Thursday Yardening
May. 24th, 2018 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is sunny and mild. :D Regrettably I won't have as much time as I want for either yardening or writing, as we have multiple houseguests coming over.
I started by making drain holes in the new large trough and square pots. Closer examination revealed that they all had punchout circles for drainage. Leave those alone and you have a solid potcover; punch them out and you have a pot to plant in. We punched them out. The squares went fine, using a hammer and nail around the edge of the punchline. The trough had ones with a raised X that looked like it was meant to hit. Don't do that. The first one punched out effectively, but the second one created a crack across the bottom of the trough. I reinforced the crack with duct tape inside and out. It will probably shorten the life of that trough a little, but I expect it will still last a while. Chalk it up to a learning experience.
I ran out of potting soil. The original plan was to pot up a four-pack of peppers (in the trough) and a four-pack of cherry tomatoes (in the two squares). After filling the trough I realized I was running low, so I just put the four Cubanelle peppers in there and reassessed. I decided to fill the smaller new trough and I put the Ghost peppers in that. That one also cleverly includes a wire across the middle to discourage it from spreading. So not bad, but now I'm out of potting soil with a ton of things to plant. >_< I shall have to focus on ones that don't require potting soil; the bareroot stuff from earlier in the week needs planting soon anyhow.
Cubanelle is a new variety to us. They are advertised as sweet rather than hot, but the foliage has a harsh peppery smell. I am curious whether 1) the flavor description lies and 2) whether the smell will discourage pests. Last year a hornworm got in my plants and ate some before I found him and smushed him.
Ghost peppers are among the hottest. Well, this ought to be interesting if they actually fruit up. My partner likes the crazy things.
EDIT 5/24/18 -- In subsequent rounds, I planted 4 more privets along the south edge of the south lot, then covered, mulched, and watered them.
I started by making drain holes in the new large trough and square pots. Closer examination revealed that they all had punchout circles for drainage. Leave those alone and you have a solid potcover; punch them out and you have a pot to plant in. We punched them out. The squares went fine, using a hammer and nail around the edge of the punchline. The trough had ones with a raised X that looked like it was meant to hit. Don't do that. The first one punched out effectively, but the second one created a crack across the bottom of the trough. I reinforced the crack with duct tape inside and out. It will probably shorten the life of that trough a little, but I expect it will still last a while. Chalk it up to a learning experience.
I ran out of potting soil. The original plan was to pot up a four-pack of peppers (in the trough) and a four-pack of cherry tomatoes (in the two squares). After filling the trough I realized I was running low, so I just put the four Cubanelle peppers in there and reassessed. I decided to fill the smaller new trough and I put the Ghost peppers in that. That one also cleverly includes a wire across the middle to discourage it from spreading. So not bad, but now I'm out of potting soil with a ton of things to plant. >_< I shall have to focus on ones that don't require potting soil; the bareroot stuff from earlier in the week needs planting soon anyhow.
Cubanelle is a new variety to us. They are advertised as sweet rather than hot, but the foliage has a harsh peppery smell. I am curious whether 1) the flavor description lies and 2) whether the smell will discourage pests. Last year a hornworm got in my plants and ate some before I found him and smushed him.
Ghost peppers are among the hottest. Well, this ought to be interesting if they actually fruit up. My partner likes the crazy things.
EDIT 5/24/18 -- In subsequent rounds, I planted 4 more privets along the south edge of the south lot, then covered, mulched, and watered them.
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Date: 2018-05-25 01:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-05-27 12:06 am (UTC)Well ...
Date: 2018-05-27 01:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-06-05 04:23 am (UTC)"This was seasoned with..." "OW! MILK! NOW!" "...ghost pepper".
(i.e.: faster, worse)
Well ...
Date: 2018-06-05 04:27 am (UTC)And then there is food that flogs your respect against a wall until it screams "Safeword!"
Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-06-05 06:28 pm (UTC)Yes... and not with one of those soft, thuddy floggers where a person might safeword because their knees are giving out from endorphin-inebriation :-)
Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-06-05 06:30 pm (UTC)There's another version with a single long, wide strap mounted to an axe handle.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-06-06 02:08 am (UTC)Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-06-06 02:18 am (UTC)It was advertised as "the ultimate in man-sized whuppin' gear."
>>and I'd always assumed it was for use on the butt, <<
Yep.
>> but, hey, a flogging doesn't have to be on the back (that's just what I picture when I think "flogging") <<
Technically a flogging requires a flogger, which has multiple tails.
>> and a strap *can* be used on the back, as well (but with the length and leverage, I imagine scary injuries possible, even if you keep it in the "safe flogging" area).<<
Bruises are routine with heavy straps, which is part of the point.