What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

I'm glad i gave in and covered the Dalia's, we got a decent frost.

I pushed the woodchips aside in the run and scraped up a bunch of good stuff for the compost and then cleaned out the coop and put that in the run. They should be good to go till spring. I closed one of the windows in the coop, the one in front of the roost. They were all fluffed up yesterday morning!

Going to burn some tomatoe plants that had blight.

Have a great day all!

 

[igorsMistress]

Good morning gardeners. Hubs and I are going out to pull a few weeds. I watered the bed yesterday so with two of us it should take just a few minutes. Then we're off to the dog park before I head back out to do some straightening up.

I'm closing the garden off to chickens after today so I can get the beds in there planted by the end of the month

Have a great day all.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Got frost again this morning. Temps were 33F when I got up. It never got up to 60F yesterday and I kept the pellet stove on low to keep it comfortable in the house. I'm glad I brought the rosemary and lavender in yesterday. This morning I picked 3 of my squash that were ripe enough. I still have 3 small ones that need a little more ripening. The temps are supposed to be warmer over the next week so they should be fine. The leeks are all fine. I won't pick anymore until I need one or two for cooking. I may let the smaller ones overwinter to see how they do in my climate zone. I finished drying the parsley. I got 2 whole cups of dried leaves. That should last a while. The mint is nearly dry, so that should be it with the herbs. I'm looking forward to adding a third bed to the herb garden so I can grow some more. I closed the window next to the roost earlier. I noticed the chickens were huddling away from it this morning. Have a great day everyone.

 

[Acre4Me]

Good morning gardeners. Got frost again this morning. Temps were 33F when I got up. It never got up to 60F yesterday and I kept the pellet stove on low to keep it comfortable in the house. I'm glad I brought the rosemary and lavender in yesterday. This morning I picked 3 of my squash that were ripe enough. I still have 3 small ones that need a little more ripening. The temps are supposed to be warmer over the next week so they should be fine. The leeks are all fine. I won't pick anymore until I need one or two for cooking. I may let the smaller ones overwinter to see how they do in my climate zone. I finished drying the parsley. I got 2 whole cups of dried leaves. That should last a while. The mint is nearly dry, so that should be it with the herbs. I'm looking forward to adding a third bed to the herb garden so I can grow some more. I closed the window next to the roost earlier. I noticed the chickens were huddling away from it this morning. Have a great day everyone.
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Nice sizes on the butternuts!! My garden produced 10 butternuts, but only two were good sized, and not sure any are as substantial as the largest of yours! I’ll have to take a pic.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Nice sizes on the butternuts!! My garden produced 10 butternuts, but only two were good sized, and not sure any are as substantial as the largest of yours! I’ll have to take a pic.

Thank you. One is quite small. I have another small one I picked awhile ago. The 3 remaining outside are not quite as big as these two, about 2/3 the size. I'm happy to get these after discovering planting summer squash too close confused the plants. The largest is 3.25 pounds and the other is 1.12 pounds. The 2 tiny ones are 6 ounces a piece. I'm sure the chickens will enjoy them. Last year my butternut squash harvest was 38 pounds altogether. I still have some in the freezer. I would like to pictures of yours. BTW: how's the grass coming along?

 

[Sueby]

Beautiful squash Sarah!! Your rosemary looks a lot like mine. But mine is like 15 years old so its got huge stems & I have to chop it back quite a bit or it puts off a ton of thin, spindly stems that dont produce many leaves. I JUST got finished trimming it back in preparation of bringing it inside.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am jealous none of my squash performed at all this year now the plant are dead will feed them to the birds next day or so on the other hand my herbs winter outside uncovered they have always been outside Morning gardeners

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Beautiful squash Sarah!! Your rosemary looks a lot like mine. But mine is like 15 years old so its got huge stems & I have to chop it back quite a bit or it puts off a ton of thin, spindly stems that dont produce many leaves. I JUST got finished trimming it back in preparation of bringing it inside.

Did you get frost? It’s supposed to get warmer today but it hasn’t hit 60F yet. There’s a lot of rain forecasted for this week so I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get into the garden to work on the cleanup.

 

[Acre4Me]

Thank you. One is quite small. I have another small one I picked awhile ago. The 3 remaining outside are not quite as big as these two, about 2/3 the size. I'm happy to get these after discovering planting summer squash too close confused the plants. The largest is 3.25 pounds and the other is 1.12 pounds. The 2 tiny ones are 6 ounces a piece. I'm sure the chickens will enjoy them. Last year my butternut squash harvest was 38 pounds altogether. I still have some in the freezer. I would like to pictures of yours. BTW: how's the grass coming along?

Hmm..my butternuts and yellow summer squash were next to each other... maybe affected size?

Grass .. so far, so good!! Have had to water up to 3x a day, but can’t let it dry out. Today rain! So a break from hand watering. The Scotts seed seems to be on a 7-day schedule for sprouting. We also used some seed in 2 other areas that landscaper gave us. It comes in 50lb bags only sold to landscapers, etc. it does not appear to be coated (at least they are “seed colored” anyway and not blue like the Scotts seed). We only took a few lbs of his seed and put some in a shady spot that had lost its grass (too much rain/water sitting there), and overseeded in front yard. That seed seems to have a 5-day sprout cycle. Will be interesting to see how they look one vs the other next year.

We have 20 yards of chipped wood to wheelbarrow around the raised beds (which still need to be put back into place). Once we do that we can determine where the rest
Of the grass seed goes. No need to seed yet when we will be dragging 16’x4’x1’ raised beds around and tromping all over the dirt and pushing a wheelbarrow!! So, hopefully it will be warm enough, long enough to get those seeds started.

Funny story: friend asked if we had any hens we wanted to get rid of as someone accidentally left the run or coop open overnight and 2 hens went missing. We said we had two 18- month old layers we could part with. They took them home and our two girls (now their girls) immediately chased their rooster out of the coop, chowed down on their feed/scratch, and laid eggs in the nests!! I guess they weren’t too intimidated. There are only 4 other chickens plus rooster. But, that’s experience for you...they’ve seen about 4 batches of chicks raised, taught teenage male cockerels a thing or two, and been in the top echelon of the pecking order here.

 

[jerryse]

Hmm..my butternuts and yellow summer squash were next to each other... maybe affected size?



Ok this is possible but not likely . Those 2 can not produce viable seeds if crossed . Seeds will be thin and no embryo . So if all or most of the seed is thin in the butternut it could affect size . There should have been enough male blossoms on the butternut to prevent this . Most likely growing conditions .