What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners got rid of pullets being raised for my Bud. She is getting back in to birds.
First warm dry day rain comes back like day after.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I pulled up a couple of red onion bulbs that were decimated by the tree rats. Salvaged what I could from them, threw in some fresh parsley, and made some scrambled eggs this morning.

Noticed I have a zucchini that's already 4-5 inches long! Came out of nowhere... I swear I just hand pollinated that flower no more than 2 days ago!

Has anyone ever tried to salvage freezer burned steak? We had a couple of top sirloins whose package was demolished in the deep freezer so they got freezer burned. I just couldn't bring myself to throw them away.... So I seasoned them really well with a dry rub and then put them in a brown sugar brine mixture for about 10 hours. Will grill them up tonight... The brine is supposed to help with freezer burn but I've never done this before so I'm feeling my way through the dark. Wondered if anyone else has done this?

I usually use any meat that gets freezer burned in a pot of beans

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I picked my first lemon squash Sunday, delicious!

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[Sueby]

Grabbed some pics while I was out there:

I have figs!

Egyptian Walking Onions looking like they're ready to march:

I'm going to have SO many strawberries very soon:

My butterfly weed preparing to bloom, I've seen some butterflies hanging around:

Just way too much lettuce, it's out of hand but the girls love it:

 

[pennyJo1960]

Can hadly wait till my salad fixings are up far enough to make salads ..
DH wanted to get more slug bait I a picking up a beer.

 

[jerryse]

Planted some bicolor sunflower seeds . Planted my experimental summer squash seeds . Trying for boer resistance . Traces back to ornamental gourds years ago . These were reciprocal crossed to zuke last year . So resistance may be weak .

 

[Sally PB]

Grabbed some pics while I was out there:

I have figs!

I am wondering if a Chicago fig (or whatever they're called...?) could grow here. I read in my zone (5b), it dies back in the winter, but regrows each spring. Does that mean it grows fruit each year? Anyone know?

Egyptian Walking Onions looking like they're ready to march:

They have a way to go yet. The top will break out of the thin covering and have a few to several little bulbs. Sometimes the bulbs will grow a topset of its own! It's cool that you're getting some the first year. A lot of them wait until their second year. You can cut some leaves sparingly for chive/green onions.

I saved all the little bulbs I got the first year to plant in the fall and fill in the bed. Well, except for a couple that I had to eat to see what they were like. Yup, like tiny little onions!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Mine mostly came from a established bed the gentleman had them for years but the property was sold.
Mine are setting seed pods.

 

[vall]

I am wondering if a Chicago fig (or whatever they're called...?) could grow here. I read in my zone (5b), it dies back in the winter, but regrows each spring. Does that mean it grows fruit each year? Anyone know?

Figs produce the main crop on this years growth, so yes, provided you have enough frost-free days to ripen the figs. This may help https://growingfruit.org/t/cold-hardy-figs/3182/17

 

[Sally PB]

@vall, thank you! I think I will look into these some more.