Category: Gardening

There are a few small patches of snow remaining. I’m sure they’ll be gone in the next day or two.

I did a bunch of transplanting today. Then I planted a bunch more seeds. This is a few tomatoes, mint, catnip, and a bunch of flowers.

The peppers (and Tomatillos) are coming along nice. I’ll probably have to start transplanting a few soon. The last row was some fairly old habanero seeds. They are the only ones where none came up.

It looks like a few seeds are already starting to sprout!

And tomatillos. I had planned to do this on the weekend, but I ended up spending too many hours clearing snow and ran out of time. So, today I made the time to start my peppers and tomatillos. I usually use jiffy pellets. They might not be the best option, but they’re certainly convenient. Now…

So, Montana sent a low pressure system north to pay us a visit. This storm is still supposed to go on for one more day, but I figured I should try to find the sidewalk to the front door before it’s lost until May. I might not get to planting my peppers today. It’s kinda…

No, I’m not talking about my cats. My carnivores have been hibernating since early winter. Last year I bought a couple venus flytraps. I had no prior experience with these. I read that they need a dormant period and one way to do that is to put them in a dark, cool place for a…

Last year I decided to try vermicomposting. I put together a small composter using 5 gallon pails from Home Depot. Over the winter I neglected it a bit and let it dry out too much. When I checked it, there were dead worms. But, I noticed a few live ones, still, so decided to add…