4.21.25

Weather:
Forgot a couple things.

I realized that I totally forgot to plant the green beans and the nasturtiums. I wanted to do nasturtiums last year because I think they're beautiful, but it was too late in the season. They are pretty and provide some pest control. There's a LOT of pest control measures I gotta take this year because they were such a hassle last year. I had slugs that I tried to fight off with beer. I had cabbage worms on my brussel sprouts that I watched ants fight. I had rabbits that sat in my yard too comfortably. Thrips on my tomatoes, etc etc. I don't want to use pesticides, though, so I am depending on other plants that keep things away like nasturtiums.

The daffodils are coming up in the front yard. I think they're so fun. I just wish they bloomed longer. There's a few different kinds that the landlord had planted, and my faves are these really tiny guys that grow in only one spot.

A friend had invaded my yard with a friend of his, and they saw my garden in an ugly state so I did a few more things. Added the tarp down for the tomatoes (to prevent early blight hopefully) and added the dirt into the bed. I also planted the green beans that I forgot to plant.

I was pleased to see that the rain from the previous week helped a lot of the existing plants to grow a fair amount. There's catnip in my wildflower bed, the creeping plants are growing, and the strawberries have popped up. It's year two on the strawberries only two more to go for them to be matured. I think? I'm not sure. I do the veggies. The strawberries are my neighbor's thing.

We spent much of the night hanging out in the yard keeping our rent low by playing with fruit ninja with a real sword, crushing beer cans, and playing with the intercom installed in a car. The young American experience. I had my three silly drinks: lead-filled tap water, a Spindriff, and an American IPA.

At this point of the season, there's not really much going on in the garden. It's just a lot of waiting. The things you do notice is the changing of the clouds and sunset. I have a hard time describing this, but clouds in the cold months feels different than the clouds in the warmer months. They look different because the different temperatures have different air densities, but the vibes are different, too. Early spring and late summer has the best sunsets with the best clouds. Along with the cool clouds, the bats are out working hard eating the mosquitoes. I love those little guys. I will be freaking myself out about rabies later, though.

I will hold off on garden updates until things start really happening. I don't really want to talk about watering and looking at dirt everyday. I wanna get my weather station setup too just for my nerdy weather interest.

4.22.25

Weather:
Started the garden work.

I gathered the household to help in the garden after work. I let the garden die last year, and I left it alone over the winter. I was a little disheartened by the morning glories that took over, the tomato blight, pests, and too much rain. I won't let that get to me this year! I am determined to keep things at bay and have a good garden. Unfortunately, I did start my seedlings way too late. If there's issues, I'll just buy the plants, so it's okay.

We cleaned up the beds and added more dirt to one of the beds. We also got the leaves cleaned up, and yard kinda tidied. We're the messy ones on the block ngl. Keeps the rent down tho :p We got Miller High Life bottle tops stomped into the dirt here (pictured below and to the right).

While cleaning up the garden, we stumbled upon many small critters. Several rock centipedes, a ladybug (a real one!), and many, many earth worms. We took a break at the dairy queen. Mmm ice cream.. and then I spent too much money at home depot and bought a houseplant that I will probably have issues overwintering because I have weird heating in my old house.

I was pleased to see that the rain from the previous week helped a lot of the existing plants to grow a fair amount. There's catnip in my wildflower bed, the creeping plants are growing, and the strawberries have popped up. It's year two on the strawberries only two more to go for them to be matured. I think? I'm not sure. I do the veggies. The strawberries are my neighbor's thing.

The landlord forced the rhubarb with a bucket over top. I'm not entirely sure how this works, but it worked pretty damn well. I may have too much rhubarb this year.

Planted/planting: Will come back: Seperate pots for funsies: To get: