https://bobcopeland.com/blog/tags/gardening/ Recent content in Gardening on Insignificant Bits Hugo en-US Sat, 10 Jul 2021 03:40:37 +0000 https://bobcopeland.com/blog/2021/07/time-lapse/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 03:40:37 +0000 https://bobcopeland.com/blog/?p=2901 <p>One month of garden growth in 15 seconds. The pole beans (top right) really take off at the end.</p> <video controls preload="metadata"> <source src="https://bobcopeland.com/blog/images/garden.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support the video element. </video> https://bobcopeland.com/blog/2021/03/house-of-zephyrus/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:20:08 +0000 https://bobcopeland.com/blog/?p=2869 <p><a href="https://bobcopeland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imafan2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://bobcopeland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imafan2.jpg"></a></p> <p>The one task I hate when gardening is hardening off plants. I tend to rush it and my poor seedlings pay the price. Usually, I am pretty good about limiting sun exposure but not so good about setting up wind breaks.</p> <p>This year I decided to try introducing wind to my plants while they are still in the grow room. Sure, I could go plonk down $50 and get something bespoke here, but this is a perfect opportunity to use some of the extra PC case fans I have sitting around. It took all of two minutes to prototype a working &ldquo;plant fan&rdquo; by connecting a 9V battery across the fan terminals and cable tying the fan near my bell pepper plants.</p>