What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

from the 2 squash I had remaining, another died from my BLP again. Now I have one which is very healthy and happy but only has male flowersguess I won't have honeynuts this year

male flowers are followed by female!

 

[chickengr]

We can hardly grow a cucumber, it seems. Here is the current status of wilt. Another few days and it will be brown and crunchy leaves.
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they look better than mine. I keep watering and they keep fruiting, lol.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I have been catching Japanese Beetles for the chickens. I pay special attention to my small fruit trees and my asparagus. Today's haul was kind of low; it's cloudy, and I find fewer on cloudy days.

ohhh, so they love that? Then i can catch some for them, too!

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I can grow peas in winter only. I tried red and black currants but they did not survive this heat.

I sow them in early Feb in the greenhouse and transplanted in March, as they are quite hardy, normal frost won't damage them. I plant them majorly for the pea shoots, but after June I will let them flower and get some nice peas. I will plant some again soon for the autumn.

For the currants, I have originally red ones in the garden, all brought by birds, but they are too sour for me so all for the hens. The pink one I ordered last year from the gardening center, surprisingly a good mixture of sweet and sour, the summer here is not too hot and they are planted in the half shaded places, so far the growth is quite ok.

I also plant an entire row of raspberry, imaging that they might become a small fruit forest in summer and autumn few years later.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Harvested some small cabbages

The oregano I sowed in early June, they grow very well after being transplanted into the raised bed.

 

[WthrLady]

ohhh, so they love that? Then i can catch some for them, too!

be sure to recount your fingers when you're done feeding the hens beetles....
I have a dog that loves them too Although she sneaks them.

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Dawn finds us at a very foggy 73 degrees. Ya. Yuck.
mowing took 4.5 hours at full speed on the big industrial mower. There was no wind, tons of humidity, and it was 85. The pasture and hayfield, which we are allowing to rest the remainder of the summer instead of taking a 2nd/3rd/4th cutting from,grew 12 inches in 8 days! So I cut and mulched that in too.
I didn't want to mow, but it frees up 4.5 hours today.
Garden walk yielded:
8 cloudy day tomatoes. I WILL plant these again next year.
4 cups of cherry tomatoes- forgot to harvest the currant cherries

I found a sunflower leaf covered in tiny black and orange spiky caterpillars. Knowing they would roll up and fall to the ground if I disturbed them, I grabbed the leaf at the bottom and cupped it, so as they tucked and rolled, to their disappointment, fell into their own cup.
I snapped off the leaf, and tossed it in the yard.

I'll walk the garden later and see what needs tied up, harvest the onions, pick some zinnias for the kitchen, clean the onion bed, and maybe trim some sunflower leaves and collect some sunflower heads and hang to dry. There's one variety out there that is this deep soothing yellow, with a deep-dark brown center. I've already decided on planting a stand of sunflower next year. I think where I normally have the chicken garden. Maybe. No idea.

Off to the hardware store today for a new ceiling fan.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[WthrLady]

Harvested some small cabbages

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The oregano I sowed in early June, they grow very well after being transplanted into the raised bed.

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FILDERKRAUT cabbage!! And it's beautiful

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I used them to make some fried rices and sent to our firefighters who are working all the time and some family who still didn't have power as their Electrical panels are damaged during the flood. I am glad that both eggs and vegetables from the garden can contribute a bit.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Back to rainy days here. At least the high heat is gone, just dealing with high humidity. I wasn't able to do my garden walk this morning. As soon as I finished feeding and watering the chickens the sky opened up for a not too heavy downpour. Will try again soon. On my trip to HD yesterday I stopped by the home design section and spoke with the kitchen designer about countertops. It went well and I put in an order for my new countertops. If I stretched my budget to the max I could have done granite, but I opted for the more affordable laminate. Anything is an improvement over the worn out Formica that's in there now. Understanding this is going to take awhile, I'm sure I can get the cabinets painted before they're installed. As for the garden, I am still holding my breath for the harvest. I'm hoping the milder temps this week will give everything a boost. The temps are forecasted in the mid 70s to low 80F with a chance of showers everyday for the next 7 days. At least the green beans are doing well. I'm not having that much of a bug problem so far (knock on wood) but the early blight showing up on the tomatoes does have me concerned.

 

[jerryse]

Rains are over here . Blackberries are turning . The small ones were sold as Darrow . They are too small for Darrow . The larger ones are a wild that I selected . Missed gathering wildflower seeds during the wet . Most are gone .