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What did you do in the garden today?
Got Gloriosa daisy seed in the mail today. Mine did not reseed very well. Got 1 plant. I like the yellow and red type and my 1 plant is yellow this year. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Getting smoke from Canada. Did a lot outside yesterday due to cooler temps. I think I got all the poison hemlock this year. Now trying to get rid of all the button weed / velvet leaf. Mowed some more and pulled more weeds. Did some bud grafting. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Cooler today. Mowed and pulled weeds. Cooler through Sunday. :celebrate -
What did you do in the garden today?
This morning before the rain started I found 4 tomato hornworms. 2 very small 1 a little bigger and 1 a little bigger than that one. The hunt begins. Not much damage yet. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Pickling cukes and first ripe tomato. The 2 tomato plants were labeled Mortgage lifter when I bought them. It is not. No slicers for me this year. :( -
What did you do in the garden today?
Rainy day, night and into tomorrow. Flood watch. Heat, humidity and rain makes it tough to do gardening. Pulled some weeds, Put sprouted hollyhock seeds into their own solo cups. Bud grafted and air layered. Picked 1 cucumber. They have not started in earnest yet but soon. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Use BT on them. It is organic. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Lebanese cucumbers are sprouting. A late season crop if it makes it. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Saw lighting flashes. Rain in the area again. Not sure when I will get a chance to mow again. Pulled weeds and got soaking wet with sweat. Had to change clothes. FYI ticks were weaponized in WW2. Reasearch continued on plum island NY. First cases of Lyme disease onshore near Plum Island. They... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Lost most of a winter squash plant to SVB. It entered up the vine not near the base where I was watching. Hollyhock seed I planted up in 3 days. All the rain and skeeters are multiplying. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Rain stopped. 2 1/2 inches since Tuesday. 7 1/4 inches when I returned. Over double of average so far this month. Japanese beetles are here. Pulled some weeds. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Went out between rains and found 2 full size pickling cucumbers. Low near the ground. :celebrate Took pictures but no idea where it put them. Already erased SD card. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Heavy rain and thunder again. Flood watch. More rain Monday. Makes it hard to do outdoor stuff. The rain keeps the humidity high. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Light drizzle now and scattered storms this afternoon. No gardening today. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Wood ash makes me think of lye soap. Alkali or base as they say now. I use it in the garden. -
What did you do in the garden today?
DW is book smart. I am hands on smart. We are so different in the way we think. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Thundershowers and 91. Found a female cucumber flower today. Looks like it bloomed yesterday. Hollyhock flowers are done. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Gypsum will loosen soil and act like lime on PH. Soften soil brand around here. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Picked the few blackberries that were ripe and pulled weeds. Short periods outside then back inside to cool off. Cucumbers are climbing and still only male flowers. Wind destroyed and air layer while I was gone. Coons got one before I left. I will redo those. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Mowed some. It is tough out there. Very humid early or hotter and humid later. Heat advisory and 94 predicted. Planted some purchased yellow hollyhock seed single and I have some yellow double sprouted. I like yellow but you seldom see them growing.