What did you do in the garden today?

[esturtz27]

NOT looking forward to the stupid japanese beetles. Will be soon I guess.

They horrible! The bag traps we have get so full! We replace the bag 2 or 3 times during the summer to autumn season.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

We haven't had cable for years and years! Like so long ago that I don't actually remember when, 10+ years ago. I don't miss it at all, lol.
If there's a show you really want to watch you can always do temporary channel subscriptions through Amazon to watch it or purchase it. It's still so much cheaper.

I love your cute produce basket!

I have amazon prime and I love the fire stick tv. It changed my non smart tv into wifi amazon tv. I had been watching more content from them before I cut the cord. I cut the cord because with everything else getting insanely expensive I just could not justify nearly $200 per month to watch TV. Ridiculous. Thank you on the basket. It’s my homemade garden hod. It’s pretty big but it holds quite a lot of fresh produce from the garden.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good to hear from you! Nice haul today, wow! Do you freeze the kale fresh? Or blanch it first?

Glad your crew is laying again!

I blanch the kale first. It took nearly an hour to triple wash the greens and bag them up. But it’s so worth it.

 

[TJAnonymous]

No! Say it isn't so! I haven't given any away this year & I still don't have many stored up. They have slowed a tiny bit, but I'm still getting 5 or 6 a day.

& as far as cutting the cord we did that long ago. We have an antenna (which I understand won't do you much good) that gets us locals & a Roku TV that gets us the rest. Oh & Amazon prime is a bonus for just having Amazon.

Thanks for the confirmation. I'm going to pull the strawberry hoops & use that for the rutabaga today (or tmrw am when it's cooler).

I wish my chickens would stop laying for a bit.... I probably have a dozen 18-packs to clean and put in the fridge. I don't sell nearly enough eggs so we end up giving most away or just throwing them out. I feed a lot to the dogs and chickens too

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Forgot to mention the temps are jumping up to 90F today and a bit higher tomorrow. Got all the garden watered well. Side dressed with compost.

 

[ChicksnMore]

It finally rained here a few hours ago but it wasn’t enough to soak the ground:View attachment 3162430

She looks so hopeful!

Oh that’s not energy, it’s insomnia goin’ through the change.

Here too...I drove poor hubby nuts over the winter using the fan off n on, waking up during the night to toss the blankets off...then again to pull em back on...and I can't seem to sleep in to save my life no matter how late I'm up. On the bright side...I never miss out on the cool morning time!

I’m still here @igorsMistress. Crazy week. My chickens stopped laying completely over a week ago. Then Monday I cut the cable cord. This saves me $100 per month, but adjusting to streaming only is stressful. I’m a local news junky but I’m getting better. We don’t get over the air channels because I’m in a bit of a valley and surrounded by trees. I’m also up to my ears in leafy green vegetables. The garden is doing well mostly. Cucumbers and okra plants are not growing all that well. And I lost another tomatillo plant. The remaining one is a cucumber beetle magnet. I’ll be spraying after I water again. I felt bad I had no eggs to give to my local food pantry this week so I gave them two bags of lettuce and endive. I picked kale and chard this morning. I also thinned my second planting of kale so I have a nice bunch of baby kale for a couple of salads. I’ve been trying to catch up, but I just gave up on that. Sorry. Have a great day.
Today’s haul. (I’ll be freezing kale today) I had picked a bunch on Thursday. PS the chickens are laying again. Yay!
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I love your basket!

My husband is a city kid and just watches me and our lo eat berries hahaha he always chimes in with "is that okay to do?"....yep just don't eat anything with bird poo haha!

My hubby comes from Montana cattle ranchers but hes the same way! I think he was meant to be a city boy and just never realized it.

 

[igorsMistress]

My husband is a city kid and just watches me and our lo eat berries hahaha he always chimes in with "is that okay to do?"....yep just don't eat anything with bird poo haha!

My kids would always raid the peas lol. We were lucky if we had enough for a salad a couple times during the season. A cherry tomato wrapped in a fresh basil leaf is heaven.

 

[589205]

NOT looking forward to the stupid japanese beetles. Will be soon I guess.

They’re already here where we are. I just picked one off of my corn yesterday and squished it.

 

[igorsMistress]

She looks so hopeful!

Here too...I drove poor hubby nuts over the winter using the fan off n on, waking up during the night to toss the blankets off...then again to pull em back on...and I can't seem to sleep in to save my life no matter how late I'm up. On the bright side...I never miss out on the cool morning time!

I love your basket!

My hubby comes from Montana cattle ranchers but hes the same way! I think he was meant to be a city boy and just never realized it.

My hubs told me I don’t get to control the thermostat any more lol. One minute I’m wearing a scarf and two shirts, the next I’m down to a tank top and shorts.

 

[ChicksnMore]

Got my morning watering done and moved my cactus cuttings away from the water tanks shade to toughen up before they get planted out front in September..

My watercress has recovered from its store time ands starting to grow.

It's a lazy feeling day here so heading inside where I'll try to get motivated to start my indoor todo list.

Happy weekend everyone!