What did you do in the garden today?

[ChocolateMouse]

Good evening thread.
Today I spent time mostly in my sister's garden.
I have an overgrowth of tomatoes from an epic saga of tomatoes stretching back to last spring. Today around 15 tomato plants, some even with flowers and tomatoes were removed from growing like weeds in between my brassicas, watermelons, beans, peas and a few other places.
We took them to her house and proceeded to weed the whole bed, till it, prune then plant the tomatoes, stake them up, fix the three walls of fencing and make a whole 'nother wall of fencing that had been destroyed in previous years out of 6' long tree branches about 1-2" wide and twine for lashings with the extra-light deer netting that got shredded (by deer) last year around the base to help keep out rabbits. It's all surprisingly sturdy (if not exactly glamorous) but we took her garden bed from absolute collapse, overgrowth, and disrepair into planted and protected in one day. It took literally the whole day. Now I am exhausted.
But the tomatoes are out of my beds and in a good home (her bed). And I still have my 50 or so that I replanted on purpose. So I'm good.
Twas much effort, though.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Now that the flowers are mulched i can concentrate on getting those potted plants in the ground. Those gladioli are popping up and i still have more to plant. Husband says the hummers are going to love them. Maybe i will put some in planters on the back deck. The darned poison ivy i pulled out is coming back, man i hate that stuff.

 

[igorsMistress]

@ChocolateMouse

I'm exhausted just reading about it!

 

[karenerwin]

[QUOTE="CapricornFarm, The darned poison ivy i pulled out is coming back, man i hate that stuff.[/QUOTE]

I'm with you on the poison ivy!! I've been battling that stuff for a while. Every time I think I'm winning (have been digging it out by the roots!) I find new growth or new patches that I didn't see before. I'm very allergic to it as well, so no matter how well I try to cover up and take precautions, I end up with poison ivy.

 

[karenerwin]

Good evening thread.
Today I spent time mostly in my sister's garden.
I have an overgrowth of tomatoes from an epic saga of tomatoes stretching back to last spring. Today around 15 tomato plants, some even with flowers and tomatoes were removed from growing like weeds

I can't even get enough tomatoes from my 6 plants to make 1 batch of pasta sauce.
OR enough cucumbers to try my hand at making pickle relish. I was all set to can a bunch of stuff this year, but so far, my garden is NOT cooperating.

 

[pennyJo1960]

[QUOTE="CapricornFarm, The darned poison ivy i pulled out is coming back, man i hate that stuff.

I'm with you on the poison ivy!! I've been battling that stuff for a while. Every time I think I'm winning (have been digging it out by the roots!) I find new growth or new patches that I didn't see before. I'm very allergic to it as well, so no matter how well I try to cover up and take precautions, I end up with poison ivy.[/QUOTE]

for it is morning glory or bin weed the more we treat it the more it shows
up cannot stand the stuff

 

[chickadoodles]

I planted my first pumpkin a few weeks ago. I have never grown them but wanted to this year. I bought some Sugar Pie pumpkin seeds and only planted a few but only one in the garden. Also the fruit tree cuttings I took on June 1 are growing like crazy!

 

[CapricornFarm]

[QUOTE="CapricornFarm, The darned poison ivy i pulled out is coming back, man i hate that stuff.

I'm with you on the poison ivy!! I've been battling that stuff for a while. Every time I think I'm winning (have been digging it out by the roots!) I find new growth or new patches that I didn't see before. I'm very allergic to it as well, so no matter how well I try to cover up and take precautions, I end up with poison ivy.[/QUOTE]
We have 12 acres of it! Vines as thick as my arm. Doctor says wear long sleeves and pants. Has she checked the weather lately? I can hardly wait to get goats. They will eat it up.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Not garden related, but considering putting my 14 year old Papillon down. He has cataracts, bad teeth, vomiting lately, loose stools and last night i woke up and picked him up and he was having seizures. His quality of life is just declining. Don't like to see them suffer. Vet wants $60 to put him down. The one we had in TN was $20 for that. I think i will wait until husband leaves on his trip so i can cry if i feel like it.

 

[lazy gardener]

They are already turning orange. I've never grown pumpkins before, are they ready once they are all orange?

The longer they can stay on the vine, the better the flavor will be. Each squash/pumpkin variety has it's own maturity/curing process. Based on that, it will reach it's best flavor/sweetness/texture after a certain curing time. The fruit is ready to pick when the tendril closest to the fruit dries and turns brown. I had a hubbard that lasted 8 months in storage!