What did you do in the garden today?

[MotherofOrpies]

Ticks the beagle has 3 or more per day. She shares them with me. Mostly I find them before they attach. Sometimes lightly attached. Storm last night was severe. Lots of wind and hail 1.77 inches. I went fishing and got one tiny fish.

My dog brings home a lot of ticks too I dose her with a pill every now and then, but they are so poisonous I always feel bad when giving her one, and the ticks need to suck blood to die, so not a perfect solution either this year the ticks were TINY!!! I didn’t even see them, my daughter saw them, now that I know what to look for, I found plenty of them too. Even though the dog has been treated against ticks, it is always better to find and kill them if you can .

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Today is finally moving day for the littles. Right after my breakfast. Then it’s time for my shopping trip with the girls. I get to “watch” them tomorrow while DD goes to her hair appointment. The girls really enjoy prepping the garden beds so I have the big one on the back slope to get ready to plant. This will help me get caught up on the planting.

 

[Sally PB]

this year the ticks were TINY

I heard that too, at the bee meeting.

Are they a different kind, or just minis?

 

[Molpet]

I heard that too, at the bee meeting.

Are they a different kind, or just minis?

"Seed ticks" just hatched

looking for their first meal

 

[Sueby]

Need to venture out & try a new slicing tomato. The only one I eat is Brandywine, but I want to try something new. Anyone see anything I should try on the list?

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Like the regular ones, but not even 1/2 the size

 

[chicken opey]

Gosh favorite memories Guineas bought at auction?
Went home Ma met us at the truck she said take those back!
They stayed less than a week.

Yes. Those who still have them have a large amount of land and dogs that chase them away from house, the one I know of

 

[Smokerbill]

I believe it will be safe for me to set my tomato and pepper plants out in the garden next Friday. There will still be near a 40% chance of a light freeze after that, but I think the worst of the cold weather here will be over by then.

And if it's going to get too cold overnight I can cover the plants with something for protection.



My collard green seeds are finally sprouting so I set the tray under the grow lights this morning. And I need to up-pot my second batch of bok choi seedlings today.

Since the space under the grow lights is already packed full, I'm going to move the tomatoes next to the south-facing living room window. That should give them enough light to survive until they go into the garden.

 

[Acre4Me]

Need to venture out & try a new slicing tomato. The only one I eat is Brandywine, but I want to try something new. Anyone see anything I should try on the list?

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Celebrity. Great producer of very uniform tomatoes. Great for slicing. Not too big, not too small. Nice flavor. This will be our third year growing them.

Better Boy: also a good one we’ve planted last year. We will grow again this year.

Terracotta: nope nope nope. They nearly all rotted on the vine. It was weird. But if the ones we tried, they were just “Meh”.

Early Girl: neighbor plants these religiously. Every year. He’s very happy with these. Good producers too. Uniform.

 

[Dinogrrl]

You can have all the wild grapevines you want, come and get'em. They grow on my chain link fence.

Also, help yourself to honeysuckle, wisteria, Virginia Creeper, and privet.


(why I need goats)

Well I was bamboozled, what I thought were wild grapes of some variety are actually porcelainberry . Very disappointed. They're all entangled in my red mulberries so it's going to be fun getting rid of them without hurting the trees.