What did you do in the garden today?

[Iluveggers]

I bury old eggs when I transplant tomatoes. they love it.

I use eggshell, banana peel, coffee grounds, and shrimp shells/fish heads/bones when I transplant mine!

Use a post hole digger, dump contents in, cover w a small bit of dirt, then put tomato in. Last year no one could get their tomatoes to grow with the monsoon summer but I had a bunch. About a week before planting I start saving everything but the seafood, and I keep a bag of seafood remnants in the freezer all year for this purpose!

 

[littledog]

The darn cat got into my seedlings, dug holes in the larger pots and killed one of my San Marzanos. Somehow she also got into my small seedlings, even though I have a hardware-cloth screen to keep her out - she must have twisted herself into quite an unusual shape to get in there. She knocked over some pots with cabbage ( I think I've saved most of them though) and spilled the dirt out of some pots I was getting ready to plant eggplant in. Bad kitty! At least she didn't poop in any of them.

I'm itching to make room to plant more seedlings, by moving the tomatoes and luffa into the greenhouse, but it's still 35-37 at night so I better wait.

It's been wet and chilly here, so I haven't done much besides collect more cardboard from work to prep the last area, and walk around and see how the new trees and shrubs I planted two weeks ago are doing. So far so good - I think they like the 'couple days of sun then a couple days of rain' pattern we've been having. Lettuce and spinach are doing good in the grow boxes (time to thin them) and potatoes are starting to come up. Lilacs are starting to smell nice...
This weekend's supposed to be decent, so maybe I can get 4 more raised beds built, and possibly prep the last area with cardboard and wood chips.

 

[638858]

I will be off grid at my new place so I am looking for the old fashioned ways to preserve food.

Root veggies store very easily.. especially carrots, just “plant” the carrots no tops in a bucket of wet sand or sawdust.. in a cool dark corner, or a root cellar.. you can bury an old ice chest or freezer/ refrigerator, on its back with doors on top/leave lid accessible and fill with cool damp (play) sand, put root veggies in sand just like they grow (upright) don’t let them touch.. check every 3-4 weeks and keep sand moist.. usually lasts all season long,

 

[638858]

is it true that they produce a bit less than mother plants?

Not that I’ve experienced.. it’s just like a seedling plant, if you allow roots to catch up with the top (balance) and fertilize they will do exactly what a tomato plant does.. most people don’t allow roots to catch up with tops, that will stunt the production, they are kinda like the “B Team” ready to help your mater production at midway/late in season, not everyone needs to do this, but its good to LEARN.. it’s another tool in the toolbox..

 

[igorsMistress]

Good morning! I was out watering before the sun was up. Just made a pass through the garden to make sure I got everything and noticed the last comfrey has sprouted. Yay!! Time for work, have a great day all.

 

[WIchickMama]

Not much in the garden today, again holding period. I will be trimming up some trees and other bushes in the yard, raking up some of the last dead leaves and getting it ready for composting. I will also be raking up some pine needles to mulch a garden bed with.

 

[Arelwood]

Yesterday I transplanted my 4 pepper plants out into my new raised bed. They are just a mix of "sweet peppers" that I got from a seed packet. Hoping to get some fun colors like white or purple, but I'm betting on green.

I also got one of my grape vines in the ground and trellised. And now the countdown to next summer when I get grapes begins!

Planted rhubarb bare roots too. I am doubtful that they will reanimate. They looked very dead to me.

I also watered all my beds and the front lawn. Very unusual for me to have to do at this time of year. We have been incredibly dry here in Nebraska. Its been so dry in Omaha, we have had several fires in our green spaces in the last month. Not big enough to make national news, but very alarming to locals. This is the kinda stuff that happens in California, not here! So far, our firefighters are keeping it under control. I am worried for this summer if we don't start getting rain soon.

 

[Arelwood]

The darn cat got into my seedlings, dug holes in the larger pots and killed one of my San Marzanos. Somehow she also got into my small seedlings, even though I have a hardware-cloth screen to keep her out - she must have twisted herself into quite an unusual shape to get in there. She knocked over some pots with cabbage ( I think I've saved most of them though) and spilled the dirt out of some pots I was getting ready to plant eggplant in. Bad kitty! At least she didn't poop in any of them.

My cat did this last year too. On top of the anger at my seedlings being destroyed, I also had a ginormous vet bill to get his stupid stomach pumped! This year, I kept all seedlings behind a closed door.

 

[calboy147]

It is wet we did a run to the mower store turns out the belt they gave us is the wrong one .. They have ordered a new belt for our Yard King

I wish you would have kept the wet. Now i cannot really do anything in my garden. Or pretty much anything i need to do outside.

 

[Sueby]

I bought jalapeno seeds last year. they were sweet - what a waste of time, effort and garden space.

OMG I bought a half a bushel of jalapenos last year to make cowboy candy to give as gifts & they all had ZERO heat. I was so mad! I ended up putting them in the food processor & freezing them in batches - I give them to the chickens or I put a little in soups. I wasn't go to waste all those peppers, but ick.

Morning all.

@littledog I'm in the same boat, I want to get my starts into the makeshift greenhouse but it's in the 30s at night this week. Bad kitty!

Chilly out there today, won't even bring the starts outside at all. I walked through the garden, that's all that will happen for the next couple days till it warms up a little.