What did you do in the garden today?

[Wolfie2]

To all who are getting ready for, or thinkin about, fall gardens, go for it. Our weather will still be hot into or maybe through Sept. Only then will it start cooling off. I don't plant a fall garden, I plant a winter garden. Onions, garlic, Cabbage family stuff, beets, turnips, lettuce. Also time for planting alfalfa and winter rye to fluff up the soil and add nutrients naturally.
Sueby, I have never taken a year off but i wouldn't exactly, not plant anything. A legume crop. Alfalfa, cowpeas, Sunn hemp. Something that will help the soil and not take much "lookin after". Your garden will thank you for that!
We have 20-30 % chance of rain just about every day here. But our "rain" come in little gray clouds that float by in < 5 minutes. And we hardly ever get anything that will register in the rain guage. And the mulch soaks most of it without ever reaching the soil (the only hazard of a deep mulch). Though it may help the lawn a little.
Didn't do anything but water and pick a few okra today.
Y'all have a good day!

 

[jerryse]

Persimmon graft 28 inches of new growth . Variety - Osage .

 

[Sueby]

Edamame. Boil the pods in salted water for about 8-10 min. Pop beans into mouth (not the pod) and enjoy.

Yum! I should plant some because I LOVE edamame! They make a spicy one at a local joint here - to die for.

My baby ducklings are now about a week old. They grow so fast! I have 3 girls and 1 boy. The kids want to name them after the Powerpuff girls - Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Steve. Should I give in?

YES! I love silly chicken names. Especially when named for the opposite sex!

Sueby, I have never taken a year off but i wouldn't exactly, not plant anything. A legume crop. Alfalfa, cowpeas, Sunn hemp. Something that will help the soil and not take much "lookin after". Your garden will thank you for that!

I for sure would plant something in the beds. I did hairy vetch a couple years ago & it was a pain to get rid of since I do no till...but I'd come up with something for sure.

It's a sad, sad day here on the ole homestead - I picked the last of the lettuce for dinner salads. I have half a mind to plant more & see how it goes, but under shade cloth. Probably just a bit too early, but it can't hurt to try!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I hear you @pennyJo1960. I lived in Washington State a long time ago and there were only a few days in late August that it got very hot. AC is rare there so it was really uncomfortable. The up side was that it was a dry heat. Here in New England, we don’t usually have heatwaves that make it to the 3 day mark. I’ve never experienced one here that lasted 6 days. We did get a brief thunderstorm a few hours ago but not enough rain to really water the plants. I’m hoping for more later on. We have another day or two before we get another heat wave. Good grief. We were already in a severe drought before these past few days. Hopefully we’ll get some beneficial rain soon.

 

[Acre4Me]

To all who are getting ready for, or thinkin about, fall gardens, go for it. Our weather will still be hot into or maybe through Sept. Only then will it start cooling off. I don't plant a fall garden, I plant a winter garden. Onions, garlic, Cabbage family stuff, beets, turnips, lettuce. Also time for planting alfalfa and winter rye to fluff up the soil and add nutrients naturally.
Sueby, I have never taken a year off but i wouldn't exactly, not plant anything. A legume crop. Alfalfa, cowpeas, Sunn hemp. Something that will help the soil and not take much "lookin after". Your garden will thank you for that!
We have 20-30 % chance of rain just about every day here. But our "rain" come in little gray clouds that float by in < 5 minutes. And we hardly ever get anything that will register in the rain guage. And the mulch soaks most of it without ever reaching the soil (the only hazard of a deep mulch). Though it may help the lawn a little.
Didn't do anything but water and pick a few okra today.
Y'all have a good day!

Here zone 6A, we’ve planted winter peas to till under early spring. But agree that it’s better to grow something to till under that is good for the soil.

 

[WthrLady]

pulled all the onions today. Waste of space.
Nothing larger than a small handball or fat ping pong ball.

Sense of smell and taste is now gone, sore throat and dull headache is back. ARGH.

New roll away egg nest box will get installed tomorrow if I can have some scrap lumber from the guys up the road building the house.
Tomatoes slowing reddening up.
Dry slot ate our heavy rain, but it's only 72 degrees today. I call that a win.

 

[Iluveggers]

It's a sad, sad day here on the ole homestead - I picked the last of the lettuce for dinner salads. I have half a mind to plant more & see how it goes, but under shade cloth. Probably just a bit too early, but it can't hurt to try!

@Sueby I accidentally cut a romaine a little too high a few weeks ago instead of down by the root, and it started growing back new leaves! Not as big as the originals, but I will be able to have small salads until it cools enough to plant more lettuce here. Just a thought for next year! An accidental bonus! I cut the other head up higher after I saw what happened, so I have 2 baby romaine lettuce heads growing!

 

[Anime2lover]

Got a bunch of cucumbers , squash and tomatoes from the garden today. The cucumbers are delicious. Dill is coming along nicely to. Mom is gonna do dill pickles with the cucumbers today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Did bring a green salad enough for dinner three heads keep coming back as I cut above the root...
Wash it in salt water then lemon to keep fresh.

 

[Acre4Me]

Finally got around to giving some more fertilizer to some plants.

Since I ripped out most of the SVB impacted buttercup squash, I decided that I would uncover the two hills of pumpkins. The carving and pie pumpkins. I’m keeping the other pumpkin and the summer squash covered for now. I’m going to guess the SVB is done for the season..the eggs were laid, they hatched after 7+ days, the caterpillars were in the vines for a few days at least given the frass and size of the caterpillar. Also, two buttercups were not impacted that I can see. The positive here is that I have some newly vacated trellis space for peas!