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What did you do in the garden today?
Got out in the garden today. Picked tomatoes. Pulled weeds, cut the spent blackberry canes, trained and pruned the new ones. DS and I ate 4 strawberries! Wooo! Also picked pole beans. Picked nectarines. Processed all the Santa Rosa plums and white peaches. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Yes but at a whopping 3¢ a kWh. Such a deal. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Electricity here is 32¢ a kWh. 39¢ during peak hours. This is why I put in a 12kW solar array on the roof. Going to put up another one, with batteries and a generator and cut grid tie in a few years. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Maybe too much nitrogen. Tomatoes need a bit of stress to set fruit. It's too comfortable. -
What did you do in the garden today?
I'm still jealous of each of you that even mentions rain being in the forecast. 🤣 I anticipate that our next rain will be in November. October if we're lucky. However, it has been fairly mild here this summer. Our nighttime lows have only reached the 60's during that heat wave we had in May... -
Freeze Drying Digest
I have been taking my hose off when I release the vacuum. That was working great for me until I forgot to put the hose back on for the defrost. 🥴🤣 I have been absolutely loving my freeze dryer. It's running a batch of experimental white peach slices right now plus one tray of tomatillos and one... -
Can't break a broody, please give me ideas
Tinker went broody for weeks. Standard jail didn't work and I couldn't kick her out in the orchard like last time and lock the other girls in the run because I had 6 chickens too many to do that with (was waiting for MIL to pick up her chickens I raised for her). I finally had to put her in...- Minanora
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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What did you do in the garden today?
I'm growing a lot of peppers this year. On my Mirasol (Guajillo) pepper production... My plants are small and cranky from not getting watered regularly. But all my other varieties are making peppers. I need to eat them or get to preserving them. I got a real harvest of tomatoes. Will be making... -
Sapphire Olive Egger Egg Laying Journey
The saga continues. Fidget had an egg break inside of her. She had been laying eggs that you could tell were too large for her, they all were an elongated shape. She's still alive, it's been 4 months at least. She passed a lash egg a few weeks after and I medicated her with kanamycin. She's a...- Minanora
- Post #27
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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What did you do in the garden today?
Today was an interesting day. My husband is more book smart than I am. He remembers history, English, and biology from school; I remember science, drafting, ag, and machining. We complete each other. But sometimes we each think the other is stupid. And it's hilarious. Anyway! My point in that... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Me too, I started that chore but didn't even finish one whole cane. 😂 -
What did you do in the garden today?
I think those look amazing! HUZZAH for your success! You can totally eat those! -
What did you do in the garden today?
I am not any better. I keep making it worse by trying to exist and do mom stuff. I'm putting ice on it this evening. I should have done that to begin with... I thought I could just wait it out. Nope. Time for some naproxen, ice, and the massage gun thingy. Thank you. -
What did you do in the garden today?
I took a few photos this morning when I picked pole beans. We had them with dinner tonight. My shoulder is still very angry. I could hardly turn out of the driveway today without snagging the tendon and grumbling to myself. So another day of taking it easy. I'm excited about more popcorn and... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I should be out in the garden doing stuff but I'm lazy today. Tired, feeling defeated by the sun. It hurts to be outside. I messed up and aggravated my shoulder impingement.... so I can't use my right arm today anyway. :( -
What did you do in the garden today?
Something has set my allergies off. Not amused. Started pruning the spent canes from the blackberries this morning. Grapes are almost ready. Tomatoes have a few ripe fruit. I will harvest what I can today for dinner tonight. Bush beans are about to flower! Soon I'll have enough green beans to... -
What did you do in the garden today?
When I try to grow tarragon, it dies. 🤣 It's one of the few things I can't grow very well. I just trimmed back a bunch of mint last night, it was out of control. I could barley see the blueberries. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Fair enough. I would see about making an area to encourage the creature to crap in. I live in suburbia so I asked my neighbor to set up a potty box outside. It fixed my issue for a while until new renters moved in behind us. I asked them to do the same, they replied to me with some not nice... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Same! Even when I was a kid, I would get Virgin bloody marys. When I was pregnant I drank a ton of V8 and canned tomato juice. My secret ingredient to a good bloody Mary is to rim the glass with celery salt, skewer a variety of pickled things; garlic stuffed olives, pickled pearl onions, pickled... -
What did you do in the garden today?
You have a big enough space that the neighbor cat should not be a problem... That probably means they don't have a litter box outside for them. I'm with Rick. Or, if you like your neighbors, ask them about the cats potty box access and let them know about the crap in your garden and the health...