What did you do in the garden today?

[Wolfie2]

I meant you should cut them when you plant them. on the pic they look as if you cut them first then let them sprout. sorry if I got it wrong.

There is a lot of info out there that will tell you to cut a seed potato to maximize the eyes then let them dry for a few days. Supposedly drying will help keep diseases to a minimum. I grew up learning to cut a potato in half in a way that will maximize the eyes on both pieces then planting them, Worked great for the folks and has worked well for me.

 

[Wolfie2]

I can absolutely relate. My goats and chickens share the same yard/run but each have their own houses/coops. Much of my time is spent figuring out ways to keep the goats OUT of stuff I bring in for the chickens... I win some and I lose some.

I have a solar powered fence charger to keep predators outta the chicken pen and one wire passes just above that little door. But the battery has been dead for over a year. If it had been working it would have zapped them when they tried to enter the door. But pedators have not been pestering the chickens lately so I have been lax in getting a new battery. Got one today but gotta leave the charger off for 24 hrs. to charge the battery. Keepin the ladies inside today or I'll never find the eggs if I close the door.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I've done that.... It's ridiculous how much money I've spent on dandelion seed but it never seems to grow. I DO have one spot right along my driveway that has dandelions (which were already there, not from my seeding efforts) but they are very tiny. The flowers are probably dime sized... The dandelions here at my in-laws are easily half dollar sized or bigger. I gathered a ziploc bag full of seed from their property plus I'd like to take 3-4 transplants too. I have a sunny spot on the back side of my pond dyke that should be ideal. Good soil and moisture there which also drains well. I'm hoping they will do well in that location and then I can propogate other areas from there...if the chickens, goats, and horses don't eat them first.

Plant dandelions wherever you don't want them to grow, and they will grow gangbusters! LOL.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Homeschooling and College are done for this school year. I'm supposed to be cleaning house... So I better get back to it for now.

 

[WthrLady]

Cloudy and acceptable temps this morning, so I ran out at 10 to start mowing. The clouds blew off by 1 and the humidity skyrocketed. Finished at two. I have daffs still blooming! LOL
going to be near 95-100 for the next three days, so I'm glad it's done with.

Popping out to go vote, smelling of barnyard and all, but I won't be the only one. LOL

Hope to work on tomatoes later today.
Still need about 10 bags of mulch.

 

[WthrLady]

I have a number of garden wagons and tow-behind the riding mower trailers. This spring, I had 5 flat tires to repair/replace. One of my garden wagons had all 4 tires flat, so I got a set of 4 inner tubes from Amazon and put them in a few days ago. That pack of 4 inner tubes set me back $22.00. Locally, they were $9 each. I hope those inner tubes will last longer than the previous ones. In general, I'm not too happy with any of the inner tubes I have purchased in the last few years. They all seem to be of poor quality and I am lucky to get a full season out of them.

Today, I replaced a tire on one of my tow-behind trailers with a more expensive no-flat tire. You know, the solid filled tire that has no inner tube. The inner tube for that tire was $15, but I opted for the $38 no-flat tire and just be done with blowing inner tubes on that trailer. In theory, the no-flat tire should pay for itself in 2 years - assuming I would continue to blow all these inner tubes every year.

Not too exciting, but it's nice to have all my wagons and trailers back in service and ready to go. Where I live, we plant our gardens more or less on Memorial weekend. So, I'm actually ahead of schedule on some things.

We've replaced all of our wagon/wheel barrow etc tires with solid rubber ones. Worth it in the long run. I think we still have one more to convert. First flat is has, they're out of here.

 

[jerryse]

Had a doctor appointment today . Another cardioversion Monday and scheduled for ablation July 7 . Too hot out there now .

 

[vall]

That is so beautiful - I've never seen anything like it before - and you grow it! Amazing. What is the fruit like?

This one should be more sweet and less sour than the purple ones you can sometimes find in the store.

 

[CaroleW]

Cleaned up all fallen fruit under orange trees this morning and tried to pick some that were over ripe (couldn't find picker) so just got the low ones.

Trimmed the potted Moringa tree plants and will try to start new ones from the sticks I trimmed. I only have about 20 already started from seeds (trying to have enough to supplement chickens feed). I dry the leaves or flowers in a paper bag and powder or just put in a jar for vitamin/supplement use right now.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Thanks! Spouse definitely enjoys working with wood! Bought the dirt to help fill them today. Hopefully they get transplanted today and dare happy with their new location!



Here too! @TJAnonymous - I'm surprised you don't have much in the way of dandelions at home! Bc they certainly don't seem too site specific here. We have some pretty large ones in out yard at times - those, of course, are always in the spots that are hardest to dig.

I can understand none in the pasture because we spray 2-4D for the buttercups but I can't seem to get them to grow even in places where we don't spray.... Who would have ever thought I'd work so hard for a weed to grow?