What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

Lots of leftovers. What a problem, huh?

We had homegrown potatoes for mashed, and DH insisted I use white potatoes, not blue. What a stickler for conventional tradition, huh? I want to make some mashed blues; I never have before. Does the color leach out?

I use my Instant Pot to make bone broth from the bones/carcass and I had the brilliant idea of putting the bag of bones in the Instant Pot pan, and freezing it. Now I have a bag of bones that I know will fit in the pot. I'll take the pot out of the freezer when it's solid.

Other than the turkey, I get sick of leftovers after the second day and some things I don’t eat at all; nobody (Igor/daughter) goes for them until it’s too late to eat them and then someone (Igor) complains that they got thrown away. Well, I told you I wasn’t going to eat that so

 

[igorsMistress]

Trimmed the lilac today. There are definite branches so it has decided on its appearance, I think I can start working on shape a little bit now. This is where the cat has been hiding, the chickens are now enjoying it quite a bit instead

 

[TJAnonymous]

I put the turkey carcass in the Instant Pot. Going to make turkey and rice today.

Need to clean the coops but don't feel like going outside.

My Christmas cactus is about to bloom...

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey good morning Gardeners, pissing rain here too.
I think I have food hangover ?
I have a fire started in the stove, wood is the best warmest heat.
your Christmas cactus is beautiful.

 

[WthrLady]

The workshop is DONE. It took me 3 hours, one of those in a solid n95, SO much mouse poo. OMG. It's ridiculous. I found 5 dead in a 5 gallon bucket and disturbed a nest of 3 in my garden sheets. The sheets are now in a container. Stupid mice.
But it's done.
I also took the hydro line off the tractor. I THINK it just might have needed tightened as the leaking end came off with barely any effort and the other end took a leverage pole and a few swear words. I'll start simple and clean the line, dry it, apply a leak strip, and re-install it and then run it to see if it still leaks, If it does, then I'll replace the o-ring. If it still leaks, I'll replace the line. It's always something that keeps me out of the loom studio.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day.

 

[Sally PB]

@TJAnonymous, your cactus is beautiful.

And so is the tree wall hanging behind it! LOVE that!

 

[TJAnonymous]

@TJAnonymous, your cactus is beautiful.

And so is the tree wall hanging behind it! LOVE that!

Thank you for compliments on both. I got the tree metal art on Etsy. It was created by burnishing the metal with a torch flame, I think. It's got an irredescent bronze coloring. It's so pretty... I love it.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well, I got half the coop cleaned before I ran out of daylight and the flock made their annoyance quite obvious that I was keeping them from bedtime. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so I won't get to clean the rest until Sunday. By then I'll have to clean the whole coop...one side will just be far dirtier than the other.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

My mostly indoor lemon tree dropped almost all of its leaves but has a ton of blooms right now.
My mostly indoor lime tree is loaded blooms for the first time ever but hasn't dropped hardly any of its leaves.
I'm pollinating them with a small artist paintbrush as they open.

 

[TJAnonymous]

My mostly indoor lemon tree dropped almost all of its leaves but has a ton of blooms right now.
My mostly indoor lime tree is loaded blooms for the first time ever but hasn't dropped hardly any of its leaves.
I'm pollinating them with a small artist paintbrush as they open.

I'm jealous... I moved my lemon tree indoors about a month ago. It had a little bit of leaf drop at first but seems to have stopped. It has never flowered though. Not a single bud. Ever.