What did you do in the garden today?

[CNJ]

I think 6ft skinny bamboo stakes are better than those poke in the ground 4ft tall round tomato cages. My buckets are spread 2ft apart so if I put a stake in the first and third bucket, I can put four across to stabilize a trellis. A packet of 6 bamboo stakes cost half the price of one tomato cage and it can support 3 plants.

I also put a 6ft bamboo stake in 4 corners of my 4 x 4 raised bed and wrapped cheap bird netting around it. and I used wooden clothes pin to hold it in place. It keeps my chickens out..........................I zip tied stakes across the middle and sides with 6 more bamboo stakes to support 4 tomato plants with hanging string.

 

[CountryCuratesWife]

I was gifted a lemon tree by a friend who is moving, she can't take it with her. I'm excited to see if we get some lemons in the future!

My cheese pumpkins are coming along.

The Brandywine Pink tomatoes are just showing up too

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

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[pennyJo1960]

I did give all the vegetable inside plants we started did get miracle grow
shaken on them this morning.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon gardeners. I’ll have to get caught up later. Just popped in to say hello. I got the white sage plants in the mail yesterday. I looked the older Vitex over today when I started to water it and I can see tiny green buds just about to break open I have a thing Ineed to transplant asap so headed outside, our weather is just gorgeous! It’s supposed to cool off next week again which is perfectly ok with me. I heard there’s a possibility for La Niña conditions this summer which would mean cooler and wetter. We shall see, wetter isn’t necessarily great, muggy comes with that.

 

[Sally PB]

 

[Sammster]

Pruned fruit trees today - it is cold with spitting rain and wind. The trees are still dormant.

We cut off any dead branches, we cut off some long branches that were redundant/ existing in same space as another. The goal was to open up the middle an pick the main laterals - we focused on the Asian Pear (2) and the Apricot (2) as these are the ones with the most growth. But the 8 trees along the back driveway all got some attention. Unfortunately, we broke a branch off one of the Asian Pears, but hopefully it heals up ok. The Asian Pears were planted 5 years ago, and have been growing well. The apricots are maybe 3 years old, but one of them has grown amazingly well. The peach tree that we are not sure is going to make it is about 18" tall right now - as the rest of it was dead, but there are 3 healthy looking branches that are in good positions. It might get replaced - we will see what this season brings.

Next step is to spray Dormant oil sometime in the next couple weeks.

How nice to have all those fruit trees! ♡

 

[Sammster]

I was gifted a lemon tree by a friend who is moving, she can't take it with her. I'm excited to see if we get some lemons in the future!

My cheese pumpkins are coming along.
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The Brandywine Pink tomatoes are just showing up tooView attachment 3427736

I've never heard of cheese pumpkins, before! I need to read up on these

 

[pennyJo1960]

New coop all but done.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

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lol! I need this!