What did you do in the garden today?

[karenerwin]

My 3 1/2 year old grandson and I hiked about 4 miles at Mastodon State Historic Site. Then we came home for a late lunch and he went down for a late nap. I was showing him what poison ivy looks like & teaching him not to stomp on every bug he sees! Tomorrow I think we are going to the St. Louis Zoo.

 

[NanaKat]

This week has been busy. Sandplums are ripe so picking, cooking, juicing and canning the juice for making jelly this fall. We mulched the tomato and pepper beds with straw since the summer heat is coming and then started the circulating sprinkler. The cabbage are still growing nicely and we are getting cucumbers and squash. There are some nice cantaloupes under the vines. Transplanted extra okra to the bed where we dug potatoes. The pear trees and apple trees are full of ripening fruit.
Digging the garlic and collecting seed from the spring flowers before pulling the dead stems. The day lilies are gorgeous and I'm hand pollinating some for new hybrids.
Chicks are hatching in the incubator today. The younger ducks need a coop soon. The first time heifers are calving this month.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I frowned until my face froze. 2 - 3/4" rain in 40 mins today and it is still drizzling right now. Beat up my beautiful tomato plants. The 12 inches we got from last week yellowed out and killed all 40 or so cucumber's.
The Pineapple's love it. The beans and sugar snap peas are now a waste of prior time.
Forecast for north central Florida tomorrow.. 80% chance of rain. Wed.. 70%. Thurs 70%.. You get the picture.

Goats are soaked. Pigs are mermaids. Chickens won't leave their house.

Florida.. The Sunshine State! Hearty har har.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

This week has been busy. Sandplums are ripe so picking, cooking, juicing and canning the juice for making jelly this fall. We mulched the tomato and pepper beds with straw since the summer heat is coming and then started the circulating sprinkler. The cabbage are still growing nicely and we are getting cucumbers and squash. There are some nice cantaloupes under the vines. Transplanted extra okra to the bed where we dug potatoes. The pear trees and apple trees are full of ripening fruit.
Digging the garlic and collecting seed from the spring flowers before pulling the dead stems. The day lilies are gorgeous and I'm hand pollinating some for new hybrids.
Chicks are hatching in the incubator today. The younger ducks need a coop soon. The first time heifers are calving this month.

I am jealous of the blue skies in you photos!

 

[pennyJo1960]

My 3 1/2 year old grandson and I hiked about 4 miles at Mastodon State Historic Site. Then we came home for a late lunch and he went down for a late nap. I was showing him what poison ivy looks like & teaching him not to stomp on every bug he sees! Tomorrow I think we are going to the St. Louis Zoo.

sounds like a blast we met with other son and his wife for lunch to celebrate Fathers day although they did not offer to cover Dads meal James and I did


@Farmer Connie We are just as wet out here in Western Washington beautiful evergreen state although we surpassed the wettest years of 1954 and 1964 for rain this year

 

[Lazy Farmer]

sounds like a blast we met with other son and his wife for lunch to celebrate Fathers day although they did not offer to cover Dads meal James and I did


@Farmer Connie We are just as wet out here in Western Washington beautiful evergreen state although we surpassed the wettest years of 1954 and 1964 for rain this year

We are on the same page...

 

[pennyJo1960]

darn by the way I seem to have 16

 

[Lazy Farmer]

On a lighter note... Made homemade chilli tonight. Our kidney beans, our onions, our tomato sauce (frozen from last season), our chilli peppers and ground beef from our poor black Angus whom we raised. Exception of the rice. Very satisfyingly. Hopefully we can reduce down a crop of toms if the rain stops and the sun comes back! We make a big batch at a time. Or at least try if the season cooperates...

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[pennyJo1960]

Garden looks great there