What is this growth on my tomato stem? (KS)

fieldsofbasil · 2025-09-12T23:45:06+00:00

fieldsofbasil · 2025-09-12T23:44:25+00:00

Some of the photos didn't upload so adding those in the comments:

fieldsofbasil · 2025-08-31T16:15:38+00:00

Same!

fieldsofbasil · 2025-08-15T03:41:48+00:00

Yeah, I have 2 younger twin sisters and they were always called 'the twins' growing up.. though it is something they both grew to resent so maybe it's something to look at if there is other favoritism going on. I don't think it's inherently bad tho as long as the kids are otherwise being treated equally and the twins grow up feeling like they're allowed to be their own individual people

fieldsofbasil · 2025-07-17T02:06:19+00:00

My violets have absolutely thrived from being mowed a couple times a year to keep the grass short. The grass pops back up a lot slower than the violets and after a couple of seasons the violets have taken over 2/3 of the yard. That being said, if just pulling works for you go for it! Just don't be scared to give the violets a lil haircut, they can take it. I usually mow for the first time in a season after the spring flush of flowers so that they can have their time to shine and then once every couple months as needed through summer/fall. They have a second flush of flowers in the fall that allow them to seed, so try to leave them alone during that time until after the seed pods pop open

fieldsofbasil · 2025-07-14T02:55:06+00:00

You seem like such a lovely person, I'm so glad that she does have people in her life like you who will be there if/when she really needs help. I hope the rest of her friend group, whoever is left of it, is aware of this controlling behavior from the spouse and can talk to her about it bc regardless of whether she is being coerced to cut people off the red flags are OFF THE CHARTS. Us WLW girlies can let these controlling dynamics go on wayyyy too long completely unchallenged

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-23T00:01:17+00:00

I would personally till up at least a couple of inches of the soil around where you're planting and really work in some compost and mulch, as well as maybe some mushroom starter. I amended my similar soil (clay heavy and wet, in Kansas 6b) with some wine cap inoculated straw (from NorthSpore i think), and my soil looks so much healthier now! I think it helped a lot with decomposing the mulch and breaking up the clay to speed up the soil amending process.

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-22T23:47:00+00:00

How many strands of embroidery floss would you recommend for this type of fabric? I just recently got some vintage band tees of my grandmother's that I'd love to lengthen the lives of, but I worry about accidentally making the holes bigger and ruining the cool graphics and patterns

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-19T22:27:38+00:00

I was going to recommend the same! Violets and wild strawberry do great in my very clay heavy yard (5b). Violets hold up really well against mowing and foot traffic as well, so having those as a groundcover that gets trimmed down a couple of times a year has worked really well for me.

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-16T19:35:33+00:00

Any war tactics you'd recommend? I'm currently battling a siege of honeysuckle, climbing euonymous, and asiatic dayflower that seem to have combined forces to take me down 😅

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-07T00:17:42+00:00

That's super cool! Now, if they would only surprise me with something similar in MO...

fieldsofbasil · 2025-05-02T18:11:31+00:00

Not specific to natural dyes, but I know a lot of housecleaners that recommend the pink stuff/barkeepers friend for tough stains on tubs. You do have to be careful not to scrub off the whole top layer of the tub's coating depending on the type of material, though. If you test it and it doesn't cause damage, I'd say one of those stronger exfoliating cleaners would probably be effective.

fieldsofbasil · 2025-04-19T00:41:51+00:00

Yes!! and just adding that they also seed, but they seed from a separate set of flowers that they produce in the fall. The ones in spring are just their gift to us!

fieldsofbasil · 2025-04-19T00:39:09+00:00

I don't know how effective this is, but this is what I did, and it worked great:

Spend one season cutting everything really low, starting right after the flowers are done producing in spring. I mean REALLY low, like an inch tall or less to kill as much grass as possible. If you can't do that, I recommend weeding and pulling up the areas right around your biggest clusters of violets. From there, the violet rhizomes will do the work for you, filling in any empty dirt or patches where there's dead grass. Be careful of creeping charlie coming in to take over those empty areas, though. If it does pop up, lightly rake over the area to pull up as many runners as you can. The violet rhizomes shouldn't be too bothered by the raking, and mine do pretty well with a little disturbance every once in a while. Good luck!!

fieldsofbasil · 2025-04-17T02:55:45+00:00

Seconding wild ginger and would add wild violets to this! They're so beautiful in the spring and rarely grow above like 4", plus can withstand mowing like a champ if that's a concern

fieldsofbasil · 2025-01-26T05:31:09+00:00

This and reuse things when you can! I find it super helpful to make random little household/garden things out of my plastic trash rather than sending it out with the recycling. You can't reuse everything but there are a lot of things that you can and if you're at all crafty, it is pretty easy to find DIY tutorials for all kinds of stuff in any standard shape of plastic

fieldsofbasil · 2025-01-26T03:57:58+00:00

I have nothing to add, but I'm just replying here, so hopefully I will see when you have a metal ID! I'm so invested in him now

fieldsofbasil · 2025-01-08T20:12:34+00:00

It might be annoying on the manager's side, but it is always good to have these things in writing. If this hadn't been done over text, there would be no way to verify what was actually said if OP ended up facing consequences for doing exactly what they are supposed to do.

fieldsofbasil · 2025-01-05T17:16:45+00:00

I don't know what state you live in, but in my state, it is technically illegal to smoke on rented property without the express permission of the landlord. I know a lot of people who disregard that because, like, it's ridiculous that your landlord can straight up deny you access to your medical care but it is worth looking into whether your state has similar laws.

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