What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

I picked up some more rotisserie chicken today so I can make a Cesar salad tonight.

 

[Smokerbill]

I watered my garden this morning since it's going to be a sunny 85 degrees here today. I'm trying something new and soaking some seeds in water before I plant them later today. I have my rattlesnake pole bean seeds, summer squash assortment seeds and cucumber seeds in water since about 8AM. My garden will be in the shade by 4PM, so that's when I'll put them in the ground.

I planted a new batch of radish seeds a couple days ago. They should be sprouting pretty soon.

 

[pennyJo1960]

82 here so far scraped the tables. DH is outside trying to add gutters on the coop.
Need to get him in to cool off.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Cesar salad was delicious. My favorite part of spring.

I started 6 plugs of comfrey seeds. I still have to fully clear the area that I hope to put them. Just don't want to do it when it's 88 degrees with 72% humidity.

 

[fuzzi]

Melons are up!
(will take photos this weekend)

Tomatoes are climbing up the strings (with a little help), and both the peppers and the Summer squash are going gangbusters.

That's borage between the tomatoes.

The snow peas are producing but have fallen over so I have to hunt for the pods in the foliage.

My garden hose hardware fused to the hose bibb (faucet), so I tried cutting the hose hardware off but damaged the threads.

Now water shoots out no matter how much Teflon tape I use.

There's a tool that will cut new threads a lot cheaper than paying a plumber to switch out the faucet, so I ordered one. It arrived this afternoon, and I may try it out tomorrow morning before it gets too warm for outside work. My front yard hose is also fused to the faucet. I'm going back to buying hoses with all brass fixtures, no more cheap alloys.

 

[Smokerbill]

I planted the seeds I was soaking. Five hills of summer squash, a 5 foot long row of cucumbers and a 7 foot row of the rattlesnake beans. If I like the beans I'll let some mature and dry so I have seeds for next year.

Found a worm and some kind of chrysalis or something when planting. Chicks ate them both.

The cucumbers and beans will need to be trellised. I have plenty of fence and t-posts. Just need the energy and I'll be all set. LOL

 

[karenerwin]

Only had enough time to go cut some asparagus and look at the garden. The black bean seeds I planted have sprouted

 

[Smokerbill]

Melons are up!
(will take photos this weekend)

Tomatoes are climbing up the strings (with a little help), and both the peppers and the Summer squash are going gangbusters.
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That's borage between the tomatoes.
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The snow peas are producing but have fallen over so I have to hunt for the pods in the foliage.

My garden hose hardware fused to the hose bibb (faucet), so I tried cutting the hose hardware off but damaged the threads.

Now water shoots out no matter how much Teflon tape I use.

There's a tool that will cut new threads a lot cheaper than paying a plumber to switch out the faucet, so I ordered one. It arrived this afternoon, and I may try it out tomorrow morning before it gets too warm for outside work. My front yard hose is also fused to the faucet. I'm going back to buying hoses with all brass fixtures, no more cheap alloys.
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Your garden looks great! Did you try loosening the seized up hose fitting with pliers or a pipe wrench? That usually does the trick for me.

 

[Smokerbill]

Only had enough time to go cut some asparagus and look at the garden. The black bean seeds I planted have sprouted

I came really close to starting an asparagus bed this spring. Bought crowns twice, then returned them to Home Depot twice. Couldn't make up my mind until I decided that I just didn't have the time this year to prep a new asparagus bed. I should start working on one now to get it ready for next spring.

 

[fuzzi]

Your garden looks great! Did you try loosening the seized up hose fitting with pliers or a pipe wrench? That usually does the trick for me.

Yep. I tried pliers and a set of locking pliers. I asked my dh to try, too, nothing worked. The metal alloy in the hose hardware had corroded and welded it to the faucet. Apparently this is common with the cheaper materials in some hoses.

Thanks for the compliments on my gardens.