I’ve been awful at sticking to posting on socials recently because I feel like everything has to be perfect so to combat that I’m joining this subreddit! Drew this weird zombie carrot for this one lol. Any feedback is much appreciated :)
Love those hands! This is a good place to get over needing to be perfect - or it has been for me, anyways - because it's just a sketch and there's always tomorrow. Also the world doesn't fall apart after posting something less than perfect.
This is so pretty and its really amazing how you not only managed to get the detail down to the T but also made it look a lot more surreal, fresh and bright!
Thank you :), such a nice compliment :). I seem to accidentally make things look surreal lol. The final for my drawing class last semester was required to be a surreal perspective, guess I liked it!
We have one but it doesn't get the light the plants need anymore because the trees around the yard have all grown. And we have wildlife that eats a lot of what we plant.
Things definitely grow well here in the desert, as long as you irrigate, but it all dies by late June/early July. You can keep some things alive during the hottest parts of summer, but my garden was a rented plot and going out to it in 115° quickly gets exhausting when you can't escape inside to cool off for a few minutes. We can plant another crop of most things at the end of August-September though because it doesn't freeze until January typically. I gave it up a few years ago due to some really bad health issues, but I've been thinking of doing it again because things have improved greatly since then.
I usually kept netting over it to keep the birds out because my favorite thing to grow has always been tomatoes, birds ruin every single one if you don't. But we don't have a ton of issues with wildlife here, it's too dry, hot, and dead to feed much 😂
I guess every area has its best growing season. I love that you basically get two growing seasons! Here, the rule of thumb is to not plant until after the May long weekend because we can still get frost that late. So people start seeds indoors in February or March to take best advantage of the growing season.
We have strawberries we never get to eat because the birds eat them 😂 We should try netting.
Peas (eaten by bunnies), beans (successful), carrots (tops eaten by turkeys), and potatoes (eaten by citronella ants). Not shown: zucchini (destroyed by squash vine borer) and hot peppers (usually successful)
I'm always in awe of people's line work, I think I didn't spend enough time on that in my first art class. I keep meaning to look up exercises to practice because they are so nice in their simplicity, and it's not something I'm very good at, yet.
As for the squash you mentioned, I've had success with companion planting, and planting as early as possible in your zone. Squash pests are particularly difficult so I have to really over plant the companion plants to combat them. I use all of these- nasturtiums, mint, radishes, and marigolds, all of which are edible, including the entire nasturtium plant. If you use mint it needs to be in a container, it will take over everything if it is not contained. Neem oil is effective as well, but needs to be used correctly, with skin protection, and avoiding flowers because it harms pollinators. Peas should go on a trellis to keep them away from bunnies :)
This year I grew artichokes 🌳 They were not supposed to produce buds in the first year, but some did! I let one go to bloom, and it looked like a beautiful giant thistle. Bees loved it.
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u/kuro7242 0 / 2046 5d ago
Refrigerator Leftovers