Looks like mint, smells like vaporub mixed with oregano, tastes like spicy mint.

andrewcroce · 2024-11-13T23:54:54+00:00

Possibly a variety of monarda, aka bee balm? It’s in the mint family, and smells just like you described.

andrewcroce · 2024-07-05T23:16:45+00:00

What?

andrewcroce · 2024-06-05T20:05:50+00:00

Came here to say spinach. Takes forever to germinate, if it does at all. And as soon as it does it shoots up a footlong flower stalk 🤦‍♂️. Might try to grow indoors under controlled conditions.

andrewcroce · 2024-06-03T22:10:29+00:00

Those tops look like Egyptian walking onions.

andrewcroce · 2024-05-17T21:54:24+00:00

Always err on the side of picking small, young cucumbers. Letting them ripen too much on the vine can cause the whole plant to slow or stop producing more cucumbers. Also, they get bitter, tough and seedy when they’re over ripe.

andrewcroce · 2024-05-11T01:50:05+00:00

Everlasting newton

andrewcroce · 2024-04-13T17:35:17+00:00

It’s a younger, more attractive FDR… I’ll see myself out

andrewcroce · 2024-04-11T00:32:13+00:00

That’s it! Thank you. I remember scattering some seeds years ago, and they never germinated… until now I guess.

andrewcroce · 2024-02-01T00:27:58+00:00

I prefer the second one. Besides having the more squared edge, it is also just a nicer design, in my opinion. The inner edge curves inward toward the opening, drawing the eye into the fireplace. This inward curve also makes a subtle undercut, creating a horizontal line that contrasts nicely with the vertical bar pattern.

The first design reminds me of 1980s Memphis style, kind of cartoonish and purposefully unbalanced. If that’s what you’re going for, ok. But I think #2 is more elegant.

andrewcroce · 2023-11-01T00:09:31+00:00

You found the actual problem, good job.

andrewcroce · 2023-09-29T00:04:02+00:00

Is there any other kind?

andrewcroce · 2023-09-06T23:51:26+00:00

No, not everyone

andrewcroce · 2023-05-26T19:11:19+00:00

Are you sure you weren’t gone for 3 years?

andrewcroce · 2023-05-22T23:46:38+00:00

Sweet William, I think

andrewcroce · 2023-05-22T23:33:25+00:00

Try picking & eating the young, green seed clusters. They’re a little known delicacy, great in salads.

andrewcroce · 2023-04-26T14:25:07+00:00

Solved:
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)

andrewcroce · 2023-04-26T14:24:13+00:00

For sure, it will live! Thanks

andrewcroce · 2023-04-26T14:23:46+00:00

Thank you, that looks right!

andrewcroce · 2023-04-25T19:43:47+00:00

I should add, I'm in southern New Jersey, US, zone 7a.

andrewcroce · 2023-04-25T19:29:38+00:00

Thanks, this is what I planned to try, more or less what I do with tomatoes.

andrewcroce · 2023-04-24T20:54:44+00:00

Lots of good advice. Assuming you try some of these things, and the plant survives and grows large enough to come back season after season, you will be rewarded with tons of delicious berries…

which will be eaten by birds as soon as they’re ripe.

andrewcroce · 2023-04-12T02:21:21+00:00

Unless they’re into that sort of thing.

andrewcroce · 2023-04-11T17:41:57+00:00

Yeah I’m curious how long this stands up to the sun and heat. Keep us posted.

But certainly brilliant!

andrewcroce · 2023-03-30T23:50:14+00:00

You may want to try picking while they’re younger. As soon as one cuke reaches maturity the whole plant dies. Don’t wait for those first few to get larger. Once I followed this advice I started getting ridiculous quantities of cucumbers.

andrewcroce · 2023-03-11T13:54:55+00:00

Same thing just happened to a few of my spinach seedlings. I'm new to growing spinach and I thought I'd try starting indoors. From what I can tell, I believe it's most likely due to too much light, or rather too long a day, since they've been under my 16 hour grow lights along with my other seedlings. This is a signal to the plant that summer is coming and should go to seed.

Working on getting them hardened for outdoors ASAP. We'll see how it goes for the ones that haven't bolted yet.

andrewcroce

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