What did you do in the garden today?

[FortCluck]

I am actually a newbee myself. We bought the starter beehive kit at the local feed store. Then I did some research and found that there is actually a bee supply store not too far from me, so I bought the rest of my stuff there and ordered my bees from there as well.
The store offers bee classes and I found out that the local libraries around our area do too ( although they were all canceled due to covid 19). I also looked for bee clubs on FB and found several there too. They also hold bee keeping classes. I got lucky in that I found 2 people willing to be a mentor for me!! One is a lady that my daughter had worked with and the other is a lady that my niece knows. I bought a used bee suit from her and some other things.
The kit I got also came with a book, Bee Keeping for Dummies. I read it cover to cover and am going to re-read parts of it before Thursday.

Thanks! I'm going to do a bit of researching on it. Probably won't do it until next year once I feel sure I know everything.

 

[karenerwin]

Thanks! I'm going to do a bit of researching on it. Probably won't do it until next year once I feel sure I know everything.

Definitely try to take a class before hand if you can. (I wasn't able to because of covid) I hear that it helps a lot! Also finding a mentor is fabulous.

 

[karenerwin]

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Got my blueberrys in!!!!!!!!!!!! Hard to see in the pic tho

I hope yours do better than mine! I've had 5 or 6 plants for 4 or 5 years. Only the biggest plant has ever had blueberries on it. 2 of the plants have just disappeared. 1 is practically gone and 2 are finally starting to grow a bit. I'm sure it is because I am doing something wrong. Just not sure what that is. I add sawdust to adjust the ph of the soil. I water only with rain water. Maybe you can give me some pointers!!

 

[FortCluck]

Definitely try to take a class before hand if you can. (I wasn't able to because of covid) I hear that it helps a lot! Also finding a mentor is fabulous.

A friend of mine does bees so I'm going to pick his brain about it next time I see him.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Do you uncover it to work in it or is it taller than it looks?

I take the cover off partially to work in there. I want to switch to a different material for the hoops themselves because the wire fencing isn’t all that sturdy. I would like to do a late season green under cover just to extend the fresh vegetable season a little.

 

[BReeder!]

It's raining again today, but I made the first pass with the timer yesterday. I will make another pass tomorrow hopefully. Then I will finally get potatoes in the ground. Once this cold spell breaks, I will transplant the tomatoes and summer squash (zucchini and yellow straight kneck). Trying to get DW to plant more seeds for us too. She got "big Boston bib" lettuce planted the other day in addition to the onions and peppers we planted. We need to get so many more things planted ASAP. Work and the weather keep getting in the way of gardening though.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

It's raining again today, but I made the first pass with the timer yesterday. I will make another pass tomorrow hopefully. Then I will finally get potatoes in the ground. Once this cold spell breaks, I will transplant the tomatoes and summer squash (zucchini and yellow straight kneck). Trying to get DW to plant more seeds for us too. She got "big Boston bib" lettuce planted the other day in addition to the onions and peppers we planted. We need to get so many more things planted ASAP. Work and the weather keep getting in the way of gardening though.

Is it ever really going to warm up? Four of the ten potatoes I planted are definitely coming up. My summer squash is growing like crazy inside but it would not survive these chill temperatures.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

BTW: as I was packaging the meat I bought this morning I realized that it’s the 5th. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I guess I need to change the dinner menu from chefs salad to Taco Salad. Olé.

 

[FortCluck]

BTW: as I was packaging the meat I bought this morning I realized that it’s the 5th. Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I guess I need to change the dinner menu from chefs salad to Taco Salad. Olé.

Is that why I was craving Mexican food today?

 

[Nyn loves Chickens]

I moved seedlings to another spot, tilled and am wondering when I’ll get around to getting the rest of the things from the garden center....my chicken garden needs some love...