It rained last night and this morning so no watering 'cept the greenhouse, just starting some new seeds for this interesting sage, phlomis russeliana (Jerusalem Sage):
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That stuff is gorgeous! Wow! Good luck getting rid of the blossom end rot. Honestly, that is one of the most disappointing things about tomato gardening. At least it is relatively easy to fix once you spot it, though. Usually.
Hope those shots help your back,
@Sueby...and that your DH gave in and made dinner.
Sorry you have to put down one of your girls,
@igorsMistress. I know that is part of the deal, eventually, but no one looks forward to that regardless of the reason.
Did you see that new queen vibrational vocalization video? I think it was something like quacks and something else.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53029218
That is so cool!
Thank you for explaining the bee situation,
@WthrLady. My father hunts, and learned from his father to thank God for the deer or fish once it is dead. It is a very respectful thing with Dad, and Hubby, too; something is dying so we may continue living.
Not much to do here today, just a light water for new plants after a deep watering yesterday and pulled a few suckers. Waiting for seedlings to pop up (plus Hubby took the week off, so we ran a couple of town errands). Nothing like a varmint-induced extended "waiting for and babying seedlings" season.
Have never heard of removing blooms from tomatoes—I'd be afraid to do that, too.
Since it sounds like many of us are about to be on the receiving end of heat & humidity, I will share this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/dining/18mini.html
Printed it out when it was initially published, and that is one raggedy set of papers—but it comes in handy when it's too hot to cook, especially now that the nearest restaurant with food I can eat is 30+ minutes away! Of course over a decade later, some dietary changes to the recipes have occasionally come into play, but they're not that difficult to make.
(Bittman's "Cook Everything Fast" is terrific, too—I looooove to cook, but when it is hot and humid and you've been working outdoors half the day...we've all been there, right?)
But I will let her in with them one last time just in case the littles got their big girl panties in the last couple weeks & can stand up to her!
