Gone Feral In Idaho

I bought a Nook Color and have been trying to hack it , resulting in a lot of lost time. We have been moving along on the gardens and the peas, radishes, lettuce, green onions, beets, and kale are coming up.  Things have gotten a bit out of control indoors with all the starts. This is light rig #2 with the "big plants" Last weekend I decided to bite the bullet and put two already flowering Black Krims out in the greenhouse fortified with homemade 2 liter bottle wall of waters, or solar insulators.  When I got home tonight it was 46 degrees outside and 60 in the greenhouse. It will drop to 31 tonight. I hope it will stay over 45 in there.   We pulled off the greenhouse to plant these monsters. I cut off the lower branches and planted them as deep as possible. Here they are all tucked away, the whole thing is closed up now to keep warm. And now, for something completely different: Here is the crazy-ass duck Kyle and I spotted "surfing" at the Barber Park dam. Thi...

Proof Saturday was much nicer than forecasted, so we took advantage and prepped the raised beds.  We amended and cleaned out the beds.  That is parsley that overwintered uncovered in the left bed corners.   This year I wanted to try a new method to keep what I will no longer call the cold frame, but will refer from now on as our portable greenhouse.  The vinyl tent got really warm on warm days, but at night, promptly dropped down to the outdoor ambient temperature.  I first thought that wall-of-waters would be a good idea,, but then found this article.  What a great recycling idea.   I have four Black Krim tomatoes that will be whittled down to two and will be planted in the center of each of these home made solar heaters.  They are set up now to start warming the soil with the portable greenhouse over the top of everything. Here is an outdoor transmitter for an indoor-outdoor thermometer (in a plastic ziplock to keep it dry). ...