What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

He is still in critical condition. He now has haemophilus influenza ( which for him is a type of pneumonia ). He also has MRSA and they are trying to get his sodium down. He is still heavily sedated and intubated. He has undergone 2 surgeries ( each 2 to 3 hours long) in the past 6 days to clean up dead skin and to take care of some of the skin grafts.
Thank you for asking. We are at the beginning of a long, rocky road.

I’m so sorry Karen. May your son keep improving each day.

 

[Acre4Me]

Busy day!!! Cool and partly cloudy, so a perfect day to do garden work!

Bean towers strung. Beans planted.

Laid down some black plastic to heat up the soil for a few things: sweet potatoes, melons.

Planted a few things: rutabaga, parsnips, orach and borage.

Planted many areas of Nastursiums too.

 

[BReeder!]

2/3 of the old she'd is demolished. The remaining 1/3 is the 4x10 portion that is the chicken coop. It very is stable standing on it's own. I'll that portion down during the week one day after work. Kept a fire going today but feedimg a lot of the shed into the burn barrel.

The tom is now in the freezer. Got him processed today. He was a good size for a heritage bird. I didn't weigh him, but he was definitely heavy. Extra bonus, the peach tree week appreciate the nutrients from the blood.

Next weekend is jammed pack like this one, but I hope to have the ground leveled and to get started on the new, improved, bigger shed/coop. The poults and chicks need it and so does the new riding mower.

 

[Coldd]

Strawberries are going to town.
Greens are finally up (long germination this year…)
Trees have leaves.
Dog is being a monster PITA.
Hardening off seedlings for planting this coming weekend.
Sage/thyme/asparagus are taking off, mint has been put back in check.

 

[jerryse]

Had a good day fishing. Enough for a meal and some for the freezer. Sunfish is what I like. Easy, fun and tasty. I wish I could use the guts in the garden but the coons would destroy the garden. They are digging up plants already without fish.

 

[littledog]

I remember sitting with my grandpa in the cellar, each of us with a hammer, straightening old, rusty nails he saved up in an old coffee can. He knew how to pinch a penny, and taught me some good lessons!

My grandpa grew up during the Great Depression and he never threw out anything of any potential value.

My Grandpa taught me the same! He worked at the Ford Tractor plant in Detroit, and he could fix absolutely anything. One of my early memories of him was when I was 4 or 5, he taught me the right way to curl up a hose without twists or kinks (and made me show him I knew how to do it) because if you do it right, the hose can last a lifetime.

 

[Eagle343]

Got the garden in, fence up, and the gate built and installed. (still need to put a latch on the gate.)

 

[littledog]

What about buying some of those food-grade plastic barrels? Not sure how available they are in your area, but around here I see them on craigslist for $25-$30. Cut them in half, drill some holes in the bottom, place them up on a 2-high cinder block setup, to get waist-high beds.

 

[Sueby]

How many Gardeners save bacon grease?
I do.

I rarely make bacon but when I do I always save the grease. & then throw it out months later because I forgot it was there & never used it.

Nooo your zucchini is going to be so big when you get home.

This totally cracked me up.

I've been watching a YouTube channel that uses "Birdie's garden beds". They might be worth looking into. Here's a link.

I have some of those & they are rusting. I'm not sure if it's just my location & weather, but those, pallets & the cedar only last a few years here. Thank you.

What about buying some of those food-grade plastic barrels? Not sure how available they are in your area, but around here I see them on craigslist for $25-$30. Cut them in half, drill some holes in the bottom, place them up on a 2-high cinder block setup, to get waist-high beds.

I love this idea! There is a guy down the road that sells those big square water tanks in metal cages (if you know what I'm talking about, I'm sure they have a name) - that might be an idea too. I bought the rain barrel from him, which is a food grade barrel, for $25 so I know he has them too. Gonna run that by DH, he's mulling over pouring concrete for beds instead of cinder blocks.

We got quite a bit of rain, I need to check the rain gage but I think a couple inches. We needed it. Not much happening in the garden today, hoping the cucumber seeds pop soon. Working on integrating the littles, they're out exploring the big run by themselves for now.

DH has the front of the house torn off replacing the sill. Whoever built this house is an idiot. They didn't grade they yard so the sill sits buried underground, of course it rotted. Thankfully DH is not intimidated by ripping load bearing walls apart.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

They’re alive!