What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

I used cement wall tiles to section my garden, they have 2 hollow holes in them. One day on a whim, I filled these holes with potting mix and planted daikon seedling in them and all of them grew fat, this was the 6-inch type.

I have grown the long daikon in fabric bags recently, and I picked them young when they were fat enough to preserve. I usually get tired of eating them, so I didn't wait for them to get to 12 inches.

I prefer growing the 6-inch type, since they have a shorter harvest time.

I decided to take the easy way out and use a 7 gallon bucket as a radish growing container. It'll be easy to move around if needed.

I have a really bad problem with root maggots destroying the radishes in my garden, so I'm going to buy potting soil. One cubic foot of potting soil will fill up a 7 gallon bucket.

I have a bunch of floating row cover that I'll use over the buckets o' radishes to protect them from an insect invasion.

 

[NewBoots]

I did a search for mosquito dunks at my local Lowe's website and found it listed at aisle 19. It's near the end of the month, so it's a good time to set them out. I will quarter the dunks and use each quarter for a half full 5-gallon bucket in shady areas in my yard.

I love mosquito dunks, I toss them in every rain water container we have and they work so well. I toss them in standing water next to our property as well.

 

[NewBoots]

Pouring cold rain again today. Penny is such a good girl, she follows me around the yard in the rain as I do morning critter duties but she loves when we go back inside and she gets a good rubbing with a towel.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

No garden work again today. We’ve got around an inch of rain already and looking to get another half inch before it stops. I did put a little fertilizer on the seedlings yesterday. Nearly all the cells have sprouted. Just waiting for the secondary leaves. I started getting my front porch (covered with a locking door) set up to brood some chicks. I haven’t been able to make the repairs and finish the cleaning of the old coop yet. I was hoping to have them moved by now but the weather hasn’t been cooperative. I’ll just set up the brooder and hope for drier weather to transfer the old flock to the old coop. I was going to get a few Black Australorps and a few Easter Eggers. However, after reading up on their temperament and egg laying, I think I’ll skip the Easter Eggers. I have very assertive Columbian Wyandotte and crazy Buff Orpington hens. I don’t think the docile Easter Eggers would be happy. I looked into Leghorns but apparently they’re not all that people friendly. Who really needs white or blue eggs. Lol! I’ll be picking them up tomorrow. This may be the last time I will brood chicks. The cuteness wears off after 3 days. I was hoping to work on prepping the garden beds but it is way too soggy to even think about planting. I’m really hoping for drier weather to start planting.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Wet, cold, rainy, windy times then foggy times, just plain nasty out there. Lots of flooding on roads & along sides of roads, in farm fields. We can't do much outside at all. Focused indoors these days.

 

[Sally PB]

I checked the soil temperature in the pots up in the green house, and they are definitely warming up. I think I might be planting seeds this weekend.

I brought the seeds upstairs from the basement. Now I need to lay out all the packets and -- gasp! -- actually decide what to plant!

 

[pennyJo1960]

All my seeds are kept in a bag other Son and his wife gave me like 5 years ago.
Started a fire in stove shut the heaters off.

 

[fuzzi]

Wet, cold, rainy, windy times then foggy times, just plain nasty out there. Lots of flooding on roads & along sides of roads, in farm fields. We can't do much outside at all. Focused indoors these days.

Same here. It's RAW outside, wet and cold and damp, bone-chilling. Weather report says it's 50° but it feels a lot colder.

 

[jerryse]

Picked turnip flower buds and cooked them. Shogoin turnips can overwinter here. Purple top doesn't.

 

[Sally PB]

Sunny, but only mid 40s and the wind wasn't listening to the weather people. It is STILL blustery out there, and it really has an edge to it.

I spent some time in the green house. Tomorrow will be a garden day. The winds are supposed to listen to the weather people and die down, and 50s are rumored to happen.