76 bar steady 30.05\u00a0 0mph NW\u00a0 dew-point 46\u00a0 Summer, hot<\/p>\n
Waning Crescent of the Flower Moon<\/p>\n
The heirloom tomatoes we have growing, started from seed inside, required more support.\u00a0 They have sent out thick branches from the central stalk, already within a tomato cage.\u00a0 As fruit develops on them, they will sag and break or their fruit will dangle on the soil, going rotten before we can pick them.\u00a0 At the same time, a few daisies had decided on a straggly path toward the grass, so I put support around them, too.<\/p>\n
The garlic. Sigh.\u00a0 I harvested four garlic plants yesterday.\u00a0 They had not grown into large, juicy bulbs as I had imagined, but instead looked like large green onions, very large.\u00a0 I read the culture instructions again.\u00a0 I had forgotten to cut back the scapes, a curly stalk that shoots up from the center of the main stalk.\u00a0 It carries the flower.\u00a0 Allowing it to get much more than 10″ long discourages bulb production.\u00a0 Makes sense.\u00a0 If I’m gonna propogate by seed, why bother storing energy below the soil.<\/p>\n
In a belated attempt to make up for lost ground I descaped all the garlic and will let the remaining plants sit in the soil a while longer, though I suspect my fantasy of large garlic bulbs grown in my own garden will have to wait until next summer.\u00a0\u00a0 All of gardening is a constant experiment, learning this from the plant, then that from the soil, again the message of the sun, then the gentle language of rain.\u00a0 Like intimate relationships gardening requires close listening and a willingness to admit when you have erred.<\/p>\n
My first visit to the MIA since May comes today when I go in for a refresher on the Africa galleries.\u00a0 We have this one last check-out tour to give.\u00a0 After it, we will be able to give tours of Africa only if requested.\u00a0 I’m looking forward to getting back to the museum after a good time away.\u00a0 No tours for me until September and I’m glad, still I miss the constant interaction with the art and the folks around the museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
76 bar steady 30.05\u00a0 0mph NW\u00a0 dew-point 46\u00a0 Summer, hot Waning Crescent of the Flower Moon The heirloom tomatoes we have growing, started from seed inside, required more support.\u00a0 They have sent out thick branches from the central stalk, already within a tomato cage.\u00a0 As fruit develops on them, they will sag and break or … Continue reading Descaping the Garlic<\/span>