Red worms AKA manure worms. Not sure if they like compost but worth a try. Cheap start is get some at the bait shop. Sometimes called trout worms at the bait shop. Gardens are not rich enough for them to stay no matter what the sales hype says. Normally found in or near barnyard manure piles.
Foot is healing thanks to the Maduka honey. Able to put more weight on it. Improving daily. Mice are finally gone. I have not caught any in over a week. BOS in a jaws brand repeating trap. Started some tomato seeds.
I have calendula up. A hardy annual sown in outdoor pots. Squill is blooming. Pear and sour cherry are swelling flower buds. Pear trees are on schedule with past years. Wild columbine clumps are getting taller.
I am getting back into guppies after many years. Bored with the inactivity of foot recovery. I am 72 and got my first guppies in grade school. Starting a daphnia culture for live food. Much easier to raise than brine shrimp. Free start from river water. Any lake or river or swamp has them.
Saw a cabbage butterfly. Found a dead vole on the deck. Looked roughed up. Dog must have got it. Good dog! Made beef stew in the crockpot. Just enough for 2. I have done well downsizing quantity for 2. Go to foot doctor today for checkup on the removed wart. Still sore after 2 weeks. Slow...
Beautiful day with a high near 70. Same tomorrow. Took it easy today because I had 2 good days. A little sore. The earliest of my daffodils started opening today. I planted an assortment years ago.
I have 2 colors of wild Asters here. Not sure what species they are. A light blue and white. Thinking about managing some as flowers . Cutting back to make them bushier and shorter.
Potted 2 bareroot garden phlox plants. Very small starts that will need some TLC. Potted up some squash sprouts from a germination test. Rather than throwing them out. I thought grow them awhile and practice grafting.
Vegetable grafting question. Going to try squash and cucumber grafting to help pest and disease issues. I wonder if bush onto long vine would result in bush or long vine? Summer squash onto butternut. I may need to use bush butternut to get bush type. Any thoughts?
Trying Burmese - Burma okra this year. Pods are tender to about 9 inches. 2.8 inches of rain the other day. 96 percent chance of rain tonight. Sowed some seeds in pots. Germination test showed good except one variety. Waiting to start tomato seeds about 15th. I could hardly walk on sore foot...
Overnight rain and cooler temps. Tied the record high yesterday. Mouse bait is not 100 percent for me. I had to resort to traps to get them all. One catch alive repeating trap caught 3 and a bucket with water caught 2. Sunflower seeds as bait. No activity now. If they are there they will do...