What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

arrowleaf sida / broom jute jelly leaf

Found this website which is really helpful - https://www.foragingtexas.com/2011/09/wireweed.html?m=1

However, read the last line of the medicinal value...

 

[Sally PB]

The garden is inundated with grass,

Mine too. Sigh. So. Much. Crabgrass...

I dug some potatoes today, including some of the Magic Molly. It's the first time I've grown them. They're a purple fingerling. Judging by the number of spuds I'm getting out of the two hills, I think I'll be growing this one again. It WAY out performed the other purple potato I grew.

Right now, I'm thinking it'll be Magic Molly, Kennebec, and Elba in next year's garden.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Go get yourself a 50 lb bag of salt from a restaurant store, or the home despot. pour some on it, it's gone and won't destroy your soil for years.

Aaron

 

[Ascholten]

Found this website which is really helpful - https://www.foragingtexas.com/2011/09/wireweed.html?m=1

However, read the last line of the medicinal value...

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wow. to be honest that looks so much like the crap I got growing behind some of my totes. I just called them wild roses but the desc fits very well. Yah, I pour salt on them to get rid of them because I can't get behind them too well otherwise and they. well they don't come out easy. pulling not gonna happen, weed whacker they tangle BUT a hedge trimmer DOES work well on them to get them down. You could try HTing them down to the ground then running the mower over them at the scalp setting.

Aaron

 

[Sally PB]

I'm going to try hugelkultur, without the mound. So, yeah, just burying a bunch of logs, brush, and stuff in a trench. Here's the trench.

Our recent storm brought down a lot of limbs, so I have plenty of stuff to work with.

 

[Ascholten]

Mine too. Sigh. So. Much. Crabgrass...

I dug some potatoes today, including some of the Magic Molly. It's the first time I've grown them. They're a purple fingerling. Judging by the number of spuds I'm getting out of the two hills, I think I'll be growing this one again. It WAY out performed the other purple potato I grew.

Right now, I'm thinking it'll be Magic Molly, Kennebec, and Elba in next year's garden.

Sally, I grew those last year. planted some of them back, Remember my post back in DECEMBER.. where I shown off the taters i got. Well I did not get them all planted back and have a basket of taters from christmas still sitting on my porch. they are sprouting slowly but well my point is. friggin a year later, are VERY viable !! This one will last a long time, and it taste pretty good too TBH. You'd do well to keep and re use them. IMO

Aaron

 

[Happy Novogens]

Hello all!

Just finished preparing my elevated garden beds. Now I'm wondering when I can finally plant the tomato and pepper seedlings I started last month. It's still too hot (me thinks).
I also want to get some seeds started but, again, it's still too hot.

Our climate is a challenge. Though I believe we are in a similar zone as @Ascholten ? ... just infinitely drier.

 

[Ascholten]

You are a lot hotter too. Florida this time of year, the daily afternoon thunderstorm is just.. a thing. But yes agreed, it can be a challenge at times doing what you need to, like mowing the lawn ! Wet grass don't mow well, 2 foot tall grass, because you didn't mow it for 2 weeks because it was wet...dont mow well either

aaron

 

[Swiss]

Spent almost all day working on my tomatoes. I took them off the trellises and laid them down in an organized-ish mess (the ones that weren't already laying on the ground, that is), took down the trellises, moved the arch that the pumpkin plant was climbing to the bed with 2 rows of tomatoes as a stronger support, moved the stakes and pounded them in the best I could, strung the anchor lines, and untangled and tied up the tomatoes. I only got 2 out of 3 rows done, but the last row isn't pinned against a fence, and should go much quicker. Bonus: with my hands on every single plant, I was able to prune, and search for hornworms. I didn't see any in these 2 rows.
Before:

No trellises:

Finished:

Final row before (mostly a hot mess on the ground):

Final row currently (no trellis):

Today's harvest (and my puukko):

 

[Fishychix]

Alright, the dark deed has finally been (mostly) done. I cut down my peach tree . Definitely buggy inside, very long and flat millipede looking thing. I can't get the stump out of the ground though. I cut both roots that grew outward. Do they also grow down, like a tap root? Its about 6-7 yrs old, if that helps any.
Is it okay to put the coop waste in my veggie garden bed now for spring? Or should I stick with composted waste? I have a decent amount nicely composted, but not enough for four reg sized beds. id hate to have more dirt trucked in. Im too busy to deal with it and hubs doesnt help well. Anyway, I need rocks trucked in for around the deck, but that may wait til next year. I need to get it prepped first. And find the time. I really hate weed fabric. Any other ideas to keep weeds away that I can put the rocks on? I have access to scrap particle board, id that'd work.