What's your garden up to?

[Mendalla]

Yeah, we've doing well on the rain front here. On and off all day and was still coming down as it got dark.

 

[jimkenney12]

The rain made a brief, faint visit here around supper time but is supposed arrive properly tonight.

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

Harvested 8 kg potatoes from my 1 diameter round raised bed yesterday.wasn’t expecting that much. Still no rain until Monday. The tomato plants live in large pots and their leaves are yellow. A few tomatoes on them. Next year they will go into larger beds again.

 

[Mendalla]

Harvested 8 kg potatoes from my 1 diameter round raised bed yesterday.wasn’t expecting that much. Still no rain until Monday. The tomato plants live in large pots and their leaves are yellow. A few tomatoes on them. Next year they will go into larger beds again.

Interesting science story I heard about tomatoes and potatoes. Based on some genetic work, they now think the plant we know as a "potato" began as a cross between tomatoes and a wild relative of the potato (tomatoes and potatoes are related). It was a natural hybridization occuring long before humans came along (8-9 million years) in South America.

Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

www.livescience.com

 

[Luce NDs]

Interesting science story I heard about tomatoes and potatoes. Based on some genetic work, they now think the plant we know as a "potato" began as a cross between tomatoes and a wild relative of the potato (tomatoes and potatoes are related). It was a natural hybridization occuring long before humans came along (8-9 million years) in South America.

Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

www.livescience.com

Also a fantastic source of numbers of pharmaceutically active chemicals that could be helpful or fatal ... depending on application! Some information can be really helpful in dealing with these matters ...

 

[JayneWonders]

I've been enjoying the swoe. It gives me a good workout, but i see how it will help me keep edges in check rather easily once i get them under control.

Was going to move leaf mulch from the bin to the beds, but was too hot by the time i was done swoeing

 

[jimkenney12]

What is a swoe?

 

[jimkenney12]

When our basement flooded in March while we were in Australia (due to the breaker for the sump pump tripping), the restoration crew transferred all of my dahlias and Canna lilies from the cold room to to laundry platform on our deck. We had a few hard frosts before we got home in April. I moved the 20 garbage bags back to the cold room but some felt mushy. In mid May I moved them back to the deck and searched for signs of life. There were 8 with strong life signs and I planted them. One clump had possibilities so I planted them together. There was one lily and a cluster of dahlias.

Yesterday we finished installing the new laminate floor.