What did you do in the garden today?

[Iluveggers]

I cleaned about half of my garlic to empty my drying screen for the onions that are ready. Good news and bad news. Good news: most of the cloves are HUGE. Bad news: instead of 4 and occasionally 5 cloves, I'm getting 3 with the occasional 4.

Other bad news: Some kind of teeny little worm was eating/burrowing in a few cloves. Any idea what it is?

I figure this was inevitable, so I'm planning to plant garlic and onions at the other end of garden next year. Except the EWOs, of course. They have their own bed for the rest of my gardening life.

Worm might be larvae from leek moth?

Big cloves are good for planting & eating. I rather that than a big bulb with a bunch of tiny cloves!

 

[chickengr]

It's just awful out. & I don't know how my broody hasn't broken her neck in the crate yet, or at least died of heat stroke trying. I tried to bring her fresh, cool water & she lost her mind. She's got a fan blowing on her, but it's blowing nasty hot air so I doubt it helps. Not sure what else I can do for her but leave her be, if I get anywhere near her she FLIPS out. Maybe I should just let her be broody till the heat breaks, but I'm not sure it's better in the nest box. Or that the heat is even going to break. Ugh, i'm feeling bad.

put her in the house overnight by the next morning she might give up brooding. I did it once and it worked.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

My new (2 years old , was supposed to last for decades) well pump broke down 3 days ago, of course during a heat wave ( yesterday, we had 38 C / 100F) so all of my veggies are drooping, I did water them with water from my cistern, but it isn’t very clean, cos it sat there since it last rained ( I think about 4 weeks ago) of course my stupid chickens ran and drank it like it was elixir, that’s why I don’t like using that water , here are my tomatoes I harvested yesterday, I had such a bumper crop of tomatoes , if I hadn’t taken the pictures myself, I wouldn’t believe it

 

[sylviethecochin]

another question…I found some purslane for the first time this year in random spots in my garden. Didn’t know what it was. Composted it (compost has not been used yet.) It is continually popping up everywhere, and I keep pulling it and am now putting it in the garbage. There was a large tilled spot on the other side of the patio and I pulled as much as I could there (flowers & bushes are going there eventually). What the heck? Why is it everywhere? I am trying to be vigilant about making sure I remove it when I see it. Filled a big garbage bag of it today and tried to make sure I had every leaf that may have fell off. Anyone have any tips to eradicate it from my yard?

I feel about purslane how a surprising number of people here feel about pigweed. It's easy to pull, a great treat for my rabbits, you can pickle the stems (or eat it while you weed--it's not at all bitter) it's low-growing enough that it's not likely to crowd established plants out, and it keeps water from evaporating out of the soil. As weeds go, it's probably my favorite.

I don't know how to eradicate it from a garden, but in a yard, grass will crowd it out, because it's a later season plant (or at least it is around here), and needs a lot of sunlight. Add topsoil and seed down with something thick, and it shouldn't be a concern next year.

 

[chickengr]

I cleaned about half of my garlic to empty my drying screen for the onions that are ready. Good news and bad news. Good news: most of the cloves are HUGE. Bad news: instead of 4 and occasionally 5 cloves, I'm getting 3 with the occasional 4.

Other bad news: Some kind of teeny little worm was eating/burrowing in a few cloves. Any idea what it is?

I figure this was inevitable, so I'm planning to plant garlic and onions at the other end of garden next year. Except the EWOs, of course. They have their own bed for the rest of my gardening life.

plant marigolds with onion and garlic. they will deter worms or whatever it is.

 

[igorsMistress]

I cleaned about half of my garlic to empty my drying screen for the onions that are ready. Good news and bad news. Good news: most of the cloves are HUGE. Bad news: instead of 4 and occasionally 5 cloves, I'm getting 3 with the occasional 4.

Other bad news: Some kind of teeny little worm was eating/burrowing in a few cloves. Any idea what it is?

I figure this was inevitable, so I'm planning to plant garlic and onions at the other end of garden next year. Except the EWOs, of course. They have their own bed for the rest of my gardening life.

Could be onion maggots. Rotating those to a different spot is a good idea as the little buggies can overwinter and attack next year.

 

[Sueby]

put her in the house overnight by the next morning she might give up brooding. I did it once and it worked.

I can't do chickens in the house. DH is lucky I even let him in my house. She's still in jail, with the fan on & I will dunk her again in an hour or so. She's calmed down quite a bit, thankfully.

We have heat advisories through like the end of next week. I need to move, I'm not built for this. We've been looking at property in VT/NH, but I'm thinking that's not far enough north. Greenland here I come!

Loving all the pictures!

I started to water last night, I'll finish today. My beans don't look too hot, I think the heat is getting to them. I should probably water more but with the drought I hate to drain our well. Maybe I'll feed them. Habarneros look fantastic, as do the scorpions.

Have a good one all.

 

[Iluveggers]

The rain stopped around 8 (perfect timing, got to do chicken coop closeup without a raincoat), but I woke up in the middle of the night to hard rain and thunder. The morning should be clear here with a chance of storms a bit this afternoon but I hope it doesn’t rain again.

Will wait til this afternoon to walk through the garden and check everything. Looking out my back window, I realized my tallest tomato plants are approaching 8 feet high. That has never happened. Maybe 7ish feet toward the end of September right before getting tossed for the fall. Should I/can I top them off? At some point I won’t be able to reach them on a stepladder! Fingers crossed my zucchini/squash start moving faster. I have a sheet I am tracking harvest on, and I’ve only gotten 5 off of 9 plants. So strange! No disease, everything is nice and large. Most people give away zucchinis and I eat them faster than we get them…not really complaining just don’t know why. Cucumbers look great and I will probably have a few more to pick today. Hoping the rain got my pole beans moving, and my seeded greens/seedlings appreciated the drink! Zinnias are starting to open up, nasturtiums big but no flowers yet (they got a late start). No sign of the new lettuce seeds I planted a few days ago starting yet so I’ll check that today. I left a few lettuce plants in the ground & keep cutting the tops off. It’s a little bitter but it works for a sandwich, taco, or wrap and saves me from buying it now. We are just eating kale salads til the lettuce, spinach & arugula come back to life!

Hope those of you that are still waiting for rain get some today!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

It's a raining here folks!!!
Chickens are sleeping in...except for old Joey who wishes I'd come let him out! Got grandbabies today so hoping it is a napping kinda day to snuggle up!
Prayin the rain spreads where it is needed most to everyone!

 

[SheaLoner]

I got busy and my back has been bothering me for the last few weeks. Not even going to attempt to catch up on 60+ pages behind.
Did some weeding. Desperately need to tie up my tomatoes some more. The top strand of my florida weave gave way and they are all bent right over.
Finally pulled my garlic, was a nice haul. Need to weed more, pull onions, get fall broccoli starts going and so on. Will be very busy if the temp and humidity ever drop far enough to be outside and working.