a multi house cat that's super friendly. Very worth buying an entire cam just for this pic
Also apparently I now have DDD/F cups? I identify as a guy, I don't even want boobs!
But lesson learned. I will procure an appropriate pattern. I simply regret that for whatever puritanical reason I cannot just wander about shirtless as befits the weather just because I was given the wrong body.
I only do this for my romas, who have no dignity as it is. Last year my two biggest broke from insufficient support. This year I have new cages and a certain willingness to make my tomato patch look dumb.
I wouldn't mind if they brached out more to the sides, where the rope is. I have mushrooms planted underneath them, so the shade would be quite beneficial
I figure if it's gonna be an El Nino year, I might as well make the most of it. It was a slow start, but I swear this thing grows 6" a day. It has basically endless room in front of it to grow, I just don't want it picking fights with the tomatoes (long story why those two are so close)
It IS a Crimson Sweet, so slight worry it won't set fruit/mature in time
While I had wanted an outdoor space to prep garden veggies and whatnot, I'm kinda lost at step 1. How do I even get started? What do I need to consider?
Also the sink is sitting on a 4'x2' piece of OBS. It's a biggun, but not too deep. Brand new with original bits
The purchased tops I got really struggle to contain the calamity that is my mammaries (DD). I've gone so far as to thread twill tape through the straps to try and reinforce them but I might have to throw in the towel and just try making a couple myself if I can find a pattern.
It's too hot to not let the girls breathe, but they need to stay in the top and I do need some support. Any ideas?
Pronghorn boy.. He's still not entirely where I want him, but definitely improving. Practice does actually work. I'd jump to computer at this point, but
proof it's not ai
boss can't track what I do in pencil and paper so I can draw at work
yet again I've lost the cable to my drawing pad
Where I'm struggling is that whenever I try a different expression I end up with different proportions and it just feels a bit off. Not great with hair either, which i think might be making the proportion issue worse
I dug a small pond in my backyard and just wanted to be nosy about what showed up. He happens to be the biggest buck in the neighborhood as well
This is on a yellow Brandywine, which i know can grow some big leaves, but I've never seen one quite this big. The other yellow Brandywines next to it have much more normal size leaves.
Is it a good idea to rototill a new patch of ground in July? Likely not, but it's worth trying. For the last pass I did mix in homemade chicken compost and winecap mycelium, and immediately covered it in grass clippings.
Why?I had volunteer tomatoes that were trying SO hard that they guilt tripped me into saving them. I also had a bag of fingerling potatoes that needed used, sprouting ginger, sweet potatoes and whatever else end up tossed in there. I was able to use up some otherwise wasted soaker hose as well, which was quite nice
Next spring I'll just till an L shaped garden and include this patch, but it will be an interesting to see if July 4th is the actual cutoff day for when you can be planting tomato starts and potatoes. I don't have huge expectations, I just wanna see what happens
Might seem a bit odd, but my partner and I are starting to go through some pretty massive life changes that aren't going to be 'ready' for the world to see for a few years at least. I'd like some kind of living monument to this strange time in our lives.
But also ignoring prices, I realized I would rather have the experience of growing a tree (or a few) from seeds and enjoying as it grows rather than utilizing a start. I've done this with a few other trees, including a now-fruiting coffee tree that's over 15 years old. I grew up near a JM nursery where the wife would raise their maples and crosses from seed, and saw how beautiful those were, so I know it's possible. Unfortunately for my brain, this means I must do it this way.
Has anyone else tried this?
I HAD a fantastic pumpkin plant that was growing like crazy and blooming pretty good. I come back outside in the morning and every single leaf and flower was eaten, but not the vine itself. I have another plant of the same variety, and several other squash plants, but I'm concerned Bambi is going to come right back for round 2.
I've got deer netting I can put up, but that's more a suggestion leave plants alone. They did the exact same thing to my strawberry plants earlier in the year
Those darn deer are lucky I like them