What did you do in the garden today?

[Below frigid]

I have numerous squash and melon plants. None look like this. I did not plant it there, that's where the peppers are planted. I have a few tomato plant volunteers as well, but I know exactly what they are. We had a straw bale garden last summer that when I broke up the bales I put it in the finished compost pile. I remember what kind of tomatoes but I don't remember having any thing that looks like this. I am guessing gourd or melon. A few more weeks and I should know.

 

[lazy gardener]

I have no idea. The blossom color throws me. All cucurbits that I know have a yellow blossom.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Yea, I got nuthin too. I did a little digging - it looks like it could be some sort of wild-type cucurbit. Try looking at things like;
Lagenaria sphaerica
or
Lagenaria siceraria

Indian bitter gourds sometimes have white flowers.

Maybe something strange and wild like that?

 

[Below frigid]

Help! What is this? Melon, squash, gourd? These were volunteers. I did not plant. They must have gotten into the compost pile.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I think bottleneck and bushel gourds have white blooms. There may be more with white blooms but that’s the only ones I can think of. All the rest I know are yellow. But maybe look along those lines

 

[henless]

I picked a mess of green beans and canned 5 pints along with 3 pints of carrots.

 

[lillithlix]

Its winter here so I don't have much going on in the garden.

Today I hoed the greenhouse and weeded. I have broccoli, cauliflower and some herbs growing in there currently.

I also planted a bunch of broccoli seedlings in a wicking bed I threw together, also in the greenhouse.

Gave everything some water.

I pulled a lot of kaikuyu grass this afternoon. It was growing up and into my porch area, consuming the fence on its way through. It grows year round here and just takes over before you know it. My chickens will have a field day once I fence off a section of the yard for them.

 

[igorsMistress]

It rained last night
It's raining lightly now
60% rain chance today

Hubs is burning wood for the girls today and shopping for materials to add a pop door to the coop.

 

[pennyJo1960]

have had mine locked in the coop and tiny front yard as had girls laying eggs in the far corner of their big yard been getting them in the coop 4 days have allot starts in kitchen I need to plant we are suppose to be dry a full week

 

[dunnmom]

Ugh! We're having amateur tomato growing problems. I think part of the problem is our soil in the big bed. Next year should be better because there will be more organic matter in there. Pulled some partially ripe split ones, ones that were rotting on the bottoms, and accidentally a green one. Tossed the rotting ones, and put the rest in a paper bag.

Planning to pull my bush bean plants next week since they're petering out so I can reseed. Been hand pollinating some cantaloupe. Seems to be working, maybe. I wonder how the watermelon will fare. I'm not seeing very much pollen on the males, but maybe they're being cleaned out before I get to them.