What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Another steamy day today. It’s inly 75F but the humidity is at the disguise level again. Yesterday I did a good weeding in the okra and bell pepper bed. Pulled more onions. That was pretty much all for yesterday. I dog sat DD’s fur babies while she moved from her tiny apartment into a roomy two story townhouse. Her Corgi mix was super stressed out so I held him on my lap for a couple of hours. It’s been less than 6 months since she rescued him and it was apparent he thought he was getting dumped again. This morning I weeded the kale and carrot bed then watered everything really well. I have two tiny acorn squash developing, so fingers crossed they get pollinated. There are several blooms on the pole beans so hoping to get something from the few I planted. My impatiens are blooming, and my BES are starting to bloom. Yay! I’ll take pictures later. I still need to water the stuff in the front yard after lunch. We may get a decent rain tomorrow night but the plants need watering today.

 

[WthrLady]

DS has no fever anymore. This one is easy to transmit and quick to go.
Now he's just full of snot and the occasional cough because of snot. He sticks to his room, his office or his own bathroom and cleans as he comes and goes. The house has a UV system and a hospital grade hepa on it, and I'm not worried anyway. Otherwise, he feels fine. If we get it, we get it. I'm just as likely to get it from a pen or shopping cart handle as I am here. People are gross creatures.
Fairly certain I had back in April/March this year as well. We don't bother testing, so that would have been round 3 for me. It just is at this point.
On the upside, he taught me how to make french press coffee via twitter messages. I reminded him I failed chemistry class the first time I took it and to be kind to my brew of his precious coffee beans (ground fresh for each cup). I was SOOOOO temped to slip him an instant cup of Folgers.
Was gifted .26 inches of rain last night. The worst of the storm was an hour west of us and packed 2.5 inch hail and 90mph winds. Hard pass.
Now it's 74 degrees with FOG. Oh joy.
No gardening chores today.

 

[jerryse]

Man....this is WAR!!!
Stinkin critter, whatever it is, got in raised bed and dug up the seeds that had almost germinated. Then went to other end and got tomatoes and basil again.
Then decided it was brave enough to go in the trap, eat the carrots and leave the squash behind...all while NOT getting caught!
For size reference these container bags are 10 gallon and the trap is right beside em.
Pretty good size trap!
Any ideas what I'm dealing with that could avoid getting caught in trap?
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Tie the bait to the pan or back wall . Bepends on how your pan triggers . They have to step on the pan . It is not stepping on the pan now . Just reaching over to get the bait . If they have to struggle with the bait they will likely set it off .

 

[esturtz27]

DS has no fever anymore. This one is easy to transmit and quick to go.
Now he's just full of snot and the occasional cough because of snot. He sticks to his room, his office or his own bathroom and cleans as he comes and goes. The house has a UV system and a hospital grade hepa on it, and I'm not worried anyway. Otherwise, he feels fine. If we get it, we get it. I'm just as likely to get it from a pen or shopping cart handle as I am here. People are gross creatures.
Fairly certain I had back in April/March this year as well. We don't bother testing, so that would have been round 3 for me. It just is at this point.
On the upside, he taught me how to make french press coffee via twitter messages. I reminded him I failed chemistry class the first time I took it and to be kind to my brew of his precious coffee beans (ground fresh for each cup). I was SOOOOO temped to slip him an instant cup of Folgers.
Was gifted .26 inches of rain last night. The worst of the storm was an hour west of us and packed 2.5 inch hail and 90mph winds. Hard pass.
Now it's 74 degrees with FOG. Oh joy.
No gardening chores today.

No truer word have ever been said...People are gross!...not everyone obviously but oye vey some folks wooo! French press is the way to go! Though it took culinary school( 4 year uni lol!) to teach me French press ....I had drank instant folders otherwise (or tea) most of my life
Wooo! That's a strong wind!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Tie the bait to the pan or back wall . Bepends on how your pan triggers . They have to step on the pan . It is not stepping on the pan now . Just reaching over to get the bait . If they have to struggle with the bait they will likely set it off .

Sending this to neighbor who's trap it is.. she just came over and said that's not squash it's yellow cucumbers.
We gonna get this devil tonight! Or tomorrow night since it usually skips a night!
Plus DH just hooked up new camera so game in critter!!!

 

[esturtz27]

Pictures of morning harvest...few potatoes few onions. Finally tomatoes! Cherry but still tomatoes. The other bushes are doing better after a couple weeks of fertilizer and an upping in watering time. I think 2 is pounds of blueberries...still a good amount turning ripe. Some peppers of a few types a tad stunted but they had been on plant long enough they had to be pulled and a couple zucchini. Decent day, killed dozens of squash beetles and changed the jb bag. Spotted a good sized pumpkin, three butternut babies, two spaghetti squash and 5 new loofah squash babies. Put aluminum foil around all the stems to hopeful ward off evil bugs and put flour sack under the big pumpkin baby. Now that I've written a book I'm in for the day to make two types of pita and honey wheat loaf for the week.

 

[esturtz27]

Sending this to neighbor who's trap it is.. she just came over and said that's not squash it's yellow cucumbers.
We gonna get this devil tonight! Or tomorrow night since it usually skips a night!
Plus DH just hooked up new camera so game in critter!!!

I'm so curious about what it is!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I'm so curious about what it is!

Me dos!!!
Watch it be silly little goober rabbit that there are only 20 or so of in the bushes edging the stinkin swamp beside us!
Which means I'll never be rid of em!
Whereas if it's a coon, groundhog, armadillo there aren't as many...I don't think

 

[esturtz27]

Me dos!!!
Watch it be silly little goober rabbit that there are only 20 or so of in the bushes edging the stinkin swamp beside us!
Which means I'll never be rid of em!
Whereas if it's a coon, groundhog, armadillo there aren't as many...I don't think

I kinda hope it's not a whole family of critters! Just one beastie!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Really? How ? Please explain ! Thanks.

I'll make a video, lol, I don't actually know how to describe it. You cut the end off and rub it in a circular motion until you see white foamy stuff come out. Then rinse that foam. That's the chemical that makes it bitter. Do it to both ends and if it's a big cucumber do it in the middle too. I'll make a video! I've just been a little busy.