What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

Today I was finally able to spray again. Not much wind and no rain. Sprayed fruit trees and a few weeds. Worked the beehives. Body was complaining after yesterday.

 

[Swiss]

I weeded most of the garden beds against the house and garage. The back one was ridiculous! I found a hole in it at one point, and was expecting it to be a mole/mouse tunnel. Nope! It was a cup shaped divot FILLED with weeds. So something was making a bed/nest, and I ruined it. All the weeds were green, so it's fresh.

I have about a half of a bed left to weed and they will be prepped for all the herbs I plan on filling them with. Then, I have to start my work in the main crop garden (weeding, planting, building trellises, planting, probably keeping up with weeds...).

Hopefully, I get a load of wood chips soon! I called an arborist in the area, and they said they'd drop off a load if they were close. Maybe I'll call one or two more places... I would sign up for chipdrop.com, but they don't call you before dropping stuff off, and the activity map makes me think it will be more than a year before I get a drop!

The apple trees and pear tree have exploded into blooms. We don't normally find morels until mid-May, but we have found a couple. I'm trying to leave them so they can spread their spores. We found a pair of them at the back of our shed, in the rocks! I feel like our morels don't follow the rules everyone has told me, other than them liking old apple trees.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I weeded most of the garden beds against the house and garage. The back one was ridiculous! I found a hole in it at one point, and was expecting it to be a mole/mouse tunnel. Nope! It was a cup shaped divot FILLED with weeds. So something was making a bed/nest, and I ruined it. All the weeds were green, so it's fresh.

I have about a half of a bed left to weed and they will be prepped for all the herbs I plan on filling them with. Then, I have to start my work in the main crop garden (weeding, planting, building trellises, planting, probably keeping up with weeds...).

Hopefully, I get a load of wood chips soon! I called an arborist in the area, and they said they'd drop off a load if they were close. Maybe I'll call one or two more places... I would sign up for chipdrop.com, but they don't call you before dropping stuff off, and the activity map makes me think it will be more than a year before I get a drop!

The apple trees and pear tree have exploded into blooms. We don't normally find morels until mid-May, but we have found a couple. I'm trying to leave them so they can spread their spores. We found a pair of them at the back of our shed, in the rocks! I feel like our morels don't follow the rules everyone has told me, other than them liking old apple trees.
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Looks like a grey. They usually come up first before yellows and blacks.

I get to mushroom hunt once a year... You can bet your britches I'll be outside this weekend looking for some!

And yes, they LOVE apple trees. My in-laws ALWAYS find a good mess in their apple orchard.

 

[chickengr]

my little goat damaged my just planted fuji apple tree within a sec she peeled of the bark (almost 2" all the way around). I hope it will start new leaves under the wound.

now I have to make new housing for goats in a no trees area. luckily there is a no tree, grass only area).

 

[akroberts1085]

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Does anyone recognize this? I think it's a weed...?

Sometimes I find weeds absolutely necessary for life. Not in the garden but it's awesome to see some of the weeds we often try to exterminate

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Try water bulbs?

What is that?

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I sat the peat pot ice cube tray with collard seeds on a heating pad to help them germinate. Eggshells drying for the chickens in the background...

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I always throw the eggshells into the oven after baking something, sterilized and no extra energy wasted

 

[MotherofOrpies]

My DH gets ticked about my egg shell, coffee ground & banana peel saving, but I get more ticked if he tosses it in the trash! I found a place to set them so he doesn't notice them now. Why is he not on board with practical recycling & repurposing?

Ah...he's a good guy, he just gets upset with clutter on the counter...I get it.

Same here, but… he doesn’t even like plants or animals, so feels it is a waste of time and resources to spend time and money for them

 

[Molpet]

Same here, but… he doesn’t even like plants or animals, so feels it is a waste of time and resources to spend time and money for them

What does he eat lol

 

[MotherofOrpies]

He prefers fish fingers and chicken nuggets