What did you do in the garden today?

[CNJ]

Hello, I came across this wonderful idea on starting seeds. Instead of planting seeds directly in soil, she plants them between tissue paper on top of soil. This keeps the seeds in place. I must try this..............

 

[Smokerbill]

I picked a nice mess of green beans from my garden, maybe a little over a quart. Also picked a few turnips and overgrown radishes. I'll cook those down into a pot of greens.

Watered everything else, even the tomatoes and squash this time. It's probably been a week since I watered those. They weren't looking heat stressed at all, but I figured a shot of water wouldn't hurt them. I should've checked the soil moisture level with my new meter first.

I noticed that one of my butternut squash started blooming, too.

 

[Sammster]

These are cheapie-plastic cloches I found at the dollar tree, today. Thought they might come in handy for next spring. Probably drill tiny holes, so they can be secured with a landscape pin. Figured it might be worth a share. The vents are adjustable

 

[jerryse]

Exactly. I wonder if it's something I'm doing. I know other people getting lots of zucchini

Try Dunja or another female variety.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I'm hoping I don't have a repeat of last year with my butternut squash.
-Great looking plants
-lots of male flowers
-da da da da da, dum dee dee dee, da da da da da....
-Oh! It's late August. Maybe I should put out a female flower...? 1? Or 2?
-yeah. Nothing.

Whole, or broken open?

break it,,, put shell and all in

 

[Cynthia12]

Exactly. I wonder if it's something I'm doing. I know other people getting lots of zucchini

Oodles here. Two plants. One is really going to town. I do feed Miacle Grow to my plants once a week. Brings on flowers.

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm getting a lot of squash and zucchini. My tomatoes are turning..I've eaten a few. Cherry tomatoes turning.

 

[Cynthia12]

Straight yellow and crook neck.

 

[TJAnonymous]

These are cheapie-plastic cloches I found at the dollar tree, today. Thought they might come in handy for next spring. Probably drill tiny holes, so they can be secured with a landscape pin. Figured it might be worth a share. The vents are adjustable
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Very nice. Wish our Dollar store had those....

 

[Cynthia12]

.y tomatoes I have up front. I planted a couple of sunflowers. I usually do the big ones with seeds, not this year. My tomatoes in back were planted layer, still green. Cherry tomatoes starting to turn red. I ate one today. My zuchinni bush..left one has one ill puck tonight or tomorrow. My yellow squash, picked another today, first photo crook neck, second one by my mint bush, straight.