What did you do in the garden today?

[Jenbirdee]

I made a short video of what I did today if anyone is interested!!

 

[CNJ]

One of my projects today was to remove the hose from the outside faucet (fused/stuck), attach a four way valve and then attach a new hose that I am running out to the vegetable beds and coop. I bought a hose stand with faucet and am planning on burying part of that particular hose so we don't need to move it for mowing.

The old hose was "frozen", so I decided to cut it off the outside faucet with a small hacksaw (as seen on YT). After I removed the remains of the hose connector I added Teflon tape to the threads. Turned on the faucet, water went spraying everywhere.

Tried again, more Teflon tape, still leaking. Tried just attaching the new hose, major leak.

I took the new hose over to another outside faucet. No leaking. I must have damaged the faucet threads even though I was trying to be careful.


It's an older house, there's no way to replace the faucet without crawling underneath and cutting the copper pipes.


Oh well...

All you need to do is put a water bond thing around the treads and attach an adapter on it. I would try the thing they put around pond drains, I think its in the roofing section.

 

[fuzzi]

All you need to do is put a water bond thing around the treads and attach an adapter on it. I would try the thing they put around pond drains, I think its in the roofing section.

Thanks. I will check into that.

Is the water bond permanent or will I be able to remove the adapter later?

I was going to go buy a "Y" splitter anyway, as I wanted to have two hoses attached at the same time.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I like this idea of rock markers and hope to make some for the fruit trees.

I’ve painted “kindness” rocks with the kids- the ones you leave in fun spots for others to find. Instructions for those include washing the rocks, and then drying the rocks before painting. I’ve put them into my oven on a low temp overnight, then removed to someplace dry before painting.

If there is water underneath, it can ruin the paint over time, so that is part of the reason for drying them. I’ve also found that spray painting the dry rocks before decorating makes for a nice smooth base to write and decorate. For the “kindness” rocks, groups also recommend to decoupage a label if you want the finder to post on fb (obviously not needed in the personal garden) , and spray on an exterior clear top coat.

Of the variety of rocks we’ve painted and left (with small labels) a few were posted on fb, which was fun for the kids to see who and where found. If anyone wants to do this, just look up kindness rocks in your area…have no idea how common this is though. I found out about it bc we found a rock with a label, so looked it up and posted.

You just reminded me that I purchased some engraved rocks from the Dollar Store that I was going to put in the garden. Simple, small, lacquered rocks that say different phrases - Love, Believe, Hope, Strength

 

[TJAnonymous]

I use Cypress mulch. It decomposes, but slowly.

I needed to remove everything off the soil so I could add compost, amendments, etc. It was easy to pull the cardboard up. The mulch just made a mess at cleanup time. Plus last year I ended up losing all my sunflowers to a fungal issue which, I'm pretty sure, came from the mulch.

I think this year, I might just cover the cardboard with straw instead.

 

[TJAnonymous]

We had a small window today to get stuff planted before some nasty storms came through. I got lots of herbs planted today - oregano, thyme, pineapple sage, basil, chamomile, and more. DH was kind enough to brave the unseasonably hot weather to dig out holes for the 2x2 posts I needed in the ground for the vertical gardening experiment for the zucchini and yellow squash... So I got those all in the ground today too. Lastly, I planted a handful of Marigolds. Still have lots more to do but I'm slowly catching up.

 

[CNJ]

Thanks. I will check into that.

Is the water bond permanent or will I be able to remove the adapter later?

I was going to go buy a "Y" splitter anyway, as I wanted to have two hoses attached at the same time.

Not sure, but they make all kinds of water proof caulking in the painting department if that concerns you.

 

[CNJ]

Today, I got to taste my first Super Sweet 100 and I was not impressed. The skin is kind of hard, I had to spit it out, my local cherry tomatoes taste better. The taste is over rated, but I think it got its name for the long fruit clusters, to me it taste like a regular cherry tomato with hard skin. Its not super sweet..........................its misleading.

 

[igorsMistress]

Today, I got to taste my first Super Sweet 100 and I was not impressed. The skin is kind of hard, I had to spit it out, my local cherry tomatoes taste better. The taste is over rated, but I think it got its name for the long fruit clusters, to me it taste like a regular cherry tomato with hard skin.

Wow, that hasn’t been our experience at all.

 

[CNJ]

Wow, that hasn’t been our experience at all.

Its the new improved disease resistant one. Its from one of my kratky buckets, maybe the one in potting mix will taste better. I'll know in a few weeks, the fruit are larger on the plants growing in potting mix, so it may taste different.