What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

As for actual garden stuff. Today I direct sowed my great grandpa's heirloom green beans; I have been growing these every season for the last 18 years. I also sowed some pole beans, way far away from my special beans, some golden beets, icicle radishes and basil.

I worked on the drip irrigation a little.

Tomorrow I apply my nematode spray, again. Plant the chicken run mint (it's going outside of the actual run so they can pick at it but not murder it) and work on more drip lines.

I surrounded outside of my chicken pens with mint, so awesome! They peck to eat a wee bit here & there, but do not destroy it, and it smells absolutely amazing. I love mint!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

There is a lot of info about sourdough in the baking thread. A couple of people there make sourdough regularly. If you have questions, stop by and ask.

I need to do this! Sourdough bread bake with the Dutch oven...my next day off
Dip in olive oil with some basil, a hunk of fresh mozzarella or aged cheddar, a sip or 2 of my friend's homemade wine...yeah!

 

[Sueby]

I need to do this! Sourdough bread bake with the Dutch oven...my next day off
Dip in olive oil with some basil, a hunk of fresh mozzarella or aged cheddar, a sip or 2 of my friend's homemade wine...yeah!

Ummm, how far do you think you are from me? Like 5 hours or so? On my way.

 

[Minanora]

I need to do this! Sourdough bread bake with the Dutch oven...my next day off
Dip in olive oil with some basil, a hunk of fresh mozzarella or aged cheddar, a sip or 2 of my friend's homemade wine...yeah!

Kale pesto is a great topping as well! Or homemade blackberry jam. I could live off of sourdough bread and toppings.

My hens are back to making eggs almost every day so eggies in a basket using sourdough is a usual breakfast here.

It's really just the best bread. Imo, of course.

I'm going to experiment and make sourdough cinnamon rolls soon. And sourdough monkey bread. I'm obsessed.

I also want to make a sour rye...

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Kale pesto is a great topping as well! Or homemade blackberry jam. I could live off of sourdough bread and toppings.

My hens are back to making eggs almost every day so eggies in a basket using sourdough is a usual breakfast here.

It's really just the best bread. Imo, of course.

I'm going to experiment and make sourdough cinnamon rolls soon. And sourdough monkey bread. I'm obsessed.

I also want to make a sour rye...

Kale pesto...wow sounds nutritious, it is as delicious as nutritious?

Absolutely Love Cinnamon! You're gonna turn me into a baker. Seriously, this is inspiring me!

 

[Molpet]

Kale pesto

What is your recipe? Sounds interesting.
But I tried making garlic mustard pesto and didn't like it

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

My weather app on my phone said it only dropped to 27F however the temperature was 26F when I got up this morning. DD helped me cover my peach tree yesterday evening but I didn’t realize just how big / wide my little tree is now. A full size flat sheet only covered a small part of it like a little cap. Like @Sueby said the temps are going down again tonight then a big warm up. I’ll wait until tomorrow to assess the damage. I make sourdough bread regularly but I make it in rectangular loaves so it fits nicely into the toaster. I do make sourdough rye occasionally but it’s been tough finding real rye flour for a while I don’t make it very often. I keep my stash of rye flour for that in the freezer.

 

[Smokerbill]

Luckily for me there's no freezing weather here, but it's going to be too dang cold for the next 10 days at least to plant my peppers, tomatoes and beans. I was planning to put those into the garden mid-May, and I hope it warms up by then. When nightly lows are in the 50s it's time to plant.

The next 24 hours will bring nearly an inch of rain, a nice, slow and steady drizzle. Glad I mowed the lawn a couple days ago.

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning all. I’m 30 pages behind! Will get caught up today at some point. Was out with the crew last evening and smelled the sweet scent of jasmine All the tomato plants have fruit but they’re looking rough from the heat. Some of the fruit is turning red though, cherry tomatoes, so I’m going to cover those to keep the birds out. The carrots turned out to be a mixed bag and after thinning them I didn’t end up with very many. That seed is so small and easy to wash out. I think I’m going to cut off what was the main stem on the smallest chaste tree. It has lots of leaves, but it’s so heavy with greenery it leans way out to the side but there’s lots of growth from around the base to work with. Still contemplating that. The dragon fruit plants are going strong! They seem to appreciate neglect, I’ve only fed them once, otherwise plain water whenever I think about it. Please ignore the dead thing in the first snap, I need my grandson to help me get that pot out of there so I can get rid of it. Sorta neglected that a wee too much

 

[igorsMistress]

One of my gardenias is dying. No sign of bugs, the symptoms are for root rot. I think it got too much rain over the winter.
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Awe man, I love those!