What did you do in the garden today?

[Lazy Farmer]

"What I did in the Garden today"?
I pulled up all my eye sore Tomato plants that were wilted from our relentless rain. Dragged the massive tumble weed looking pile to my compost pile. Chucked a bunch of manure on top, after all that's what the rain made them look like! (Haha). Tilled the soil a bit and pondered if it worth planting something else there or transplanting, while I admired the new scenery, without the " the look of death " with the Tom's removed from the equation.
Then took my sweaty nasty soaked body into the comfortable climate controlled house and made a Chicken Sandwich with one of the last Tomatoes from my yield. Until my young plants that are taking their sweet time to mature.
All I could taste was the tomato slices! After having tomatoes on my mind for a couple hours.
HAD TO SNAP A PIC!

 

[NorthTexasWink]

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am avoiding outside today. Suffering with itching for about a month, just don't want to be hot and itchy both. Maybe when it cools off this afternoon i will venture out. Going to the doctor for the third time about this.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Oh, and fabric stores call that netting by several names. Depending on the material and size of the mesh it can be called illusion netting, tulle (sounds like tool), crinoline, mesh lace, and probably more. It's not expensive as long as you don't buy the silk. It also lasts long if you wrap the part that goes around the wire frame with something like muslin or even duct tape.

 

[Pensmaster]

Yes this group is very resistant to problems that bother the Pepo group . There are 4 main family groups of squash . All 4 have some called pumpkin . If you only grow 1 squash from each group you can produce pure open pollinated seed . That is if nobody has squash close to you . Ornamental gourds are in the Pepo group .

That's a great idea thanks.

Harvey Ussery did a maggot bucket for a while, using road kill, until he had an issue with botulism with his chooks. I'd avoid the maggot bucket... though in theory, it would decrease the fly population.



You could have sold tickets.



Thanks for the biology refresher! Even if you get some crosses, some of those hybrids can be pretty awesome! This year, it's butternut for me. But, I may end up with spaghetti squash also, and that cross would be a looser, IMO.

That's why I tend to shy away from maggots. Trying meal worms the grain is free from the brewery here. We'll sort of free I trade eggs for beer and grain.

Bamboo cane about 4 feet long 1/2 inch diameter or a dowel stick. a coat hanger stretched into a circle, a triangle net from a gauzy or net type material. hand stitch onto the hanger. Push the hanger head into the end of the bamboo stick and/or use electrical tape to secure it.

Great idea, at this point my home made one is a quart milk jug with a painters one gallon filter. Cut the bottom of plastic carton off slide the carton into screen stapled to the bottom that was cut. The carton spout opening inside the filter acts as a one way opening sort of. No handle yet, and I just threw one away, so I'll incorporate some of your ideas soon. I'm sure I have more in parts than what the dollar store has them for as painters screen filters are expensive. Crazy they used to give them to you.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I am avoiding outside today. Suffering with itching for about a month, just don't want to be hot and itchy both. Maybe when it cools off this afternoon i will venture out. Going to the doctor for the third time about this.

Sorry to hear that. Hope it is something simple!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

than what the dollar store has them for as painters screen filters are expensive. Crazy they used to give them to you.

I remember when hardware stores would give you a free yard stick! Free Stirrer's etc.
Nothing but air is free anymore! We even pay for water because stores don't have water fountains anymore..
$$$$$$$

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Thinking about ripping out my tomatoes, but still so many fruit on them! Before all the excess rain, and after.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Sorry to hear that. Hope it is something simple!

I know i am allergic to poison ivy and Virginia creeper. Trying to avoid it but spraying only kills the foliage and it comes right back. Best solution to rip it out of the ground roots and all. I know the goats will eat it but the fences are not up yet nor the shelter. I want to get rid of as much as possible before the grandkids visit.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Just an anecdotal testimony, but I have very sensitive skin and I'm pale to boot. I started using a combination sunscreen/insect repellent for kids made by Bullfrog. I'm not allergic to it! Works well for sun and bugs, water/sweat resistant, and I noticed I had less rashes when using it. Maybe the stuff that makes it stay on in water forms a barrier? I dunno and don't care. Long as it keeps working! Sadly it's sometimes hard to find locally, and not the cheapest. Worth it to me. Funny enough, I had been using it for years on my hairless Chinese Crested dog, Sarge. Worked great on him too. Sadly he passed earlier this year, but I had it to hand a couple years ago and tried it on myself. It's my preferred "backyard goo" now.