Category Archives: Observations

My dill was under attack by aphids.  Christina said to squish the aphids, which I started doing.  But then I saw several of these amongst the dill and corriander: And like magic the aphids are disappearing my forest of dill seems … Continue reading →

Saturday was the day that Big Green’s green manure met it’s fate: it became green manure. All for a good cause: this is in preparation for our tomatoes being planted out 20 November at our next garden craft session!

This is a post to remind myself how much room my veggies need – and that thinning them really IS for the best!  Here are two bok choy.  The one of the left is an averaged sized one that was … Continue reading →

Our new, improved, FiMBYesque garden has been going long enough that we’ve seen lots of progress and our plants going through various stages.  I’m overjoyed to see some of our berries blooming, like the jostaberry and blueberry that bloomed weeks … Continue reading →

Stress; even plants feel it. Here’s a photo of some of our frilly pink lettuce in Big Blue. The plants on the left are where they were originally sown. The plants on the right are transplanted; the stress of it … Continue reading →