They’re the best, hands down!

Hah I wish! It’s be cuteness overload

I’m not going to lie, I’m jealous of the home automation control and your average inside temps! I’ve got a small grow closet and have the shutoff thermostat in the lowest level of shelving, but am not allowed to have it below 68F because of the newborn and a wife who is always cold 😂

Very cool! Are you relying on your lights and ambient heat for temperature maintenance, or are you supplementing the heat?

Cool ombre, hombre!

Remember to move hornworms to your non-production/trap tomatoes to see more of them!

An acquaintance of mine by the name of Mark Follansbee runs “Wormainea” and teaches folks to do worm bins (vermiculture) in the southern parts of Maine. He’s got a few different guides, whether you prefer videos or written instructions, but I’ve gotten to dig into his setups and they’re pretty easy to set up and keep going - and there’s practically no smell (done right). You’ll have to find something to do with the castings and the worms once the population hits a point.

Aukward

He was very “ehh, I guess you can hold me” until he saw himself, and then he got really into it.

D…Dad?

Very nice! A previous owner of our home left us peonies and I love them. Get that garlic in!

Now is a great time to plant garlic, provided you’re in the northern hemisphere. Here in New England, around Halloween is prime planting time

We have lemon thyme as well as your standard garden variety (hah!) thyme. They split readily to make new clonal cuttings, and I’ve rarely had one fail regardless of the timing of the division. We dry it for use in teas or for cooking, and it makes a good ground cover partner for plants like strawberries. The small flowers help to support solitary bees as well as parasitoid wasps, which help to regulate the insect pressure on the thyme’s plant neighbors.

Here’s some data on the benefits of thymol from the NIH

Great stuff! That’s how we do it too

Only the puns

Interesting.

The times I’ve sheet mulched with materials that required removal, said material was only removed for replanting

These are great! I <3 mushies

Awesome photos, thank you for sharing! You’ve made me envious, I’ll have to grow some of these next year

Planting Justice is a permaculture nursery in Oakland, CA,. Here is a video from Andrew Millison’s channel highlighting the work they do. Besides being jealous of all those heat-loving plants I can’t grow, their efforts towards reparative justice and providing inspiring work and living wages, especially to former inmates, is truly inspiring.