What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon gardeners. I couldn't stay inside today, it was only in the low 90s so I called my son to help me pick up a load of cinder blocks. Before pic, I put a temp border down to see if I really wanted something more permanent

After. I decided on cinder block because it's cheap and will hold in a bale of hay in this area. I'm going to recycle broken pavers and borders for a walkway from the corner of the shed to the back gate.

Still more plants to put in as budget allows. I may add a few solar lights and plant some of the holes with flowers.

 

[karenerwin]

I'm going to have to catch up later. I unloaded all of the manure from the back of the van and it barely covered the bottom of the 6 ft by 12 ft raised bed. Yes, I did put down a lot of cardboard first. Gave up on digging out the sod as it was taking way too long! Also tossed several logs in the bottom of the raised bed ( all the ones I could move by myself. Hubby will have to do the others or we will have to cut them first. Have lots more to go to fill this thing! I even added some leaves. Monday I plan to go get more manure.

 

[Severne]

Anyone know why there are forked roots on my rutabaga? Too much Nitrogen?Too hot?

 

[pennyJo1960]

They grew larger I assume

 

[Severne]

Some of them are 6 inches in diameter.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Might pose it you county extension about the Nitrogen I know the ones we grew as a kid where just like that that farm was close to Renton Wa.

 

[Sueby]

I'm not sure about the rutabagas, I've never grown them but thank you for the pic - I want to plant some! I just tried to get seeds but everyone is sold out now (stupid COVID). Hopefully they'll be back in stock before I'd plant them, which is apparently about 90 days before the first frost here in CT so I have time.

Morning gardeners. Rainy here today. I'm taking a ride out to a coworker/friends house to snag his rhubarb. He has 3 beautiful plants that he doesn't use so I'm going to cut it & make some rhubarb/strawberry jam. My 2 rhubarb plants were transplanted 2 years in a row so I won't get anything from them till probably next year.

My beans are starting to get some leaves, excited to see them coming up. I put up some bean poles yesterday & another trellis for some more cukes. Planted a couple additional bush squash plants. Squash scares me because of the vine borers. Get em and boom no squash & a ton of wasted garden space.

Have a great day!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners, I got all my tomato plants in the dirt yesterday as well as the asparagus crowns and the summer squash. I put a small shovel into the mid-section of my first chicken coop debris compost pile and good golly, what nice compost in there. I shoveled out enough for the asparagus and spread the leftovers around the tomato plants. We are supposed to get a big thunderstorm later this evening with heavy rains and wind so I'll wait until tomorrow to plant seeds. I noticed one row of my turnips is starting to show life. Regarding your turnips/rutabagas @Severne, I suspect you had a few where the plants were so close together they joined together. Perhaps try thinning them a bit more and giving more space between plants. I'm sure those that you picked will still be tasty. Don't forget the leaves are edible. I love turnip greens. It sure is nice to see these little green things move outside and out of my sunroom. Have a great day everyone and happy planting.

 

[jerryse]

Pic of my Lions Mane mushroom kit . My oyster kit is done . I will use the spent kits to do a totem log grow . Should work . The kits are not really cost effective for the amount of mushrooms you get but I should be able to keep it going on logs . So rather than just spawn for logs I chose kits to do logs after .

 

[NewBoots]

Hello Gardeners! After 3 or 4 days of rain it is beautiful outside! Got to run to Reedsport to get a prescription and hit the feed store (maybe sneak in a nursery trip) but other than that, this is a proper garden day. Going to repair the pallet/pot-deck, fill all these cool fabric pots, re-pot the peppers, tomatoes, and peppers that haven't already been upgraded. Watched some cool videos on pinching, pruning, staking peppers and tomatoes that I'm anxious to try. Need to finish the fencing on the last few raised beds.

Opinions on bird netting: do you guys prefer the fabric/woven type netting or the plastic molded (think bird-x) kind of net? I've never bothered before so I've no clue.

The ladies are loving the weather today too. I barely had time to let them out before they were lounging in the sun.