What did you do in the garden today?

[NewBoots]

I have to go for a COVID test this am, wish me luck! A coworker tested positive & I spent a bunch of time with him. I have no symptoms so I'm hoping I have it so I can get it over with but not be sick.

I will be crossing my fingers and toes!

I’ve never pruned it. It just doesn’t bud or bloom. Bonemeal didn’t work. It needs to go.

My mom had a hydrangea like that. It finally did bloom but just barely. She finally removed that one too. You don't have time for a plant that doesn't pay it's way in produce or beauty or better yet, both.
And you can complain as much as you need to @WthrLady, you certainly have enough to complain about.

All of your advice has inspired me and I will be starting my compost pile soon. I told my husband in passing conversation and he just ignored it.

Compost is very satisfying, and as long as you don't add meat, fat, and citrus you are golden. You will be making what you used to think of as waste into really useful soil. You can make it fast or slow depending on how much muscle you decide to bring to it. When I was much younger I did it the fast way, now I let time do the work for me and do it the slow way.

Well I'll be heading out soon to get canned kitten food shortly, Storming nearly chewed the nipple completely off the bottle so since mom would never have put up with that, she must be ready to eat solid food. She pooped last night in the litter box so that means she knows how that is done as well. A huge relief (heh) since I do know how to potty baby critters that need mom's help with that but would rather not have to. It rained an inch and a half here yesterday and more is expected tomorrow and the air is lovely and fresh.

 

[Swiss]

Well, I procrastinated on the indoor chores. Instead, I pruned my tomato plants because most of their leaves were yellow and spotty/dead, and some of the stems weren't doing anything. Some unripe tomatoes came inside with me, so I wrapped them in brown paper bag and put them in a layer in a different brown paper bag.

Then, I went inside to do my chores.

 

[Compost King]

Cloning/Cutting machine update. I have all the parts now. Spent most of the afternoon at Tru Value trying to rig up all the different air hose sizes because I bought my equipment from Amazon and went on their recommendations. All the different parts had different fitting sizes. I started on building it and got bored so I took a picture to post in here.

At first I was measuring out where all the holes could go to make it all even and nice then I realize I am never going to sell it so I just went to haphazardly drilling the 1 inch holes. I should get 70 or 80 holes. Every 2 weeks I can have 80 pepper plants ready for a small pot. Thats about how long I believe it takes for peppers to root, maybe it takes longer, not sure. But doing 80 at a time it can take all winter for all I care. I have a very heavy Industrial air pump, I have fiddled around with hydroponics before and I know that even the highest quality pet store air pumps will burn out in less than a year. For double the price I have one that could possibly last a very long time and have the rate of flow to do many hydroponic projects not that I am big on Hydroponics. I much prefer soil. Pepper cuttings are stubborn and I want to be able to replicate hybrid pepper plants. Tomatoes I will replicate too but I can do those in soggy vermiculite. You really can't see how its going to be assembled because the Humidity dome is not pictured. I replaced the broken clear plastic bin for that.

One of the by products of this project would be cheap washers. I use and reuse roofing screws to hold hardware cloth into place and often lose the washer. I can replace them with these which I have to remove from the hole saw. One small caveat, they rot in the sun so I can not use them on anything that comes in contact with the direct sunlight more than an hour a day.

 

[pennyJo1960]

On the 1st we go get him this was off their website

 

[Sueby]

Off with that Hydrangeas head Sarah!!

I love making compost. I do the slow version too, but it's still awesome to make something so good for the garden from what would have been waste. I always felt horrible throwing away cauli cores & ends of cukes, etc - now not so much! My grandmother used to put all of her scraps & eggshells in the blender & pour it on the plants! I was little so I don't remember how often she did it or if there was more to it, but I just remember her sending me out to pour it on the roses!

I grabbed a few pics of the day...
I have figs! Had one last night.

Tons of green Brandyboys - hard to tell but they are just starting to turn, they should do well in the next week or 2 as it should stay pretty warm.

Can't believe this one champion squash is still producing! Again, with the warm, I should be able to harvest all of them. (I don't even have it in me to treat the powdery mildew, lol)

The green beans are about done! These were the first ones planted, behind are the 2nd round & they're still green but full of worms.

My crazy pumpkin.

 

[Sueby]

Aww @penny1960 he is adorable!!

 

[WthrLady]

Awwwwww!

 

[NewBoots]

Have I mentioned how happy my marigolds are? I mean, just look at them!!!!!! They have been flowering constantly since spring, and the plants are huge!

Mine did too this year, they make me happy to see them. Such a cheerful flower. The greedy part of me says "plant only food in the raised beds" but I'm so glad I mixed in flowers. This year it was marigolds, clarkia, borage (super useful, makes great compost tea), and comfrey. And all of them brought in pollinators.

On the 1st we go get him this was off their website

Sweet! What a cutie!

I have figs! Had one last night.

Oh and I love figs! We have to nursemaid ours since this was their first summer and we had so little rain. Well worth it! You just can't get fresh figs in stores.

I got a little done in the garden today, I cleared the squash bed and got more fruit than I expected.

Tossed most of the vines into the compost bin but gave a couple to the ladies, they had a great time. This will be my last batch of zucchini fritters. Well, the last batch made from my own produce. I suspect not too many more of my tomatoes that aren't already showing color are going to and I don't have a good place for storing the green ones. But, I do have a neighbor who will trade green tomatoes for chili verde so I am golden. Now that I've started clearing the spent vegetable plants out I really am keen to get it done, and get the fall/winter crops in. Now I just need to find a supplier of Golden Moon shallots, I'd rather not have to sacrifice my stored supply but if I can't find some sets I'll have to.

 

[RShayne]

Fall is here in Kentucky so I knocked some of it down and watch my ducks and chickens gain weight, hope ever ones garden did as good as mine.

 

[Compost King]

I finished drilling the holes, I may have made the holes too close together. Its not like the cuttings need much space, you can crowd them tight but the lid can lose structural integrity. I can just buy another but it takes a long time to drill that many holes and clean out the hole saw every 5 drillings. There may be an easier way to clean them out instantly and I do not know about it... but every 5 holes I need a 10 minute break to pull the plastic out of the hole saw. I have insomnia so I may actually go back out and finish this. 90 holes means I will have many pepper plants. I can germinate seeds faster in this and have them better rooted for planting in the garden. I would like to have this done by tomorrow and get started on taking pepper cuttings. I may even do Tomato cuttings in this at first because I do not have 90 cutting sites on my peppers yet.