What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

I did the horizontal transplanting method last year. I forgot and put them in vertically this year.

Did it seem to make the plants more vigorous? I got a third wind, and set up the hoop row cover over my tomatoes a little while ago. Now I'm definitely done working for the day.

 

[fuzzi]

Did it seem to make the plants more vigorous? I got a third wind, and set up the hoop row cover over my tomatoes a little while ago. Now I'm definitely done working for the day.View attachment 3489826View attachment 3489827

It was my first vegetable garden in years, and my first tall raised bed, and first time Hugelkultur, and...well...I don't know. They did well, not sure if the horizontal transplant had anything to do with it.

It's hot here, so one of the reasons to go horizontal isn't needed, mainly to avoid putting the roots in cooler soil.

Nice covers, btw.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Just got the official email that Stark Brothers is sending me more Allstar and Honeoye bare root strawberries! Back in March, I had ordered 75 bare root (25 Allstar, 25 Honeoye, and 25 Ozark Beauty). I emailed them because over half of the Allstar never came out of dormancy. They looked dead as a doornail when I put them in so I was skeptical that they'd regenerate. Only 4-5 each of the Ozark Beauty and Honeoye plants never sprouted. I'm glad they are sending more....

On a side note, the Mara Des Bois that I ordered from Etsy at the same time look lush and full with lots of leaves. NONE of the Stark Brothers plants look like that....even those that sprouted.

 

[WthrLady]

I really feel these 'mail order' big name companies are a crock.
I've had so many promise replacements or refunds and they don't follow through.
I'm done.
Some that I used to use a lot, that used to be smaller, are now so huge, they're pulling the same crap.

 

[CNJ]

And I can harvest leaves to make comfrey tea next year....

I made tea with leaves from a Brazilian Cherry tree and the smell gave me stress, because my tea trash bin was close to my neighbors house. I had to dig a pit and bury it to get rid of the smell. It smells awful, i was thinking about adding molasses to sweeten the smell like making fish fertilizer, but never got around to it.

I think it might be better to fill a trash bin with comfrey leaves and make compost instead.

 

[BReeder!]

Has anyone done the Crisco heater for a green house? (Google that term for lots of hits and YT videos.)

DH and I are thinking of trying it... if we can find some large terra cotta pots that aren't $60(!).

Thought about it. Haven't done it though.

 

[BReeder!]

The fountain is up and gravel ordered. I'll spread gravel this coming weekend.

 

[Smokerbill]

It was my first vegetable garden in years, and my first tall raised bed, and first time Hugelkultur, and...well...I don't know. They did well, not sure if the horizontal transplant had anything to do with it.

It's hot here, so one of the reasons to go horizontal isn't needed, mainly to avoid putting the roots in cooler soil.

Nice covers, btw.

I was going to do a hugelkultur bed for my rhubarb but learned that hugelkultur is meant for annual plants, not perennials. When all the wood and organic material at the bottom of the bed settles it can damage the perennial's root systems.

Thanks! The cover should keep the tomatoes warmer during the next week when it's getting down in the 40s overnight. But I'll need to open it up tomorrow and Wednesday. Temps are getting up to 70+ degrees and I don't want the plants to cook.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I made tea with leaves from a Brazilian Cherry tree and the smell gave me stress, because my tea trash bin was close to my neighbors house. I had to dig a pit and bury it to get rid of the smell. It smells awful, i was thinking about adding molasses to sweeten the smell like making fish fertilizer, but never got around to it.

I think it might be better to fill a trash bin with comfrey leaves and make compost instead.

I remember when you did that....

If I make compost tea, I have a distant corner of the property where it won't bother anyone. I made fish fertilizer back in the summer of 2021. It was pretty rank too....

 

[Sally PB]

Made one of those dinners tonight that you can't stop eating, it always taste so amazing, and you can't wait to have more tomorrow.

Well, what was it???

I got a third wind

Wow. That's impressive! Some days, I get a wind-and-a-half...