What did you do in the garden today?

[gtaus]

Jockos in Longville MN does a good job and reasonable enough on my saw blades. He sharpens anything.

Thanks. If I can't get my knives and woodchipper blades sharp with my new 1 X20 bench sander, I will check him out.

 

[gtaus]

I just keep a sharpener on hand and sharpen knives as needed. My folks had an electric one that did serrated knives too.

I have a few manual knife sharpeners in the kitchen drawers, and even have an electric one. They get the dull knives sharper, but I am hoping that the 1 X 20 bench sander I bought will take the sharpness to the next level. Also, I needed something to sharpen my woodchipper blades, which I cannot do with the kitchen knife sharpeners.

 

[Paz]

We have chicks, hurray! Mathilda doesn’t really want them though.
Marmmande tomatoes are producing small fruit. Yay. And the scallions have beautiful flowers, meaning it’s almost time for harvest.
The thyme has sprouted, no sign from the parsley yet.

 

[Sueby]

I have a couple sharpeners here, but that doesn’t compare to having them done professionally. & my knives have a 14 degree edge so I can’t use my electric sharpener on them. I have a handheld one & I hone them every time I use them but they still need professional sharpening. I’ll ask my hairdresser who she uses next time I see here but I really need someone who knows what they’re doing with kitchen knives & knows the proper angle or they’ll ruin them.

Dang weathermen screwed me up last night - it was a lot colder than they said it would be & I didn’t cover my fig tree. I hope its ok.

 

[jerryse]

Warm and dry for the next week. Good working weather. Trees should start blooming. My pear trees have usually bloomed in late March. Nothing yet. Plums are ready to bloom. Got to be near big box stores so I will check out the plants.

 

[Sally PB]

We're going to have 70 next weekend, 40s-50s at night. I'm hoping the fruit trees don't bloom just yet, as we can still have frost for another 5-6 weeks.

Plus, I want them to bloom for my bees next month.

 

[TJAnonymous]

The grandkids and I made sugar cookies for Easter. Couldn't help myself....

 

[igorsMistress]

Moved the biggest container for auto watering out to the Arabian lilac and set up a new one for one of the white sages and the night blooming jessamine. The 27 gallon totes are a good size for inside the shade garden. The tomatoes are putting on growth quite nicely. Either this afternoon or tomorrow I need to get more of that fencing so I can make room for more plants and protect them from chickens. I need to make cages for the tomatoes and I want to try another Armenian cucumber and grow it on some of that for a trellis. I also need to tie up the jasmine in the middle of the garden, it’s growing really this year and I’m certain it’s because of the waterer. I got a new pH meter as I’m questioning the accuracy of the other one. It has to rehydrate for 24 hours so transplanting peppers will have to wait until tomorrow, forgot about that. I did notice some tiny black bugs on that jasmine so I’ll spray it with some neem in the morning. I may do everything in there just for good measure.

ETAI got a big package of cloning collars for this bucket that I’m using for peppers right now. Since I started the peppers in the Aerogarden the roots are embedded in the little wick thing so I cut the collars to fit around it. I took the little center piece out of the rest that I’m not using to allow air flow in the bucket.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Home Gardeners.

 

[Paz]

All the chicks are yellow. Can anyone explain that? Mother is an Arabi black and father is a Rhode Island Red. Another mother is a white leghorns, so I expected her chicks to be yellow. But the Arabi black had a few chicks already and they were always black.