Since the end of last year turned out to be a bad time for new and young plants, I had to try to sow new seeds after the new year. It felt like trying to get a lawn mower to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Just to refresh your memory, when I talk about garden ninjas, I’m referring to snails. They are silent, stealthy and they kill plants efficiently… Take a look at (what’s left of) my Tarahumara sunflower plant. Just yesterday it was a … Continue reading
The seeds that I saved from the only Red Aztec cob that bore anything have been germinating over the last couple of days. I decided to bury – shallowly – the cob in moist soil to try to replicate the … Continue reading
I had resigned myself to writing a post entitled “Corn kosong” (“kosong” meaning “empty” or “zero” in Malay) because the first couple of Red Aztec cobs that I tentatively harvested were just that – empty. Yes, there was the little … Continue reading