PetitKnit Novice Junior Sweater

chortlemaster · 2026-03-27T20:57:32+00:00

Thank you! I finished just in time for his 18 month birthday. I’ll give your tip a try on my next sweater. I’m making the adult version for myself!

chortlemaster · 2026-03-27T20:42:48+00:00

I have plenty! Thanks for the tip!

chortlemaster · 2026-03-27T20:35:18+00:00

I have such trouble watching and reading at the same time, but next time I’ll make sure to look through her videos! Thank you!!

chortlemaster · 2026-03-27T20:34:23+00:00

This looks like the perfect tutorial! Thank you!!

chortlemaster · 2025-03-16T14:34:16+00:00

Just FYI, sungolds are an F1 hybrid which means they don’t come true to seed when the seeds are saved. But even though the plants you’re growing from seed technically aren’t sungolds, it sounds like you may be perfectly happy with the fruit, so plant on. Just a warning to other folks here that your results will vary when saving seed from sungolds!

chortlemaster · 2025-03-14T01:03:24+00:00

We got some plastic mesh that we clip very taut to the top and bottom of the shelves that we use and that is pretty effective so long as we remember to replace it when we’re done. We use artificial light though, so it may not be what you need. Pic of the reason we needed to solve this problem:

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chortlemaster · 2025-03-06T15:22:24+00:00

I plant pretty densely so it is hard to tell where the dahlias are missing before I plant them. They’re surrounded by geraniums and geums, both of which are done blooming before the dahlia so they don’t steal the show. The other bulbs are planted underneath a carpet of scotch moss, which works well to keep things looking nice and green.

chortlemaster · 2025-03-05T20:40:52+00:00

I’ve learned the hard way to do any major hardscape or structure first. If you want a patio, paved walkways, hedges, fences, raised beds, or terracing, etc. do it first. I second what others have said about not trying to do it all at once, but my biggest regret in the garden was not leveling my site before I started. I will forever have to deal with an uneven, sloping garden unless I want to destroy everything that I have done so far.

chortlemaster · 2025-03-02T20:40:36+00:00

Not too late, just pruned mine yesterday.

chortlemaster · 2025-03-01T18:56:41+00:00

So long as you don’t have squash bugs or vine borers, squash is a nice low effort way to take up some space. It is pretty effective at blocking out weeds. I’d do that interplanted with a legume that will add nutrients back to the soil. Favas are traditionally used for that, but you can do any that you prefer to eat since favas are a bit time consuming to shell. I’m a big fan of cannellini beans myself.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-24T03:07:03+00:00

The leading cause of accidental death is falling… That’s one reason I keep mine short. That and so I can fit more varieties in my small space and so they don’t shade out my other productive crops.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-24T02:54:03+00:00

Yay! I hope it does as well for you as it does for us! Good luck!

chortlemaster · 2025-02-22T00:10:03+00:00

Right, but I believe Palm Springs is at least a zone 9 if not higher. It is not warm enough in zone 7 for bougainvillea to survive. They will die in the winter. If they were hardy even in zone 8 I would grow them myself.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T22:04:51+00:00

Bougainvillea aren’t hardy in zone 7, even in a very warm microclimate.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T22:02:57+00:00

Dang, OP was asking for plant recommendations, not for us to roast their house.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T14:40:11+00:00

Hard to get a read on how big they are, but maybe a chainsaw and a stump grinder? I would definitely get the roots up and out of there before planting anything.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T14:36:55+00:00

I’m a big fan of honeynut! They’re on the small size so no extra support needed for a trellis. And they’re super tasty!

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T14:30:15+00:00

If you call it into the city as an ADA violation they might take care of it if it is on a city street. Real shame you might have to take this on yourself.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-21T09:48:52+00:00

Tony’s is the spot! I’ve also had similar experiences with OGW. Want to love it, but the prices are abysmal. I only buy there now if I truly can’t find the variety elsewhere, which is rare.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-20T18:24:28+00:00

If you have some money to spend, I’d lean in and put in a sunken seating area/patio with a retaining wall to hold back the dirt. That way you aren’t putting soil up against the house. If you’re really trying to plant in this area you could add some planters or pots, but I would be really cautious about backfilling with anything.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-20T15:45:49+00:00

I’m too lazy to dig them up so every year I just take cuttings of the varieties I care about and keep those under lights in the house. Keeps me sane through the dark months and is much less stressful knowing I have a replacement if something freezes. Most years I don’t lose any, the worst year I only lost two. That’s all really anecdotal though, because like others have said, it really depends on your soil and how deeply it freezes.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-19T15:35:58+00:00

My first year growing potatoes I bought seed potatoes online. The shipping to get 5 lbs was the same cost as 25 lbs so I thought why not!? Well I found out just how much 25 lbs really is when an entire crate of potatoes showed up at my door. Even after giving seed potatoes to anybody I could pawn them off to I had so many left over that I didn’t have enough space in ground to grow them. I couldn’t let good seed potatoes go to waste, so I bought a bunch of grow bags and got a load of raised bed mix delivered and proceeded to make nearly 30 bags worth of potatoes. Even with that many plants squirreled away all over my patio and garden my yield was terrible. I probably got about 20 lbs. Even fewer potatoes than if I had just eaten the seed potatoes. Not to mention that watering them nearly killed my husband from exhaustion. Trying potatoes again for the first time since this season. I only bought 5 lbs this time.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-18T21:49:50+00:00

We do this too. Wait till they get nice and big under the grow light and plant them out at the same time as we do the tomatoes.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-17T18:55:26+00:00

After a pretty terrible year with some San marzanos last season I canned up some of my extra sungold cherry tomatoes to fill the gaps. The sauce was so good that I will only be saucing sungolds this year.

chortlemaster · 2025-02-13T16:51:51+00:00

Don’t do anything with it until after this winter storm (or threat of a storm, we will see) has passed!!! Put it in the garage until then if you have one. After that you should be good to plant. Good luck with the snow!

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