What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Today will be a true Spring weather day! I am loving it! The sun is shining, it'll go up to the 60s, & thankfully the wind is down to a breeze. We do have more rain coming, possibly sprinkles tonight, but I won't think about that today.

Went to Home Depot 7am to get materials for jobsite, will be there tomorrow through Saturday, but today, it's Garden Time!

My flock will be helping till, so I will be sure to get a few photos, too. I absolutely gardening with
There's something so very joyful about a chicken digging & scratching with enthusiasm, as a Rooster chortles about a sweet treat he found for his girls. I love them so much. A hen jumping up to reach something to peck at, makes me laugh out loud, too.

I planted a dozen Blueberry plants, a variety of types, a couple of years ago. Some have done tremendously well, a few not well at all, a couple have died. After reading up on what they grow well next to, I've decided to relocate them to an area not far from a large Pine tree & Azalea. I know...not the best time to dig them up, but I will dig a huge ball of soil, hopefully they will relocate ok, by taking extra care. They'll get full sun where I place them, but also get the benefit of more acidic soil & I can spread some Pine needles over where they'll be.

I'm really trying to brush up on knowledge of companion & synergy planting in general. Also, I'm going to fence in & cover a huge area so chickens can free range safely. (Getting Pheasant type netting). So the blueberries must be moved anyway.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Holy Toledo!
That's A Garden Torpedo!

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I know, that is why I let them live in my garden, but now they have taken it over, and their roots are strangling my fruit trees they are great as a spring „cleaning“ for the body, I usually puree fresh young leaves with garlic , olive oil and a pinch of salt/lemon, put it on my bread . It is very healthy for chickens, the young ones get chopped nettles with cooked eggs, the adult chickens get dried nettles in their food , but as I said, they have taken over the garden during the time I wasn’t allowed to bend

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Will ya just look at these temperatures? We've been in the 30s at night the past week. I am so happy to see warmth, even Thursday's rain won't bring me down. I just had to share. 🏵

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I know, that is why I let them live in my garden, but now they have taken it over, and their roots are strangling my fruit trees they are great as a spring „cleaning“ for the body, I usually puree fresh young leaves with garlic , olive oil and a pinch of salt/lemon, put it on my bread . It is very healthy for chickens, the young ones get chopped nettles with cooked eggs, the adult chickens get dried nettles in their food , but as I said, they have taken over the garden during the time I wasn’t allowed to bend

I never knew much about Nettles, but yes, we seem to have some here & there. I just learned although they can be a pain (quite literally when you brush past one with bare skin) & they can get crazy invasive if given a chance, they also have many positive aspects. I like to learn, so let me share what I just found. I've let some grow in my wildflower areas, glad I did.

https://greenecofriend.co.uk/nettles-in-your-garden/

https://www.growveg.com/guides/why-nettles-are-great-for-your-garden/

https://plantura.garden/uk/herbs/stinging-nettle/stinging-nettle-uses

 

[muddy75]

Started clean-out and then the rain came in again. Hopefully can get a break to till this weekend

 

[Acre4Me]

you have odors or flies you need some lessons or to work it properly.

Our compost has flies on the new additions section- but that makes sense…it’s not degraded yet. Generally no flies on the other bins. The smell is there sometimes. Can’t turn in winter, then it’s a soppy mess when thawed with the addition of spring rain. So, it smells not so great at times, but only the “new” or middle bin, never the third bin.

at 85% there was no shadow and we barely got darker.
The sun was fun to watch though as I was working on a shelving unit.
The science equipment picked it all up though. It's darker now with a few clouds than the actual eclipse.

What I thought was amazing was that even just a sliver of light (1% sun showing), it wasn’t really dark- everything was pretty well illuminated. But during totality it was quite dark and definitely cooler. Then, 1% sun again and everything was well illuminated! My camera did not take any very good pics, unfortunately.

BTW, there is an option to pay for life-time access for $500.00.

lol. There is nothing that says they can’t remove the app though. We had this type of thing happen. A wildlife app with some great features, has a cost to it-on the higher side, but was not a subscription. We decided to buy it on one phone, and it was great for a year…then app disappears, no longer available, $$ spent with nothing left. At least we got some use out of it. So, I’m very hesitant to go all in on an app, as data entered could disappear overnight.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I did not see any Log tab. I was looking for other tabs but did not see any. I'll check it out again. That Log tab sounds more like what I was looking for. But I did like the garden layout that I saw.

There should be different tabs along the bottom to direct you to different pages

 

[TJAnonymous]

Today will be a true Spring weather day! I am loving it! The sun is shining, it'll go up to the 60s, & thankfully the wind is down to a breeze. We do have more rain coming, possibly sprinkles tonight, but I won't think about that today.

Went to Home Depot 7am to get materials for jobsite, will be there tomorrow through Saturday, but today, it's Garden Time!

My flock will be helping till, so I will be sure to get a few photos, too. I absolutely gardening with
There's something so very joyful about a chicken digging & scratching with enthusiasm, as a Rooster chortles about a sweet treat he found for his girls. I love them so much. A hen jumping up to reach something to peck at, makes me laugh out loud, too.

I planted a dozen Blueberry plants, a variety of types, a couple of years ago. Some have done tremendously well, a few not well at all, a couple have died. After reading up on what they grow well next to, I've decided to relocate them to an area not far from a large Pine tree & Azalea. I know...not the best time to dig them up, but I will dig a huge ball of soil, hopefully they will relocate ok, by taking extra care. They'll get full sun where I place them, but also get the benefit of more acidic soil & I can spread some Pine needles over where they'll be.

I'm really trying to brush up on knowledge of companion & synergy planting in general. Also, I'm going to fence in & cover a huge area so chickens can free range safely. (Getting Pheasant type netting). So the blueberries must be moved anyway.

I think I've killed a half dozen blueberry shrubs in the process of learning... I've currently got 2 that are doing well. One is in a large mineral tub. The other is planted in the ground. I've been wanting to get another but not sure where I can squeeze it in....

 

[gtaus]

lol. There is nothing that says they can’t remove the app though. We had this type of thing happen. A wildlife app with some great features, has a cost to it-on the higher side, but was not a subscription. We decided to buy it on one phone, and it was great for a year…then app disappears, no longer available, $$ spent with nothing left. At least we got some use out of it. So, I’m very hesitant to go all in on an app, as data entered could disappear overnight.

Well, I have purchased lifetime software in the past only to be disappointed that a year or two later they went out of business or decided to change the name of their software so as to not honor their previous commitments.

At least I still had the old program which still worked and my data was on my computer. I just can't see me buying into a subscription program with my data stored on their servers held captive by their changing terms of use.