Notices by Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org), page 3

The two tomato plants I grew from cuttings are looking great now. They actually look greener and bushier than the mother plant at this point.

#gardening #plants #tomatoes #food

Borrowed a friend's mini tiller to convert this dilapidated corner of the yard into a wildflower patch. Seeds sown. Now comes the waiting and 🤞🤞

#gardening #flowers #plants #notmuchtolookat

A former housemate put these beds in several years ago, too close to the fence such that the mower won't fit behind them. This has been an annoyance. The fact that she only half-heartedly gardening in them for a year or two and then let them be taken over by weeds is a further annoyance. But now she's gone, and I'm going to try to rehabilitate (and move) them, starting with this one.

Once the plastic hopefully does it's thing for a couple of weeks I'll need to remove all the soil, relocate the frame, then fill it back in. After that, it'll be too late to plant anything to harvest so I plan to cover-crop it with beans until we get into frost territory, then tuck it in for a long winter's nap under a blanket of compost until I can plant potatoes in the spring.

#gardening #weeds #housemates

My cukes have been getting ravaged by cucumber beetles for the past few weeks. Lately, these guys are hanging around too. I hope they're here to eat the other beetles, and not the plants. Anyone know?

#gardening #insects #pests

#grasshopper #insect #gardening #photo #mywork

Taking shelter from the rain.

#mantisfly #insect #nature #gardening #mywork

@[Peter Lindelauf](http://social.gibberfish.org/people/5bbee3d093d1013911d9002590c0bfb8): Here they are after a heavy soaking last night ⛈️⛈️⛈️

#gardening #hugekultur #hügelkultur

If you're reading this, please comment to let me know if you can see the image or not.

#diaspora #image #bug?

@[Jodi K](http://social.gibberfish.org/people/51bd24c039cc013ab91728a1592b385a) can you see this one?

I've mainly been growing lettuces in my two hugel mounds with no plan for a succession crop. On Saturday, on a whim, I direct sowed about 40-50 each of dried black and pinto beans I bought at the grocery store. I didn't really know what to expect, but they've sprouted shockingly fast. So far 5 days on I count 18 black bean sprouts and 1 pinto.

I have no idea if these are bush or climbing varieties, but I would guess than large scale growers that supply supermarkets wouldn't grow pole beans. Right?

#gardening #hugekultur #hügelkultur #beans

#ufo #humor

Upgrade to #diaspora #0900 seems to have worked!

#kerryking #slayer #motleycrue #music #humor

#strawberry #flower #gardening

As a total novice potato farmer I have a bit of a mystery as to why these two results are so different. The plants in the two photos were only planted days apart, and have had equal sun and water, but the results are starkly different. Granted, there are a few important variables at play.

Both planters were started by filling them half way to the top with homemade compost. I then placed two seed potatoes on the surface of each and filled the planters up to the top. The one with the lush growth was topped with more of my own compost and mulched with straw. The one with the poor growth was topped with expensive bagged manure compost and mulched with dead leaves. Finally, each planter has a different variety of potato in it, though I forget now which is which.

Anyone care to opine? Is it just down to different varieties? Could the pricey bagged soil actually suck? What do you think?

#potatoes #plants #compost #gardening #mystery

Potatoes are showing a respectable 10 days worth of growth since the first shoot broke the surface. The tomato cuttings I planted 2 weeks ago were still looking robust, but the leaves started pointing up so I took it as a sign of stress and transplanted them to proper sized pots. Mom is already setting fruit, so hopefully these little fellas will give me some later-season harvest.

#tomatoes #potatoes #gardening #vegetables #plants

Rabbits have discovered my strawberry bed, so I had to get mildly unfriendly about it. 🐇

#gardening #plants #strawberries #rabbits #diy

The internet told me you can propagate tomato plants by pruning off a stem, stripping most of the leaves, and burying it as deeply as possible in soil. They will develop roots all along the stem and turn into full-fledged plants. I tried this, and for the first week they were alive but very droopy and sad looking, but as of yesterday they're standing up tall and look like they've grown a bit. I guess it works?

#tomatoes #gardening #horticulture #botany

I tried my hand at making English muffins this afternoon. Not sure how they taste (yet) but they look the part :)

#cooking #baking #food #breakfast

Someone has eliminated the mole.

#wildlife #animals #moles #death #riplittlebuddy