The Melanin Urban Gardener

11/11/2024

Roscoe turned 2 today. His day was filled with naps, cuddles, playtime, and topped off with family dinner. His birthday dinner consisted of steak, shrimp, and grits with ice with strawberries (his favorite) for dessert. He’s currently enjoying his new toys before bedtime.

11/05/2024

☀️🌧️❄️ Step up your Thanksgiving preparation game! Be ready for Mother Nature's surprises. Check out the Thanksgiving Weather Forecast for 2024 right here 👉 https://www.farmersalmanac.com/thanksgiving-weather-forecast. Let nothing get in the way of our family, gratitude, and yummy feast!

11/04/2024

Just wanted to do a location check in. Where are you gardening from? I’m in Milwaukee, WI so I’m garden zone 5b

10/19/2024

A Saturday garden workday photo dump

10/09/2024

A Roscoe during the renovations dump

10/04/2024

Throwback to 2020 when I grew these beauties 🎃 Growing pumpkins was definitely a top 5 garden win! 🌱 Hard work, patience, and a lot of love turned into this autumn harvest 🍂

09/25/2024

It’s something about the water on plant leaves in the garden after a rain fall that’s so pretty

09/24/2024

I think I want to invest in a telescope

Tonight we reach peak illumination on the 2nd of 4 Supermoons in a row - the Full Harvest Supermoon - which will also be a partial eclipse! Learn all about this special moon! https://www.farmersalmanac.com/septembers-full-harvest-moon

09/08/2024

Roscoe is upset that the weather changed and that he has to garden in a jacket and a blanket but it will be 80 degrees tomorrow. He said he’s very much fed up.

07/24/2024

It's time to get gardening for fall, and calendula is one of our favorite flowers to grow! Shop our collection of fall varieties at www.rareseeds.com/store/collections/fall.

07/24/2024

Learn to take the temperature using a cricket! Crickets are cold-blooded and take on the temperature of their surroundings. In 1897, a scientist named Amos Dolbear published an article titled “The Cricket as a Thermometer” that noted the correlation between the ambient temperature and the rate at which crickets chirp. Learn all about it! Almanac.com/Cricket-Temp

07/20/2024

07/16/2024

Is it me or does it seem like cherry tomatoes take forever to ripen? I brought this plant during one of my Home Depot trips. This supposed to be a high producer so I’m interested to see how much this plant will produce through the end of the season.
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07/16/2024

Every year around this time, we all face the same dilemma: how to tell if your watermelon is ripe!! 🍉🍉🍉 If you're no good at the "thump test", here are a few other clues to help pick a perfect melon. Pithy, unripe melons are the worst!! Almanac.com/How-Tell-If-Watermelon-Ripe

07/15/2024

This is how much rain we got last night within a few hours. Today it was 91 with a heat index of like 100 and the humidity is 70%. It rained for a short time this morning and we’re waiting on more rain now. No I am not okay my silk press is non existent at this point. Oh and the it’s hot outside bugs (cicadas) have finally arrived.
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07/05/2024

My corn no where near this cause I just planted it but it’s okay it’ll catch up 😂

06/14/2024

I realized you guys have only really seen my garden and how it looks over the last 4 years. These photos popped up in my facebook memories today and made me realize I have came a long way. These photos are from 2016 so this was year 2 of gardening for me and this was my first year having my in ground space completely clear.
Would you guys like to see more photos and videos of my garden from when I first started out?