@bjbebs , I remember Orchids by Hausermann! I used to pore over their catalog and dream of visiting them. Their phaleonopsis work was amazing and got us all the lovely yellow, peach and spotted flowers.
Lucky you!

Totally agree on the kale/aphid problem.

I’m betting you’ll have success with your dig and drop composting experiment. I’ve done this in the orchard area and noticed a definite increase in worm presence afterwards. Have not had critter digging. Whether dig and drop or worm bin composting the 2 things that take the longest to decompose are ...

That’s all looking great! Good luck in the bunny battle lol.

Lucky you! We ended up with only clouds and mist from this system so I’ll have to do some watering today.
Going through seeds also; makes for a nice Sunday interlude.

@karstopography that looks absolutely fantastic.

Turned out to be a nice adventure after all!

I made the fresh cranberry sauce last night, and stuffing ready to hit the oven.
Cornbread, celery, onion, walnuts, roasted garlic, a few mushrooms, and the golden beets I didn’t get around to using.

@worth1, that’s a lotta truck.

Hefty!

The daikon I grew were pretty thin-skinned so I didn’t peel them. Yours definitely looks a lot more robust. And yes, they reminded me very much of turnips. In fact I was thinking of ordering turnip seed but now I’ll just use the daikon. It’s been cool and drizzly for a couple of days but we aren’t s...

Thanks @karstopography!
I’m really excited about the off-season this year and glad to hear about some success with artichokes outside California.
Another one of the “love to eat/expensive to buy” decisions that often shape my seed purchases.

Be sure to update us on your cardoons!

The artichoke experiment, one of the 4 bags of favas, purple broccoli and fennel. I started so many marigolds I’ve had to stuff them into almost every container. 7D4DD66A-0B88-4A07-B05E-836D88EEF7E9.jpeg 2CFF6CC9-6F80-495D-A0E1-85229E0CE80B.jpeg 56AD2B7C-3B89-4721-9876-CB2FF7A1DB4B.jpeg 43F21DEA-7B5...

I hope you like Maglia Rosa. It was one of the stars in my garden this season and I plan to put 2 plants in next year.
I’ve tried rooting sage cuttings in water without much luck. I’ll try your mini-greenhouse soda bottle next time.

Pinetree was my first too - on Saturday.

I started 5 seeds each of the new Radicchio varieties and am so excited to see what happens.
If I can find a few spare inches after the onions go in I’ll start some of the curly endive too.

@karstopography you should have a great fava harvest!

Haven’t grown them but it’s always fun to experiment. Looking forward to your feedback.

Thank you for the link!

I’ll be growing around 35 varieties but haven’t started winnowing the list yet.