What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Your as bad as me and I turned into this .. My better half and the Son never had a domestic bone in my body till they came along

 

[chickengr]

Just remember on the 5 gallon buckets, in summer months the root mass can get very hot since it's above ground etc, no real heat sink, and you can kill plants real fast that way. Don't know how many buckets of potatos i nuked before I came to that Epiphamy. Since you are also heating up all of it so much more they will take a lot of water too, you may find yourself watering some stuff twice a day to keep it from wilting from drying out.

Aaron

that's why I dig a hole and put a bucket in than put dirt back around bucket. it stays cool and I will be able to transfer all of my plants when I move.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have bucket that have holes in the bottom I drilled them for nipples hated those went to the other side nipples that do not leak

 

[karenerwin]

So the dog treats I made are Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats.
2/3 cup pumpkin puree (I had some pumpkin chunks that I had canned last year)
1/4 peanut butter ( I made sure it didn't have that artificial sweetener that's bad for dogs)
2 large eggs
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (Could use up to 3 cups but I didn't need too)

Mix it all together. Mine was pretty dry so I added some of the liquid from the canned pumpkins. Form into a ball and then roll out flat (1/4 inch or so thick). I have cute dog themed cookie cutters so I used the fire hydrant one to cut out the "cookies". Put on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 350 degree oven for 20 -25 minutes. I actually flipped mine after that and gave them another 20 minutes. Cool completely.
The dogs all approved! I got the recipe off the internet.

 

[Ascholten]

The putting the bucket down in the dirt thing works most times, but herre in florida, our drainage in Jax is kind of crappy and they'd end up constantly wet and you would end up with root rot after a while, at least out of the soil they drain properly and wont hold water for 3 days. Maybe I can compromise and only bury them half deep? Now top top up or top down?

Aaron

 

[Ascholten]

Well its going to be a very warm day today, 81 degrees, and then rainy / cooler / colder the rest of the week, so im going to get out and see what I can do to get everything weeded up, prune dead stuff off and a few more planted and get ready for next load of mulch.

I get mulch from the guys who go along the roads trimming trees which serves as the base for my growing plats, then I put about maybe 8 inches or so mix of top soil, mulch ec on top of that then follow up with a layer of leaf / turning into mulch once the plants are in. Half an IBC tote is a LOT of dirt, and Id rather not waste that with dirt for plants like say carrots or strawberries who won't need it, not to mention mulch will eventually turn into compost anyways so it's a long term game here. besides it's FREE so can't beat that either.

First time the girls got to run all week since ive been working day shift, long hours and they are following me all over the yard wanting their reach downs and ruffles, kerfluffles, and fluffles.... along with a tiny nibble of a snack or two occasionall.

Aaron

 

[BReeder!]

Did I mention the garlic recently? I know I said DS and I planted the store bought garlic after 2-3 weeks in the fridge.

I really wasn't sure it would sprout. There was no sign of growth yet, but in hindsight that makes sense since it likely stayed dormant while in the fridge. To my surprise we have a bunch of garlic sprouts now. It didn't take very long for them to start growing after being planted in some dirt. I made a makeshift growlight support gateway to get light over them because some of the sprouts are nearly 2" tall already.

Now my problem is we planted 3 bulbs per 4" pot. Will the garlic last 8-10 weeks like that? Or will I be transplanting into individual pots at some point while they are still indoors?

 

[Ascholten]

Garlic does not like to be replanted over and over again. Ideally you just need to plane one clove off the entire bulb to get a plant, so a garlic clove, could get you 4,5-even 8 new plants if they all take. It needs it's nutrients and does NOT like standing water, make sure you have good drainage and the bulb DOES like to go deeper. I found this out the hard way the last time I attempted garlic. I thought it'd be pretty much like an Onion, pretty much on the surface, but no it likes to go a few inches down and grow down there. IN your smaller pot that may be where the water likes to stay, so it may eventually neck rot, make sure it is drained off properly. Id put one maybe two plats per bucket, that way they are not competing too much for nutrients, unless you plan to fertilize it often.

Aaron

FWIW, I goto this site for my garlic / onion / taters etc, they are a wealth of knowledge and are very friendly.
https://www.filareefarm.com/

 

[Elyrian1]

I overwintered our garlic here, but I bought specific seed varieties that are known for long storage times. Despite getting down to -8F the other day, they still have tiny shoots just about an inch or two high out there. They'll be ready in July. But... we're moving in June. Have to see if MIL is willing to harvest and ship some for me. Maybe flat rate box...

Some of my seeds in the seed corner have already started sprouting! Oh wow that was fast!

 

[Ascholten]

If you take care of them, I bet you can still get a pretty good harvest in June. Moving can take a LONG time with SEVERAL trips to make sure you got EVERYTHING and didn't accidentally MISS anything wink wink....

Worse case hump em up into buckets and take them with and let them finish the season in new area?

Aaron