Alrighty.....we got a workshop July 19th. Checkout the calendar if you are interested. CLICK HERE Max 12 people @Michon Copelin @Red Seh @Kaneda Hollinshed @Jim Flach @Tamara Flier @Samantha Gahm @Khorydan Renee @Stacy Bravo @Gio Yara @Michael Smith @Sharon Sharp @Dee Hew @Jennifer Fox @Brie Wardin @Paula Sederquist @Melissa S @Lynn Dubeau @Richard Old @Tim Autry @Andres Rosales @Chris Prince @A Lotts @Joyce Hathaway @Mary Duffy @Rose Santos Currently signed up: @Jim Flach @Tamara Flier @Red Seh @Kaneda Hollinshed @Betsy Moll @Dominic Foster

Mini challenge time!!! WHOOOP WHOOOP "What I realized on the toilet today" Tell us what you realized on the toilet about gardening, plants, microbes, living soil or anything else in this category. The person with the most likes wins this challenge! 💥 ENDS July 3 Midnight PST 💥

Good morning Friends! This group has really become the highlight of my garden journey. It's so exciting to read your stories and share your experiences. I had a mini crashout yesterday over my perceived poor condition of my soil. You all gave me very solid advice, encouragment, suggestions, and knowledge. Thank you! As I was reading your responses, I was reminded that...as the kids might say, Nature will Nature. Meaning I do not need to obsess over everything happening in my garden. Plants have managed to survive and thrive in every growing condition imaginable, so I shouldn't be worried about perfectly curated soil and growing conditions. Thank goodness for perspective, and gentle reminders that a journey into gardening is just that...a journey So have a marvelous day Friends and take a peek at my pollinator buffet 😋 Because there is nothing growing in my subdivision other than Bermuda grass and weeds, I have to plant all the flowers and herbs the pollinators love and need. So because I'm behind on summer sowing of my main crops, sowing my pollinator buffet felt like a win. On the rack: French Marigolds Nasturtium Zinnias Dahlias Borage Alyssum Calendula for the shady spots All the herbs Sever l Sunflowers varieties that I will gingerly transplant Strawberries from seed, strictly for the leaves and flowers this year Once everything is up to size, they will be popped in to bags, pots, barrels, beds, and some throughout the in ground landscape, giving my pollinator guests plenty of yummies

Greetings Friends! I'm a bit of an over thinker and over planner by nature, but my soil has got me in an absolute chokehold. I've researched all the brands, read the ingredients, and benefits of each, ordered in pallets of this stuff, and it's wet garbage. I live in a HOA so large bulk drops of light, fluffy, quality soil is not an option for me. I've had to rely on bagged soil, potting mix, raised bed mix, composted manure, and mushroom compost. My issue is every last bag has been a heavy, wet, muddy, woody mess. I've kept the bags free of rain, but it's like dumping clumps of mud into my beds, grow bags, barrels, and pots. My questions are, what can I do to lighten up the soil, will my plants and seedlings grow in that, am I in jeopardy of compaction and improper drainage, and what can I add to the soil to improve it?

Thanks go to @LaQuai Knoble for the hornworm ID video that she posted in the comments of another post. In that vid, it showed tiny “grenades” that were actually hornworm poop 🐛 💩 and then how to seek and destroy! So, armed w that useful information, guess who found evidence of dinosaur-sized hornworms AND their eggs in her basil and tomatoes and peppers on this otherwise nice morning?! 🙋🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️😖😤🤬 No hornworms, mind you — just their poop, and poppy-seed sized eggs 🥚🥚. So, what am I gonna do?! Well, I’m not just gonna come on here and just whine and complain. Nope! Tonight, I’m gonna hit ‘em with my best shots: 💥my new leaf spray that I made with homegrown lactic acid bacteria (LAB), 💥I’m gonna drench the soil with some 🪱💩 worm casting extract, 💥and if I’m feeling extra spicy, I’ll follow up with some BT spray for extra protection. Pics of caterpillar egg and poop evidence for inspo plus our first baby tomahhhtoessss!!!!