A2Z 2025 — Day 3 Cottonwood Catkins and Cosmos

Cottonwood Catkins There were no cottonwood trees growing here when we moved here in 2011.  We had some of what we thought were sycamore trees in pots and planted them.  Both turned out to be cottonwood.  They’ve grown very quickly.  This pic was taken on 032925, where the catkins are out.  Some people don’t like…

Doodads — tomato, prickly pear propagation, fermenting, witch hazel, oh my

There are still pics from Tuesday at fmg but they will have to wait.  Instead, the focus of this post will be tomatoes, prickly pear propagation, more fermentation, and status of the witch hazel bushes. Tomatoes It’s been an ongoing experiment with the purple reign tomatoes.  The reviews that said they produced dwarf tomatoes is…

Gloss

This year I participated in our local library’s first ever implementation of a seed bank. They took those gorgeous wooden cabinets that held the cards people could use to find books and now use a computer screen instead and turned it into being a keeper of seed packets. They communicated with heirloom seed companies and…