My spinach has been wonderfully successful. I've added fresh spinach to almost every meal this week. My strawberries are doing awesome! The hanging basket has turned out to be a great idea. There are about 3 strawberries that look like they will be ready for eating this week. We have mason bees! I am so relieved to see bees. Apparently if we keep the tubes near the house they will keep coming back year after year!
I have been able to keep one of my basil plants for 1 week! I have a mini cauliflower head in one of my plants. It's a little yellow but it is growing really well. My russet potatoes that I sprouted myself are actually growing! I'm so proud that I got them to take. Finally, my lavender has flowers and they smell great! I'm hoping this is just the beginning of a string of successes.
What are these tubes you speak of? Just when I think I know everything... I learn that I never knew anything at all!
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the bottom picture you can see the holes for the bees in the "house". We put in cardboard tubes for them to build their mud nests in. Then in the winter you pull out the full tubes and lay them near the "house" (which you have now added new tubes too) so when the new bees hatch they can use the holes again. It's just so you don't have to keep drilling new holes for them.
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