What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

I think Alpaca and goats are adorable but we just have 3/4 of an acre taken up by birds, garden just not quite as also would have to feed good diets 6 cats 3 dogs and chickens cost enough here the birds pretty well pay for their keep

 

[WthrLady]

Hi @WthrLady, I'm trying to ignore the cuteness of your adorable alpaca because it makes me want to have one too. What keeps me from going down that road is the pain involved in shoveling a path through 3 foot snow to get to their barn. He is very cute. Makes me want to hug him (or her).

We did it all winter in Nebraska, in fact record long, cold, and snow winter. It's not really a big deal. We even hauled water all winter. Oh, ya, I bit$%ed about it at the time, but still worth it.

Oh, and you can't just have one. They're a herd animal, they can actually die of loneliness.


Managed to get the irrigation lines up and running for the orchard, which has started to bloom. Repaired a place that I hit with the lawn aerator. D'OH!

Got the mud from the post holes cleaned up and put on low spots around the ranch.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Okay biscuits in three bags 10 each although BF sampled for me coops cleaned dogs taken out deviled eggs done in the fridge now Son did dishes has made a trip to the store see if is open .. I will transplant house two then go the Garden when he gets home

 

[Searsmom]

Bought some spray paint to freshen up some pots, but it rained for two days. My chickens are becoming bolder about standing on the grills I have protecting seedlings in pots. Time to think of something new.
Sunshine tomorrow!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Will be looking for a drill bit for porcelain have two beautiful pots that have no drainage BF did try to drill one using a concrete drill wouldn't do it by the time son came back to late had to feed dogs make dinner

 

[pennyJo1960]

Found one on Amazon bought it be here in 2 days

 

[MissChick@dee]

Will be looking for a drill bit for porcelain have two beautiful pots that have no drainage BF did try to drill one using a concrete drill wouldn't do it by the time son came back to late had to feed dogs make dinner

My hubby drilled for me. One thing I might recommend is to scratch the porcelain with a nail (starter hole) we cracked a couple before we figured that out.

 

[AppleValley1]

Great, thanks so much for the info. I will make a post of what I've got for trade.

 

[AppleValley1]

I love taking pics so much, it's fun having somewhere to share them. I am posting some pics of my flowers that I have to offer up for trade and will post some of my veggie gardens and watermelon patch in a little bit. We are on 90+ac and what pastures dont have a cow or horse in them are planted with flowers or veggies.

 

[AppleValley1]

Here are the garden seeds, bulblets, bulbs, rhizomes, corms, and bareroot plants I have to swap/trade, both edibles and flowering varieties. I also sell them online if anyone is interested they can email me at [email protected] for an updated all inclusive list. I have a few more varieties available for purchase than I do for trade simply due to the rate of growth/in stock levels of some varieties. I can trade seeds and bulblets for seeds and the others I can trade bulb for bulb, etc but I'm not a mean person and if all you have are seeds then I'm not going to say no to anyone. Everybody starts somewhere and gardening should be enjoyed by everyone that wants to do it.
SEEDS AND BULBLETS:
sunflowers, marigold, pansies, alyssum, zuccini, sweet corn, watermelon, canteloupe, honeydew, pinkeye purple hull pea, Valencia red peanut, cherry tomato, Roma tomato, slicing tomato, beefsteak tomato, english pea, cucumber(pickling and slicing), pecan, pumpkin, beets, radish, carrot, lettuce, kale, swiss chard, straightneck squash, snap beans, okra, spinach, jalapeno, habenero, bell pepper, bunching onion, canna lily(red), asiatic, oriental, and tree lily bulblets, xsmall spider lily, rip can winkle daffodil bulbs(dwarf variety very small flowering size bulbs), Lucifer crocosmia/montbretia corms(again small sized corms on these but are blooming size), white cotton, collards, pepperoncini, banana pepper(mild), Tabasco pepper, poblano pepper, 4 o'clocks, morning glory, wild onion sets, garlic bulblets, zinnia, hibiscus
BULBS/CORMS/RHIZOMES/BAREROOT PLANTS:
asiatic, oriental, tree, orienpet, and rain/fairy lilies, yellow king humbert, Richard Wallace, musafolia grande, president, musafolia, and canova rose canna lilies, several hybrid daylily varieties, gladiolus, 14 bearded iris varieties, swamp lily, trumpet, jonquil, paperwhite, standard, and double cup daffodil, red spider lilies, old fashioned orange daylilies, monkey grass, antique garden roses-caldwell pink, seven sisters, american pillar, red knockout, miniature pink, miniature red, and miniature white, elephant ear, Fox's grape, checkered lily, allium, elephant garlic, vidalia onion sets, sugar cane, strawberry pink oxalis, aloe vera, Christmas cactus, yucca, roadside plum tree(small bareroot), blackberry bush, passionfruit vine, dewberry vine, strawberry bareroot, and I believe that sums it up. If I see that I missed any I will update accordingly. If anyone is like I am and particular about what varieties they plant, I do know each variety I have so please ask if you want to know which varieties I have of something you may be interested in. I tried to keep this as short as possible and didnt detail the info here. Thanks for reading my post! Happy gardening! And hopefully we can start trading and add new things to our gardens from each other. Have a wonderful day!