What did you do in the garden today?

[MotherofOrpies]

That doesn’t sound very good

 

[chickengr]

finally some rain. soil is still dry but the forecast says we'll have such weather till friday. temperetarure dropped but next week it will be hot again.

I can see yellow and red pear tomatoes down in the garden so going to pick them up.

 

[CNJ]

Another place I don't trust are the ads on Facebook. Once ordered a greenhouse, some guy in China got my $ and even though I had a tracking # that said it was delivered by UPS, I never received it. UPS won't let the customer find out where it got delivered.

The only thing we can do is report it to our local government consumer protection department. However, I think they will only take action if there are a lot of victims.

 

[akroberts1085]

I got took too from FB. Never again. China. Never Again.

I stick to Walmart Com, or Tractor Supply. They always deliver and I don't have to worry about being taken for an idiot and a lot of money and stress that I don't want, need or care to have.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I hate squash borers
Those suckers bury them selves in the ground to survive the winter to come back to destroy again. Went rounds with them for past couple years I’ve read the only thing you can really do is relocate any squash plants for a couple years. Like relocate I mean mine is in a completely different area of the yard now outside the main garden.

That’s what I’ve been doing this year. Finally got some small butternut squash. Also same with cucumbers, finally have some forming. Summer squash plants are growing but so far only male blooms. But no sign of squash bugs.

 

[jawilliams509]

Here's our peppers growing in the Greenstalk. They are growing so much better than they ever did in the ground! We do have to water frequently though, but it's not too bad since they are close by on the back deck.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Someone/something chewed a hole in the cardboard!
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I found the netting in the shed, it's all fixed now:
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The best laid plans....

Sorry, I know it's frustrating but I've sooooooo been there!

 

[CNJ]

I am doing a small experiment with comfrey leaves. I have some comfrey plants that are getting too big for their 3-inch net pots, but I am still debating where to plant them. In the meantime, I cut and stuffed a bunch of comfrey leaves in a small tray without any holes on the bottom and covered the top with plain peat moss and watered the tray. I want to see how long it takes to break down and how it will look after a month. I will use it to feed a new tomato plant and compare it to another new tomato plant fed with regular organic fertilizer.

 

[Smokerbill]

I am doing a small experiment with comfrey leaves. I have some comfrey plants that are getting too big for their 3-inch net pots, but I am still debating where to plant them. In the meantime, I cut and stuffed a bunch of comfrey leaves in a small tray without any holes on the bottom and covered the top with plain peat moss and watered the tray. I want to see how long it takes to break down and how it will look after a month. I will use it to feed a new tomato plant and compare it to another new tomato plant fed with regular organic fertilizer.

I've read that comfrey makes great fertilizer for plants, but the benefit comes from the fact that the root system goes very deep into the ground and pulls up minerals and nutrients that shallow rooted plants can't access.

My guess is that leaves from comfrey grown in pots wouldn't contain the concentration of nutrients that plants grown in the soil would have.

I've been wanting to grow comfrey, but the Russian Bocking roots are pretty expensive. Seeds are cheaper, but from what I understand seed started plants can become invasive. The Russian cultivars won't.

 

[akroberts1085]

Sueby I just wanted to let you know that I have received the seeds. Thank you so much.