What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

it rained all day and now its cold windy

Ditto here, too

 

[TaylorGlade]

Well, I got some peppers, marigolds, nasturtium, tomatoes and parsley planted in our new beds.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Building new raised beds today. Well, David is. I'm sitting on the sidelines while he moves these bricks. I will help shovel, fill and plant. I'm still weak from being sick. Whatever this is, it's kicking my boo honey.

I have quite a few cinderblock left by the previous owner. I think it makes more sense to use them for raised beds, because I checked my cedar plank when the rain stopped & it will definitely look better on my wall inside my house. Cinderblock seems to be the way to go for the garden, especially since it's already here.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I feel you with the flower placement. I have no idea where to put my canna lilies either. I want to see them, and not have them die back early due to poor watering habits outside of my food gardens.

This is on my To Do list for tomorrow. Come hell or high water, they will have a permanent home by tomorrow night!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Chilly but sunny here today. Even though it was supposed to get to the low 60s, I left the sheets on the horses because the wind was cold and vigorous. Will be down in the mid-30s again tonight.

I finally got around to starting more seeds - cukes, melons, watermelon mostly. Just realized I forgot to do some pumpkin too... I got distracted with transplanting. I dug up the Sugar Bee seedling and put it back in a pot after soaking it in some Super Thrive for an hour. Hoping it recovers. The leaves had begun turning red and dying on the leaf tip. I may have inadvertently over fertilized the area for such a small seedling. I also repotted 2 plumeria seedlings that had outgrown their starter pot.

Didn't do much in the actual garden today. Pulled up some carrots that had over wintered. DH chopped the tops off yesterday with the weed trimmer because he didn't know they were there. I also watered some of the pots where I have surface sown seeds, just to keep the soil moist.

Thinking I want to buy another Greenstalk...

 

[NewBoots]

I finally got the gooseberry and currant bed cleaned up, pruned the bushes, and staked them to make picking the berries easier. I could hardly get my hands in to pick any last season. The garlic that I finally got planted last week are coming up like crazy now. The asparagus that I started from seed 4 years ago are starting to produce now but they aren't too impressive. Might be my fault, I probably didn't feed them enough. The sugarsnap pea bed is cleared and planted with seedlings, one of them is starting to twine around the strings already.

 

[akroberts1085]

Nothing in the garden due to rain and wind again . Need to get some new pictures of Wally. Today at my husbands moms house I was sitting on the loveseat and when he jumped up on my legs he was almost standing above my head.

 

[NewBoots]

That's funny. I'm growing some for the first time this year because I got free seeds & I can squeeze them in between plants. DH likes them so I can put them on his salads too & I'm sure the chickens will be happy if they get them.

I might like them pickled. I like everything pickled.

This is a great idea, both how you're growing them and pickling them. I love everything pickled and love canning pickles.

 

[Smokerbill]

I finally got the gooseberry and currant bed cleaned up, pruned the bushes, and staked them to make picking the berries easier. I could hardly get my hands in to pick any last season. The garlic that I finally got planted last week are coming up like crazy now. The asparagus that I started from seed 4 years ago are starting to produce now but they aren't too impressive. Might be my fault, I probably didn't feed them enough. The sugarsnap pea bed is cleared and planted with seedlings, one of them is starting to twine around the strings already.

Regarding currants, I have a lot of black currant twigs in dirt rooting right now. I'm going to plant a patch of them somewhere on my place when the twigs are ready to transplant.

 

[NewBoots]

Regarding currants, I have a lot of black currant twigs in dirt rooting right now. I'm going to plant a patch of them somewhere on my place when the twigs are ready to transplant.

Once they're established they spred easily from any branch that touches the ground. At least this is true of my red ones. I'll probably let them take over the raised bed they're in. The red ones make lovely jelly, I should try the black ones too.