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I'm pleased so far. Tomatoes aren't yielding as much as I'd hoped but the weather has also been manic this summer. I've got two crook necked squash plants that have been consistently providing enough to add to dinners. They're in a 8 ft by 2 ft bed that's kinda tall along with a racer pumpkin. I probably over crowded that side. On the other is a bunch of strawberries some thyme and a couple sunflowers that just fell over and broke. Marigolds are growing throughout the whole bed. Some from seed, some from seedlings. The ones from seeds I was given by an old couple that I did some work for after I complemented how beautiful they were and they were a color i had never seen. I set up shade before I planted anything which has kept things alive otherwise it all would have shriveled in the heat like my nasturtium patch in the front year did for the second year in a row. All in all I am pleased. I'm learning a lot about a new environment and new crops. I wish I had better production, but I will probably always feel that way.

Is that romanesco? I love that stuff, but it's difficult to find regularly for some reason where I live and I'd love to grow it. Any advice or pointers? I don't even know what season to start but it's certainly not right now as it's been either sweltering or windy and cold lately. I finally m moved into a house and got a side yard where I started a garden this year in a raised bed, tomatoes in pots, and a mishmash of old soil from pots that I threw some sunflower, pumpkin, and zenia seeds in with a bunch for fertilizer. Those are doing surprisingly well. Zone 9b.

on Tomatoes! · c/gardening · 2 pts · 53d

Mine look the same as yours at this point! Really looking forward to some sauce! I'm happy for you!

on It's time to dump Roku · c/television · 1 pts · 59d

Could someone out there possibly DM me a place to go for taking a small boat out on the water? I used to sail when I was younger, but now the waves take a real toll on my older body. I just don't know the calmer waters these days. Climate change.