Tag: rosemary

Ah, control…

4 Apr 20092 Apr 2009 by Mike (tfb)

The tiny farming action continues mainly indoors with the SEEDLINGS. I’m still starting away, staggering most things, but doing all of the tomatoes right now, all at once. The daily photos mostly tend to be—surprise!—extreme close-ups… So, while looking over … Read the rest

This year’s BBQ

5 Sep 200821 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It took a while, but I finally dragged out the classic no-frills barbecue and continued the simpler BBQ approach started last season. This time around, I stumbled onto lump charcoal, which is pure wood carbon, and a step back from … Read the rest

Seedling action

28 Mar 201628 Mar 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The main tiny farming action is with the seedlings now; even if the snow melted off tomorrow (which it won’t), it’d still take a sunny, windy couple of weeks, give or take, for the field to dry out enough to … Read the rest

Fuzzy little rosemary

1 Mar 200828 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Hmmm, so that’s what tiny rosemary seedlings REALLY look like with their first true leaves. I’m experimenting with the new camera. On macro, it’s practically a microscope. I can focus as close as 1 cm (less than half an inch) … Read the rest

New rosemary

7 May 201321 Feb 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Rosemary, seeded 10 days ago, has been coming up over the last couple of days. I’ve heard that germination for this herb can be hard, under 50%. I’ve usually done better than that. This tray is about half started, and … Read the rest

Rosemary under snow

29 Apr 202223 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The rosemary’s looking quite fresh and perky, buried tip deep in snow. There are many cultivars, some apparently able to overwinter in quite brutal cold. I have three types here, two without names (one a survivor of last winter’s rosemary … Read the rest

Spearmint and the other herbs

1 Sep 201110 Nov 2007 by Mike (tfb)

The fall season that wouldn’t quit has more or less come to an end. For the last few days, overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, we’ve had hard frosts and some snow, but the ground is far from frozen, and … Read the rest