What did you do in the garden today?

[Minanora]

What a day. Cleaned out the truck, whoever thought it was a good idea to put carpet in trucks... They suck. Leather seats, sure, maybe. Carpet on the floor, just, why? It's a truck with 4WD and can tow 14k#. It goes in the mud, dust, sand, lots of brome and stickers/burrs/caltrops. Cruel thing to do, carpet. Pff. Anyway, glad it's not a new truck.

Ok. So my pest issue appears to be self inflicted! The mulch, it's holding lots of moisture and fungus. So, fungus gnats! Lots and lots. At least I think that's what these are. 99.9% sure. They are everywhere. And I haven't seen a single cucumber beetle or eggs.

Insane damages

I smell like a bottle of essential oils exploded on me. I am spraying everything down. It's really helped the pumpkins. Hopefully we're done with rain so I can let the mulch dry.

Planted our tomatillos today, got a few fun new mint plants and splurged on a new glazed pot, only a small one but it's perfect for mint or flowers. I needed a pick me up, hormones are way out of balance from new, excessive stresses. I also worked on getting my patio herb pots put back in their summer locations. I need to trim everything.

I forgot to take more photos.

 

[Minanora]

Oh yeah! We ate two big crowns of broccoli for dinner out of the garden. DH wants to grow a lot more broccoli this year. He loves it!

 

[cj2024]

My copilot A1 search bot said I can make and maintain a bread starter made with regular dry yeast and gave me a recipe. But the recipe doesn't make sense, since it says it takes 5 to 7 days before I can use it and that's how long it takes without the yeast.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

My garlic has been in the ground since last October and some of the plants are over a foot tall now. The garlic remained green through a couple of snow storms and several days of temps in the teens. Didn't phase it!

I'm in CT and planted carrots in the raised bed last August. Through the winter I would rake the covered chicken run of all the hay and toss it on top of the carrots raised beds. In March i started raking the beds and was shocked to see about 20 carrots under there. I was shocked and pleased to be harvesting from the garden in CT in March. The year before I planted garlic in November and so pleased when it survived the winter. I did the same, tossed the hay on top of the raised garlic bed, like 2 feet by the time it was frozen ground weather. Anyway, I think CT winters have become more mild. It seems we have had more rain than anything these last couple years. the ground around the run never got deep deep frozen like I remember winters previous. My kale from last fall is still in the garden. The chickens pecked all winter long. I cant believe it. actually yesterday I dug one up and planted it in the chicken run. speaking of chickens......time to free range! Good luck with it all everyone

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Added additional hive bodies, painted three more groups of boxes, and harvested my firstView attachment 3805235 bunch of asparagus from the bed.

yeaaaaa Buddy! Love it all Keep it goin' <3

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Hello, I got inspired by this lady, she has another video on how to maintain a sour dough starter. An important point of this video is to use unbleached flour. The bad comments I see under the starter culture on amazon is probably due to the flour they used. Easy Peezy

I haven’t bought bleached flour in over 30 years. I always buy King Arthur flour because it comes from Vermont. Relatively close to me so “local.” Most of the cheese I buy also comes from a farmers coop in Vermont.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Our place is lined and up the walls with 1/2 inch welded wire. The mice fly through it no problem.
The snake has moved on to the barn. I no longer smell it in the coop, but I do in the barn. He can eat all the ground squirrels and mice he wants. I don't mind snakes. They just smell.

They do have an odd smell. Rodents & Red ants smell, too. Groundhog poop is very nasty. All are stinky!

 

[Acre4Me]

I always buy King Arthur flour

We do too! About 1-2 years ago, Costco started to carry KA bread flour and AP flour in 10lb bags. We were happy! But, their whole wheat flour has a better taste than the main brands of wheat flour, that is why we started to buy it years ago.

 

[jerryse]

We did get some rain. Should see sunshine today I need it. I have watched videos on glass gem corn. Most popped poorly. One had good results. It must be dry enough to pop good. So if it is your first time growing your own popcorn keep in mind moisture content can make a big difference.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

My copilot A1 search bot said I can make and maintain a bread starter made with regular dry yeast and gave me a recipe. But the recipe doesn't make sense, since it says it takes 5 to 7 days before I can use it and that's how long it tastes without the yeast.

I have easy to understand instructions on creating and maintaining a sourdough starter. I can post them later today if you like? Were there instructions on the package of sourdough starter you bought?

We do too! About 1-2 years ago, Costco started to carry KA bread flour and AP flour in 10lb bags. We were happy! But, their whole wheat flour has a better taste than the main brands of wheat flour, that is why we started to buy it years ago.

I store whole wheat flour in the refrigerator. It keeps it from getting rancid. I keep the rye flour in the freezer.