What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Oh yes... It was stupid hot and humid today. DH was outside hanging laundry on the line. I was like "you know that's going to take FOREVER to dry in this humidity?!?!". Thirty minutes later he came back in the house and I thought he'd doused himself with the house. Um.. Nope. He was just sweating that badly. We pretty much stayed inside after that until dusk when it was cooler.

We've had over 8" of rain in the past 2 weeks. Mosquitoes are CRAZY at the moment.

Yes, nasty Mosquitoes & we've got those tiny little biting things...Rick called them "midges"? I thought he said "ninjas" Whatever they are, they attacked me the entire time I was addressing the darn nutsedge & Johnsongrass...I Still have little welts all over my face & hands from those little @$$holes!

 

[fuzzi]

Well... I did it. I bought the Small Harvest Right freeze dryer. I have a farm table that's in a little breakfast nook in my kitchen. We don't eat there as it's right by the door to the garage, opting for the dining room instead. I'm just going to put it on that farm table... Not ideal but will have to do for now.

I laughed at your "for now"... that's a running joke in our family. Everything has a place "for now" but doesn't always find a different location

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I laughed at your "for now"... that's a running joke in our family. Everything has a place "for now" but doesn't always find a different location

Yup..."For now" is a common expression in our cluttered clusterf***(bad word lol)

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Good morning Gardeners! A peaceful Sunday weather-wise. It's still cloudy, dreary & damp but not foggy & not misty nor rainy. I have eggs to wash & crate but I hope those biting insects aren't too bad because this afternoon I have some raking out of nutsedge balls to do, as much as possible before planting the tomatoes & basil.

 

[WthrLady]

That seems to be the complaint; it's a recent (last year or so) thing. I won't be recommending them anymore, and that makes me sad. Maybe in a year or two...? I'll try them again.

The letting it rest is for oils/fluids to settle, I'm guessing...?

What is the bread run?

I'm still on the "not getting one... yet" side of the fence.

Yes, to let the fluids settle. And the first time you run it, you do a whole loaf of cheap bread. Breaks you and it in, kind of thing.

 

[chicken opey]

I found out yesterday our electric fence still works! Ouch ️
This has to the best start of our garden so far!
Waiting for garden to dry a lil so I can do more weeding. Have to keep weeds in paths or I would slip on clay!
Beans have caught up and started blooming! Loving the chicken liter in garden

 

[Minanora]

What's up gardening people, can I come play?

Here is my plot this year... ran out of white board space lol

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I grew almost everything from seed this year. I hope that was the right choice, I've never done onions that weren't sets. My first time doing potatoes.

Welcome to the party! I can hardly wait for you to share pictures!

This is my first year growing potatoes as well; growing them on accident from peels that were in my compost bin. There's 3 of them in my cucumber/tomatillo/Bell pepper bed. My husband is very excited as he loves potatoes. Hopefully it isn't a huge letdown. I will be planting potatoes on purpose next March!

I'll be starting onions from seed in August. I previously used sets, and starts. Not happy with sets performance/variety, and the starts were just a pain since they were planted so densely in the cells it took me about an hour to separate all of them. I've always done green onions from seed so, it's time to seed all of the varieties.

I grow most things from seed. Next year I'm going to invest money into a better seed starting process, finally stop using the kitchen table...and floor/chairs, and add seed heat mats so my peppers will be happier. I've been taking over the dining area for years.... But now we eat at the table routinely

 

[WthrLady]

@SarahLadd Welcome!
Buckle your seatbelt, and jump right in. This forum moves really fast!

 

[WthrLady]

A very chatty storm rolled through just at sunrise this morning, small hail and all (but not wind driven).
My photos are all incredible, but I LOVE this one as it looks like an oil painting.
(Video should be on FoxWeather, but I don't know when.)

 

[Smokerbill]

I started thinning out the daikon bucket. I think there's enough room in the bucket for 4 or 5 daikon roots to grow to full size. There are twice that many now.

I'll wilt what I plucked in my egg skillet and combine with my morning scrambled eggs. The top of the root is about the diameter of a pencil and the leaves are not spiny at all like other radishes.