What did you do in the garden today?

[bigbruce]

So much rain in east Texas I couldn't get mine in.An 8 year drought was cured in the last 2 months.Lakes went from 10 to 18 feet low to full and all the flood gates open..amazing

 

[hennible]

Wow, that's a lot of rain.

 

[nickdlny]

Boy, that's a lot of rain, but that's also (seemingly) great news.

So much rain in east Texas I couldn't get mine in.An 8 year drought was cured in the last 2 months.Lakes went from 10 to 18 feet low to full and all the flood gates open..amazing

 

[nickdlny]

Aquaponics!! That's classic. I'm convinced there is a use for everything in the garden.

 

[nickdlny]

I planted radishes and more carrots--and I made a trip with my princesses to the farm-store to pick up more seed. I was irritated when they didn't have a single variety of heirloom pole beans.

 

[RichnSteph]

Built ( if you can call it that ) a new garden bed today.
Total cost:$0
Well, some gas and a few thousand calories

It's about 10x12 feet, first pic is cardboard then I put the contents of my yard waste composter on it, pic 2 is some beautifully aged cow manure, last pic is aged balsam mulch.

This got me to thinking. Since our place is about 99.9% sand I'm wondering how long a bed like this would last. If we could build one and be able to plant in it for 2-3 years it'd be worth it. I need some place to put our root type veggies and the gravel in the AP system just is not the place to do so.

 

[chickadoodles]

Hennible that is a great bed. I did one similar for my parents years ago. If you get much rain you may want to think about some way to keep your soil in place. A border of some kind. I used some concrete blocks.

 

[lazy gardener]

Yesterday, I transplanted all of my garlic clumps. Spaced 1' apart, they took up a 40' row. Also planted 2 short rows of corn. Hope to get the cattle panel in place for the tomatoes today. I ordered 5 yards of blended soil for the fruit trees. I can't stand the idea of planting them in the heavy clay subsoil that we have. So, against the judgement of all of the folks who say it shouldn't be done, I'm gonna dig holes as big as I can, and then amend with this rich soil, and finish off with some deep mulch. Then, to continue the BTE plan, I plan to pick up some strawberry plants, and tuck a few of them as well as some daffodils around each tree.

 

[A-K-A]

Wow, that's a lot of rain.

According to my friends there- they have needed it.



We have been waiting for rain here. We began watering every other day. The ground is to hard to till in places.

How many here use cardboard or paper for mulch? I have been thinking of trying this. D

 

[RichnSteph]

So much rain in east Texas I couldn't get mine in.An 8 year drought was cured in the last 2 months.Lakes went from 10 to 18 feet low to full and all the flood gates open..amazing

We've had rain here almost every day for weeks. Our neighbors next door have almost completely lost their garden due to some kind of mold or fungus and all the water just drowning the plants.