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 today's image … [Read more...] about Ah, control…
rosemary
This year’s BBQ
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 additive-rich preformed briquettes (I'm not all … [Read more...] about This year’s BBQ
Seedling action
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 fully work. Indoors, with the new grow rack, there is still space, but … [Read more...] about Seedling action
Fuzzy little rosemary
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) away. That's a little tough to manage, but with 12 … [Read more...] about Fuzzy little rosemary
New rosemary
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 more will come.... Ideally, this would've been in at least a … [Read more...] about New rosemary