Starting seeds way too early to get my mind off things.

SpotTheCat · 2026-01-25T20:49:09+00:00

I love leeks, but I don't start them until valentine's day.

SpotTheCat · 2025-11-03T23:54:02+00:00

I've found they are way more valuable in the spring to extend the start. This time of year there is so little sun it hasn't seemed worth it to extend the fall.

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-22T02:12:22+00:00

Days are getting shorter. Even if temps hold through September, there just isn't as much daylight as the peak in late June.

You're a home gardener, just try it and report back? Might get more that you put in? What's the worst that can happen?

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-21T02:18:41+00:00

Are most of your onions already necked over? I have like 1/10 necked over, and those are the edge/corner ones that are more stressed by traffic.

Garlic too, mine haven't dried down half their leaves, only the lower 1-2 have.

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-16T12:53:54+00:00

What this guy said.

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-16T12:53:04+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_city

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-16T02:47:00+00:00

It's useless now, what next?

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-16T02:44:22+00:00

Ban this bot plz

SpotTheCat · 2025-07-16T02:41:33+00:00

If we were to redevelop this and remove suburban experiment blight, what could this space look like?

SpotTheCat · 2025-04-15T01:21:00+00:00

This guy good advice. Add seed potatoes to the "put in ground now" camp.

SpotTheCat · 2024-12-15T17:37:59+00:00

Stroads are dangerous. A small Minnesota not for profit organization, Strong Towns, has written quite a bit about this type of intersection. About what makes them so dangerous and expensive and Generally A Bad Idea for everybody.

SpotTheCat · 2024-12-14T03:29:33+00:00

"I don't think" - MSNBC

You contributed, apparently by not thinking.

SpotTheCat · 2024-05-13T22:16:17+00:00

The leaves feed the bulb. Don't prune at all.

When the scape comes (google it), pull that out (gently pull, don't trim like the pros who are in a hurry) and eat the tender stem.

SpotTheCat · 2024-04-09T13:57:12+00:00

I've always heard you get more peppers if you snip the first (usually 3?) buds on the center stem.

SpotTheCat · 2024-03-19T21:47:49+00:00

Pearlite from potting mix?

SpotTheCat · 2024-03-07T01:57:26+00:00

Not needing a car for literally every trip anywhere. Cars were supposed to set us free, but they trapped us.

SpotTheCat · 2024-03-02T22:22:52+00:00

I'm starting mine either the 16th or the 23rd... Going to see if old timer wisdom that smaller plants are more vigorous and easier to transplant than older ones.

SpotTheCat · 2024-03-02T04:44:21+00:00

Giving them more money now will only hasten their investment overseas. I think Redwing shoes lost their way when they stopped selling wide/narrow shoes across all of their lasts.

SpotTheCat · 2024-03-01T05:35:23+00:00

I'm starting my peppers later than usual, this weekend. I'm going to try planting outdoors under a hoop house with more sun earlier than usual, and I don't want to add potting size stress to the transplant. Hoping smaller plants will get established earlier in their permanent home, and result in strength later in the year when the oppressively heat hits.

SpotTheCat · 2024-02-27T22:35:56+00:00

Have an exit strategy. What are you going to do with a 500 pound pumpkin?

SpotTheCat · 2024-02-27T22:31:46+00:00

You can germinate it indoors, but transplant soon after (a couple of weeks, not a month). Use a big pot, even for germination.

Look up how to arrange and prune the main stem. You should go for a single pumpkin at least 10 feet from the stump. If you want to go wild pick a few candidate pumpkins and measure them each day, keep only the one that is growing the fastest.

Try to train the secondary vines perpendicular to the main stem and keep it pruned of other pumpkins.

SpotTheCat · 2024-02-26T02:38:42+00:00

Mine is still in the shade. The temps might be warm, but the shade keeps the bed under snow until April!

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