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Pips hates me. I know this, because he grows hot peppers and makes his own hot sauce. I'm a wuss about spice, not in a Dune way, but in...

We have a nectarine tree in the backyard next to the murder shack, and it took it upon itself to go above and beyond. We don't really...

Look at this over achiever. Mooma cracked open a fresh picked lemon, all excited to bake salmon with it, and this guy was already trying...

I was just mulling over how to attack the out of control cactus we have in the side garden, and saw a spiny and angry looking vine. Curse...

Ayyyy, the basil did great! I took it out of the water after it had a creepy crown of roots that sort of looked like teeth. Actually, I...

Yes, I got more seeds. I can't stop whenever I want, damn it! Sort of... Anywho, very excited about some of these. More info once I plant...

Had the pleasure of visiting the Summer Winds Nursery in Palo Alto today. Beautiful plants and very friendly staff. Maybe too friendly....

Quarantine gives you a lot of time to mull things over, and the folks and I have been mulling over New York. I do enjoy the weather here...

So the peas are no joke. When I cut them for snacking last time, I left their first leaves, hoping they could regrow a little. They...

The Puya liiiiives! I'm so friggin pumped about this little guy. It currently has 4-ish little blades and is working on some more. It is...

So! We went on a walk through San Jose and I grabbed some cuttings. I'm trying the tactic of rolling these bad boys in rooting powder and...

BWAAAAHAHA! I found rooting powder! A little late for the basil cutting I took, which is doing well in the water, but still. Now I can...

More walks with Dad through Stanford campus and San Jose. I'm not entirely sure what these plants are, but I think they are nifty as heck.

We lost a mint today. Honestly, I think Mooma is overwatering. But it also didn't have a lot of good drainage, and you can see the soil...

We had to hit several Home Depots but eventually we found blood meal and bone meal in stock! Blood meal is a product from...

The tiny melon looks awesome! I transplanted it from the Burpee. Sadly, its sibling didn't make it, so I tried planting another one.

The peas! I put them on top of the washer/dryer and they went crazy in the sun room. This is a couple days before harvest, and looks...

So! For the Puya, after soaking some seeds, I placed them into some dirt and covered it with plastic wrap. I thoroughly watered it before...

So I heard, on the street, that you can just sort of make plants root without rooting powder but taking a clipping and shoving it in...

We have two fig trees blebbing out figs in the side garden. I'm not entirely sure what sort of fertilizer it needs, but they seem to be...