#new-england — Public Fediverse posts

@malte Yes, the soil temp and how it affects germination is part of it, but also I got tired of crows and starlings pulling up the seedlings and having to endlessly re-sow. Starting in pots gives me better control of each planting and helps with timing each successive planting. Photo from 28 May 2024.
#BeetBear
#SweetCorn
#NewEngland
#Zone6b

#BostonWeekend 77F Saturday and 85F Sunday with a month left til solstice, gonna be a scorchah. If you can, you might wanna go out and be around people. Or water, be around water, jeez, really, 85F, Monday to be hot, too in #boston. Enjoy, enjoy your #NewEngland - a thread of what to do: 1/x

Gearing up for our first sunny warm weekend of the spring.

And by gearing up, I mean sitting in the 3-season room with all the windows closed in a flannel and wool socks under a blanket.

#NewEngland

Have begun the process of moving the compost up to be the mulch for the tomato plants. It's going on about 3 inches thick between the rows and picture shows what 2 cart loads looks like. We're going to need a lot more cart loads. Last-year's compost will maybe do about ¾ of the area between the rows and the rest will come from a mixture of donated grass clippings and shredded leaves as the season progresses.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Tomatoes
#Zone6b
#Compost

This morning we got the cucumbers (Marketmore 76), zucchini (Dunja), yellow squash (Sunburst), and butternut squash (ButterBaby) started in their seed trays. Okra will follow in a few days. Now I've got to get plants promised to daughter potted up in their planters before she gets here next week.
#Gardening
#BeetBear
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
#SweetCorn

Almost overnight, we have a transformation of greenhouse space. This is why getting the date right for planting out the tomatoes, peppers, etc. is so important around here. We need the space to get the corn and cucurbits started. More in a later post.
#Gardening
#BeetBear
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
#SweetCorn

Now that we have our greenhouse bench clear, it's time to get going with the first planting of sweetcorn. These 33 pots will make up the first planting (1 40ft. row). We always do 3 plantings, each 2 weeks apart, so when these sprout and get big enough to plant out we will start the next, etc... If you want more info check out my toots from May and June in the last two years.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#BeetBear
#NewEngland
#SweetCorn
#Zone6b

Brightly-colored Blackburnian Warblers are exciting sights to catch in spring migration. #birdsOfMastodon #NewEngland #darktable

The green bell pepper plants (King Arthur) followed the tomato plants in to their summer home in the garden today, just ahead of this evening's rain.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b

For my birthday consider helping my shop get back on track with a nice new picture for your study or other fun space:

Shop: https://mike-smale.pixels.com/featured/the-arrival-of-the-wolves-mike-smale.html

#Photography #Art #Artwork #HumanMade #NoAI #Skyscape #Sky #Sunset #Clouds #NewEngland #Massachusetts

Looking at all the factors & taking the good with the bad, BeetBear has declared that today is tomato liberation day. We spent a busy morning planting out 12 Jet Star, 12 Moreton, and 2 Supersweet 100 tomato plants & getting the wire supports in place. We also delivered a cartload of tomato, green bell pepper, jalapeño, and eggplant plants to our neighbor. Our own peppers and eggplant will have to wait for another day to be planted out. We're "beet"
#Gardening
#BeetBear
#NewEngland
#Zone6b

Celebrating Home: Planting Petunias for Summer

https://folsommillstudio.com/2026/05/12/celebrating-home-planting-petunias-for-summer/

@kristinHenry Offering up this spreadsheet of #Boston area covid conscious stuff, last updated ~2025. It includes a tab of outdoor dining options across the metroplex. This came from the New England Still COVIDing discord. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13VZlmx8N8AO4vFyXMUsLdnQDN9ppNLA-0nnyqQdwAMA/edit?usp=drivesdk #MaskUP #NewEngland

Everyday Life in 1880s New England Captured in Family Photographs

📰 Original title: A Glimpse into 1880s New England: Vintage Photos From a Family Album

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👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

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#history #vintagephotos #newengland #19thcentury

your reminder that at least in New England, these birds are not cute - because there are no predators, they have become an invasive, detructive species, destroying all the parks

sorry
#massachusetts #newengland

Checking back through my archives (such as they are) I find evidence of tomato planting out days as follows: 11 May 2018, 10 May 2019, 5 May 2022 (bad move), 17 May 2024, and 12 May 2025.
Picture shows the fleece wrapping in progress in 2022 because SOMEBODY decided to plant out too early!
#Tomatoes
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b

It looks increasingly probable that we will be able to plant out the tomatoes, peppers, etc. On or about May 13th. It depends if we want to get them in before or after the predicted rainfall on 13th - 14th. BeetBear is getting desperate to make room in the greenhouse to start the cucurbits and the first planting of sweetcorn! Watching the weather closely!
#BeetBear
#Tomatoes
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b

10.05.26

https://lifeasjackcom.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/10-05-26/

June 2015

Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts

#iphoneography #iphonephotography #madewithlightroom #streetphotography #boston #bostonphotography #newengland #massachusetts #nightphotography

#BostonWeekend for May 9&10, 2026. Sat rain and the 50s, Sun fog/clouds but hitting 70. #Porchfest #Somerville, #Steampunk festival, #HatsuneMiku Live, go go go! Enjoy, enjoy your #NewEngland - a thread
#boston #WalthamMA #Massachusetts

I never have much luck starting Asclepias (milkweed) from seed. I've tried stratification in the refrigerator, winter sowing in pots outside, direct in-the-ground sowing. I've used newly bought seed, saved seed & seed given to me by others. It's a wonder I have any growing at all... My best results are from what sprouts from the root stock left in the ground all winter. Pictures show results of winter sowing (5 plants out of 36 pots.) see alt-txt
#gardening
#allotment
#Zone6b
#NewEngland

RE: https://toot.wales/@richrollgardener/114462734610259237

We spent some time this afternoon setting out some of the Apple Maggot Fly traps, in the hopes that we will actually have some apples this year. Trees are done blossoming and it LOOKS like some fruit is setting. Hoping for better weather during the June drop this year. Fingers crossed. Anyway here's my report from last year at this time.
#BeetBear
#Gardening
#Orchard
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
#Apples

BeetBear and I decided that today was "get out there and plant the beans! Day" Soil is up to 60F (~15C) and sun is shining. This is about an 8ft. (2.5meter) row with a jute trellis. Beans are Kentucky Blue which is a cross between Blue Lake and Kentucky Wonder. We like them and they are quite prolific.
#gardening
#allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
#BeetBear
#Spring
#Beans

Subjects in the water column like this chameleon shrimp are often quite challenging with a macro lens like the M.Zuiko 60mm. The OM-1 autofocus picked up the subject and got the eyes in crisp focus. #underwaterphotography #shrimp #macro #NewEngland #coldwater #scuba #scubadiving #wildlife #om1 🦑 📷

In my area, Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) is an invasive and it pops up everywhere on the property. I chop it back as needed and keep it out of the garden beds. Otherwise I ignore it. ANYWAY this is what no-mow looks like under the apple trees. Not bad.
#Gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
#Spring

I have multiple TV shows I'm actively working on but all I want to do today is get high and watch Northeastern road course racing stock cars. I already have plans to follow up this '97 Busch race at The Glen with a 2000 Busch North race at Lime Rock Park which was an iconic stop on that schedule for many years.

#NASCAR #motorsports #motorsport #newengland