What did you do in the garden today?

[A-K-A]

Ran water this morning. My bride picked peppers a few tomatoes and a zucinni a couple more crook necks too.

 

[Arielle]

Now come on good chance your going to live to see 90+, I know five people in their 90's two still do lite gardening. I do salad pots for my senior clients they water and pick the produce and attend to the flowers.

Haven't been able to work in the garden do to rain hopeful Wed. beds dropped two inches in soil from all the hard rains we've had this month. Mulch tomorrow with rabbit manure and grass clipping to bring help them back.

FLEA BEETLE: try floating row cover, DE, or trap crop mustard or radish

???????

 

[jerryse]

Ran water this morning. My bride picked peppers a few tomatoes and a zucinni a couple more crook necks too.

I am so wanting my first summer squash of the season . Tomatoes and cucumbers also . The wait is awful .

 

[lazy gardener]

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A trap crop is one you plant to give the pests something to munch on (hopefully, that they like better) so they'll leave the crop you want to harvest alone.

 

[hennible]

Nope, more like this:  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...wCDVbgGxJawBYHOgdAJ&tbm=isch&ved=0CDcQMygBMAE

Never seen any of those here... I don't find any.

 

[Bugseye]

Hmm, a mystery forager, darn it. I didn't do much: a little watering, a little weed pulling. Maybe I'll get out there later. I saw some hole in the pea leaves, another mystery to be solved.

 

[politicalcenter]

Politicalcenter: I hear you re: retirement. I'm tired too. Luckily, I only work per-diem now. My body couldn't take a full time load. But... oh how I crave my at home time. See and smell things growing. To hear the wind in the leaves of the trees, hear the birds calling to each other. And to interact with my flock, enjoy the garden: it's a balm to the soul!

I am counting the days.

I also like to sit in the shade and watch the goats.

 

[Arielle]

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ahhhh, I get it now . . . . sorta like plant a mulberry to keep the bird busy and away from the primary fruit crop.

 

[Arielle]

Watered tomatos with miracle grow; watered onions and garlic; weeded area between 2 rows of tomatos; weeded the onions before watering.

Boys wanted stir fry so they collected: 1 onion at the scallion stage, young kale, Asian greens, flat peas. From the pantry was added: butter, water enough to steam, soy , sesame oil and garlic salt. THen down the hatch!!

 

[hennible]

Yum!