Category: Early Days

On this day of love I will continue to describe my relationship with the tiny beast. The bottom line is, we must live with the ant. How do we live in peace? Let me begin with myself. How do I live with this ant and still enjoy gardening?  Instead of trying to beat the ant…

  When I took the photograph of the compost, below, I was standing at the edge of a raised bed. Last season the raised bed was full of yellow pear cherry tomatoes. Occasionally, I wouldn’t harvest in time and the fruit would start to rot on the vine. When that happened I would toss the…

Here is my recommendation. Don’t relist on eBay. My relisted item went down in views each time. Also, sell things people want for a good price. See things that people already know that they want.  Brand name items.  It doesn’t appear that EBay is the best place to introduce brand new products.  I don’t know…

This is a continuation of yesterday’s story Ant pile four was much larger outside the garage. Action was required.  This pile needed the full Diatom treatment.  The Diatom Treatment steps are easy to remember: spray, stir, spray.  For best results wait a few moment between repeating the steps so that you can see where ant…

If I am going to sell Diatoms as a pesticide.  I need to demonstrate that Diatoms damage ants. To test if ants are impacted by the Diatoms I will conduct and document experiments. These experiments will have a number of reoccurring characters. Today I introduce Ant Pile Four. Ant pile four gets first billing because…

Can you see the shiny stinger?  Can you see legs?  This is ant number three’s body, the head was introduced previously.  The legs kept moving for five minutes after the head was severed. Notice the furrows in the body where the legs are attached. Notice the thinness of the legs. It truly is an incredible creature.

January may be a little cold to start okra plants, but with the enthusiasm of the blog  and the name of the store I went for it. These sweet seeds you may remember from January 6 post. I think they had a tough time with the recent cold but now it is 80 degrees Fahrenheit…

  Old sweet gum treat, R.I.P. – Rot In Place.  My preferred method for dealing with many dead plants.  Why, because the natural cycle of decay for one plant provides opportunities for others.  In this case, a woodpecker!  Cue Woody: Hahahaha haha Hahahahah ha ha HahaHaAhAhHAHAH  

  A bodiless head?!? Yes!  Isn’t it a lovely view?  I captured this ant after he and two of his buddies stowed away on my sock and made it into the house.  Ant number one bit me and so I quickly crushed him between my fingers and tossed him in the sink.  I captured ant…

Today I am going to continue to slog through the label and begin to record all the information that must be on the label for Diatoms to be sold leagally.  The motivation seem reasonable, products should be labeled accurately.  Fine, no problem – reading and understanding the rules.  Minor problem.  This is going to take…