dirt, earthworms and tomatoes

[ppfuf]

Last night I added some fertilizers and soil amendments to the herb garden and turned most of the soil over. I've got two tomatoes, an Ace and an Early Girl, in the ground. I moved the two non-tasty sage plants (white sage and another type I can't remember right now) to the planter between the hottub and DogLady's fence so if I send GM to the garden for ingredients he won't come back with the wrong leaves. This year I should make the plant map I keep promising him. The earthworms seem to be flourishing. 
This year's weirdness is that neither OSH nor HomeDespot had basil plants. Is there some basil drought I am woefully ignorant of?  I'll try the fancy plant place and the farmers' market this weekend, in case there is anything interesting, but I really need some basils.  

Comments

off topic

[ermine-rat.livejournal.com]

Could you sent the latest Crosston doomsday list to my home email?

thanx

Re: off topic

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

Sent to the address listed in the directory, if you did not get it, please let me know.

[fighter-chick.livejournal.com]

Try your nearest Summer Winds nursery. (There's one in Sunnyvale on DeAnzaMathilda that's within reasonable driving distance of HP.) They seemed to have plenty.

Do you know what eats basil that isn't snails? Mine are in big trouble due to some sort of leaf-cutter and I don't know what to do to stop it.

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

Slugs, or possibly Japanese beetles. Look in the early mornings or evenings for them. Soapy water kills the beetles, according to some websites. Slugs are best picked off by hand (ew!) and put in a Ziploc bag, then in the trash.

Apart from the ECCCCH factor...

[aastg.livejournal.com]

Slugs are hard to detect & pick off as they tend to hide in the daytime. On my stepfather's advice, I set out a saucer full of beer amongst my foxglove overnight, and dammned if the slugs didn't crawl right into it and drown. In a week that flowerbed was virtually slug free.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I just saw pots of basil at my Nob Hill Foods for $1.79 apiece. They also had rosemary. If you don't turn any up, let me know before Mists Investiture and I can pick some up for you.

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly, but LearnTeach promises to send basil seedlings home with GM after the war tomorrow. I also found some at Summerwinds. I shall soon be pesto enabled!
I'm looking forward to seeing you at Investiture...or A&S if you are going.

Basil drought

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Is there some basil drought I am woefully ignorant of?

Yes. Basil completely failed to fall from the sky this spring. Tragic, really.