I know it's old hat, but I'm gonna say it again... Gardening is not a competition, but if it can be turned into one to give yourself a yield boost, well then that's an advantage one should seriously look at.
Another advantage is a honeybee hive, and a colony of mason bees and the dogged determination to get out there and pollinate with a hand device if your observations lead to to believe you might be exposed to a weakness in the food growth cycle.
Here in the spring i am pollinating a plum tree with a cue tip. The cue tip was kind of thrashing at the flowers as the cotton fibers rip at the stigma and stamen kind of damaging it. Obviously you are getting pollen however but i also tried using a flower to pollinate other flowers. In the end I have plenty of fruit on the tree which is sure to leave me in a nice fine rage when the squirrels bite off all the fruit a week before they are ripe. Don't think there won't be a war over this... Old Man Robertson will throw everything he has to respond and put an end to this wretched habit the local squirrels are accustomed to getting away with. It's one of the problems of being aware of things... it can be a curse sometimes... might be kind of nice to be able to just show up smiling happy in the thought that you are a gardener, because you have a garden and it's so nice and fun and relaxing. Maybe you show up smiling up at the sky because it's a beautiful day and then you look down and see... "Oh something is eating my food", and then think "oh well better luck next year".
Not me... i drive my ships home or i go down with them. If you fail to solve your problems in your garden you run the risk getting in the habit of failing in other aspects in life. "I don't feel like watering today on this hot day because i am kind of busy" can be akin to "i don't feel like making the effort today to make this day awesome".
I really believe routine menial labor splashed with a dash of observation is one of the great inherent resets for the human brain... now i haven't done any scientific studies on this, but then why bother... we don't listen to science... we are more of a "wing it" with respect to personal beliefs and economic opportunities kind of species. I believe the name of the species is "Consumers"... But lets not get on that tangent lest we slip onto the wrong side of this razor wire.
On a more positive note it was a good slug killing day. Because it was rainy and cloudy today and the slugs were out on the spinach in the daytime thinking it was free buffet day... it turned out to be dead slug day. It's important to take advantage of these opportunities when they are presented to you... that way you don't have to be out in the garden with a headlamp at midnight catching in action the things that you see the evidence of during the day.
So right, our observation skills noticed a lack of pollinators so we set the tone and took care of business... it was kind of an early spring this year, surly due to factors nobody can explain and will require much greater study in the future in order to craft smart governmental policies that balance the needs of consumers and business alike. So when going gets weird, the weird need to turn pro... great and fitting advise from the late great HST. Even though i was set with a mason bee colony the mason bees didn't hatch until the fruit tree flowering was half over. We shall see what the honeybees can do next year.
Blogging time is up... me schedule calls for yoga... stay tuned for the next installment where our hero discusses some of the positive idea sharing things that have happened at the community garden this year.
Have a good night and remember to let all your seeds grow into their opportunities you give them.
Another advantage is a honeybee hive, and a colony of mason bees and the dogged determination to get out there and pollinate with a hand device if your observations lead to to believe you might be exposed to a weakness in the food growth cycle.
Here in the spring i am pollinating a plum tree with a cue tip. The cue tip was kind of thrashing at the flowers as the cotton fibers rip at the stigma and stamen kind of damaging it. Obviously you are getting pollen however but i also tried using a flower to pollinate other flowers. In the end I have plenty of fruit on the tree which is sure to leave me in a nice fine rage when the squirrels bite off all the fruit a week before they are ripe. Don't think there won't be a war over this... Old Man Robertson will throw everything he has to respond and put an end to this wretched habit the local squirrels are accustomed to getting away with. It's one of the problems of being aware of things... it can be a curse sometimes... might be kind of nice to be able to just show up smiling happy in the thought that you are a gardener, because you have a garden and it's so nice and fun and relaxing. Maybe you show up smiling up at the sky because it's a beautiful day and then you look down and see... "Oh something is eating my food", and then think "oh well better luck next year".
Not me... i drive my ships home or i go down with them. If you fail to solve your problems in your garden you run the risk getting in the habit of failing in other aspects in life. "I don't feel like watering today on this hot day because i am kind of busy" can be akin to "i don't feel like making the effort today to make this day awesome".
I really believe routine menial labor splashed with a dash of observation is one of the great inherent resets for the human brain... now i haven't done any scientific studies on this, but then why bother... we don't listen to science... we are more of a "wing it" with respect to personal beliefs and economic opportunities kind of species. I believe the name of the species is "Consumers"... But lets not get on that tangent lest we slip onto the wrong side of this razor wire.
On a more positive note it was a good slug killing day. Because it was rainy and cloudy today and the slugs were out on the spinach in the daytime thinking it was free buffet day... it turned out to be dead slug day. It's important to take advantage of these opportunities when they are presented to you... that way you don't have to be out in the garden with a headlamp at midnight catching in action the things that you see the evidence of during the day.
So right, our observation skills noticed a lack of pollinators so we set the tone and took care of business... it was kind of an early spring this year, surly due to factors nobody can explain and will require much greater study in the future in order to craft smart governmental policies that balance the needs of consumers and business alike. So when going gets weird, the weird need to turn pro... great and fitting advise from the late great HST. Even though i was set with a mason bee colony the mason bees didn't hatch until the fruit tree flowering was half over. We shall see what the honeybees can do next year.
Blogging time is up... me schedule calls for yoga... stay tuned for the next installment where our hero discusses some of the positive idea sharing things that have happened at the community garden this year.
Have a good night and remember to let all your seeds grow into their opportunities you give them.
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