What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

A few days ago I raked up two piles of maple leaves at the far end of the yard. Today I hauled them all (two wheelbarrow loads) to my garden and mulched over three of my raised beds. I need to find more leaves for the fourth bed.

 

[akroberts1085]

Today has been raining all day. I put my big dog on the porch and put the chickens in a big rabbit cage. They don't like going in the coop other than to lay eggs. So they were soaked little babes. I added some bedding for them and gave them food and water. They might have to stay inside for about 2 days.

 

[akroberts1085]

I will take new pictures of the front yard in the morning and get them posted. I just want everyone to know that this morning there were some small puddles in the yard but tomorrow it's going to look like a small pond and the backyard will probably look like a small lagoon.

 

[akroberts1085]

I decided to weigh Wally last night and he now weighs 22.6 pounds. The last time was about 2 weeks ago and he was almost 18 pounds.

 

[akroberts1085]

Look how cute Wally is.

 

[akroberts1085]

Well apparently the weather is trying to make a liar out of me. Today the water is almost gone.

 

[Birdsonghill]

I am itching to work in the gardens but mine are soaked by a major rain event. I inspected some things under row covers and picked a bit of lettuce and a few cabbages but it was too muddy and I quit. Typical for me here is to have too wet soil for tilling or even walking on in the early spring. I plant some spring crops in the semi permanent raised wide row beds without tillage. Add a bit of compost and its all good. Due to the clay content of my native soil it is good to aerate the soil as deep as possible every so often to keep organic matter aiding and/or mitigating drainage down to the desired root zone and beyond. But I don't have to till every bed every year for good results. I love my constructed raised beds with soilless mix and compost only that are a bit taller and easier on me and never need tilling. I cover them with # 9 gauge wire hoops and frost cover or netting in the winter for growing lettuce, spinach, cauliflower and such. I pulled up cages from my tomato and pepper patches and stacked them, but stopped also, because of the mud in those gardens as well. Now I am having a cup of tea and feeling bored, so I will get up and find some other project.

 

[Sueby]

I picked all the stuff I need to make my own potting soil for the 3 other greenstalks. Perlite, vermeculite, bone & blood meal, lime, coco coir & worm castings. Plus my compost. Hope it comes out good, first time I've made my own stuff.

 

[akroberts1085]

I went to Walmart and spent more money on seeds. I'm going to try to get more herbs and vegetables for the garden this year and see what I like/don't like and then next year I will know what to buy.

 

[akroberts1085]

Water in the back yard from last winter