What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

Today I watered all the veggies (butternut squash, tomatoes, peppers, rhubarb, asparagus, cabbage) and worked on finishing mulching. I'm trying to get the entire veggie patch mulched with cut grass so we have to weed as little as possible.

Cut grass is working well for us here. We also have straw as a mulch that is working well too. I cannot wait until Fall when I get to mulch with dried leaves. I have mulched like crazy and it is working. The only plants not mulched are lettuce, carrots and radishes. I made the mistake of mulching over the parsnips and they didn't come up well. I think the straw mulch was too much for them to push through. I well not make that mistake next year.

 

[oldhen2345]

Its my understanding Sevin is very toxic

That is my understanding too, but I can’t lose all my squash and zucchini. I haven’t used it before- so we will see how it goes.

 

[Isadora]

That is my understanding too, but I can’t lose all my squash and zucchini. I haven’t used it before- so we will see how it goes.

My dad uses sevin, but only on the squash plants. He said he can't keep the squash beetles from taking over otherwise, unfortunately.

 

[Sally PB]

I spent two hours hauling a hose and buckets around, watering the sandy garden, the blueberries, and the two cherry and apple trees. I really need to get some stakes to put at the end of the rows so I can move the hose and not have it drag over the plants.

I have learned I must wear gloves. The hose gets wet and is covered with sand. Hard on the skin. Also, sand gets on my pants and sleeves. So either plan to stay in the garden and work and be dirty, or go change my clothes. It's just not a clean endeavor.

 

[oldhen2345]

My dad uses sevin, but only on the squash plants. He said he can't keep the squash beetles from taking over otherwise, unfortunately.

Yep- that is how I feel. Next year, will use fresh dirt and put the squash and zucchini in separate containers- away from the garden.

 

[TJAnonymous]

That is one thing I love about using the tires little to no weeding .. We just had a hard fast moving rain squall
go through no thunder heard as they called for

You know what I love most about using tires for gardening? My DH doesn't run over stuff with the mower or the trimmer.... . Last year he would either get too close or too far away. So much easier now that I don't worry about him hitting any plants!

 

[WthrLady]

sevin dust isn't the sevin of a few years ago. They reformulated it. Actually, my squash bugs laughed the darn stuff off last year.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Morning all. Man I can't tell you how much I would love an old craw foot tub! We have a tiny tub, not big enough to lay in.

I have only been out to cut the garlic scapes & some parsley for the beef bone broth I'm making. Bones are roasted & in the pot now, will simmer till tomorrow afternoon. I don't have any good containers for it so I may try ziplock bags, but I'm scared they'll leak before they freeze. I'll have to find a pan to freeze them in or something.

Got egg muffins in the oven baking for DH now. Will make some small meatballs for a version of italian wedding soup for lunches too.

I'm afraid to look at my peppers after all the rain yesterday, they were already on the edge.

Not much else going on here.

I have used zip lock bags for broth and no problem here.

 

[BReeder!]

I have used zip lock bags for broth and no problem here.

That's what I do. Gallon bags frozen flat in the freezer.

 

[Elyrian1]

I'll second the freezer bags, just make sure the broth is closer to room temp before you try it. Additionally, you can freeze them in silicone molds to be exactly a cup each. Takes longer to do, but might be worth it to you.