12 September 2024 Harvest- Photo Credit CElisabeth at 8th Deadly Sin ORG

Notable Harvests of 2024

All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135 Authors are HUMAN, …

Squash Photo Credit - CElisabeth at 8thdeadlysin

Squash Varieties for 2024 – Winter and Summer + SVB Info

~ Summer Squash Zucchini – Costata Romanesco Zucchini – Cocozelle Zucchini – Golden Zebra Scallop – Mix Yellow Crookneck Winter Squash Cucurbita Moschata – of the three primary squash cultivars, the thicker stems of the C.Moschata assist greatest in it’s resistance to the squash vine borer successfully burrowing into the plant, compared to the other …

Tomato Varieties Planted by June 1st – Final lol

Varieties with notes N = New to me My smaller varieties: Agi Red (red and orange striped) – FavoriteBlack Vernissage (black and red) Cherry Punch – N?Green Doctors (green) – (yr 2)Italian Ice (pale yellow) – (yr 2)Juliet – NLucky Agi (tricolor)Lucky Tiger (tricolor)Napa Chardonnay Blush (yellow) – NPink Bumblebee (pink and red striped) – …

Series – Future Self Journal – 21C – Citizen Kane

Well, Citizen Kane is an interesting and complex film. I can tell Welles’s left pieces of the puzzle throughout the film, and it will take me repeated viewings to catch even half of them. I suppose Welles is the only person to have the full articulated puzzle, uncut and edges frayed by viewers, who would never be able to assemble it seamlessly.

Series – Future Self Journal – 5B – Frisson!

I love learning new words! Frisson. Definition: a sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear; a thrill. Word is used to describe a feeling when experiencing an audio or visual event that causes a physical response, i.e. chills. I also love reddit, because I learn new words. Some of them very bad. Last night when …

Series – Future Self Journal – 13 – Well, Actually People

Gardening Edition. I used to be one. I am reformed, mostly. Gardening helped. There is a dude who has a website, and now a book, claiming to debunk gardening myths. He is full of shit and his lil minions are infiltrating reddit and other gardening forums. He *stridently* claims his research is correct in all …