What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

has anyone here used urine as fertilizer...? Besides me.

Yup. Bunny litter and hubs goes in the compost pile if he’s working outside.

 

[igorsMistress]

My mother put honey and whiskey on a spoon to give us for sore throat and flu- then slathered us in Vicks- anybody else?

Yup. My folks mixed honey with whiskey in a shot glass and slathered our feet and chests with Vick’s

 

[igorsMistress]

A lot harder for us ladies to do that unfortunately.

Go girl makes it easy.

 

[igorsMistress]

I got the rest of the tomatoes planted. I keep forgetting to post photos though.View attachment 2642894View attachment 2642897View attachment 2642898View attachment 2642899View attachment 2642900View attachment 2642902View attachment 2642903View attachment 2642904View attachment 2642905

Everything is looking great! That is a beautiful sunrise/set!

 

[oldhen2345]

My roses are starting to bloom. Can't hardly wait til warmer weather to see my blue Rose of Sharons
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[pennyJo1960]

That is a very pretty rose love all the colors of them

 

[TJAnonymous]

We did have 2 different people stop and ask if the house is for sale! We said it would be once we get the rest of the work finished. The siding is almost completed.
Then we have to finish the wiring and get the electrician to come in, put up drywall, get the plumber to come back and finish up, make and install stairs to the basement, paint, install cabinets in kitchen, install countertop in kitchen, install shower & medicine cabinet & mirror in upstairs bathroom, frame in and finish downstairs bathroom, and I want to sand (and stain?) the hardwood floors (oh, and I have some areas to repair in the floor as well).

I seem to find them near oak trees, but I have also heard that they are found near elm trees too.

Also, I don't remember who has the plum tree that is dying (@BReeder! maybe?). That happened to me last year but with pear trees. I ordered 2 types of pear trees from Stark Brothers. They both arrived in great shape. I planted them and they were flourishing! But then suddenly, one of them died completely. It turned black and all the leaves fell off. If I didn't know better I would think that it was too close to a fire, but I know it wasn't. The other pear tree is doing great. The dead looking one is still dead looking. It was a Bartlett Pear Dwarf. I guess I will need to get another pear tree of some kind. If I remember correctly you need 2 varieties for pollination.
I hope you can figure out what happened to your plum tree.

Oh, we did get a handful of asparagus today from the garden when we got home. Not sure how it will do this year because the strawberry patch took over the asparagus patch. The wild strawberries invaded the area too!

We always find the morels around ash and elm trees. Sometimes under cottonwoods by a creek. The ash borer has taken out a lot of trees and it's supposedly affected morels too....

And I had the plum that's dying. I pruned it WAY back at many suggested and in the process found this....

Do you see that canker right at the fork of the tree? When you push on it, it's very spongy. I didn't see it earlier because it is on the back side of the tree. I'm pretty certain that's what is killing the tree.

Still no idea what to do to save it and no time to figure it out. I leave for Minnesota on Sunday for a business trip. It'll probably be dead by the time I return.

 

[24Elsinore]

Didn't do much in the garden today but I have the seed of like a dozen species that all comes out of the fridge tomorrow and needs to be sown into pots. So I have a lot to do tomorrow.

 

[WthrLady]

I was late to put repellent in the orchard. The deer have broken branches argh. Loathe deer.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Do you see that canker right at the fork of the tree? When you push on it, it's very spongy. I didn't see it earlier because it is on the back side of the tree. I'm pretty certain that's what is killing the tree.

Still no idea what to do to save it and no time to figure it out. I leave for Minnesota on Sunday for a business trip. It'll probably be dead by the time I return.

I'm going to go out in the morning and cut the entire top of the plum tree off. I will spray the resulting wound with a Bordeaux mix. I don't know what else to do to save the tree.... I don't want it spreading to the peach tree that's next to it