What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

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THIS is why I hate brome. Those white pointy root looking things? Those are called stolons, and are underground stems that can travel up to 3' or more, looking for a place to pop up a new plant. They don't pull up well in heavy soil. The plant breaks free, leaving those to keep growing.

Those darn weeds! Same with the nutsedge & Bermuda grasses, too. If one tiny piece remains, or of course the seeds get a chance, you'll get more of the weed. I swear my Johnsongrass here is a freaking perennial!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Does anyone know what to do with an over risen dough? I had my dough proofing in my Brevil oven at 85F for 30 minutes, but I didn't hear the buzzer go off, so it must have gone an hour.
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Looks familiar...Stuff like this is a normal occurrence in my world.

Not sure why my cooking gets messed up at times...I had a great example to follow.

 

[Sally PB]

Does anyone here grow chard? I am not having much luck with it sprouting. I think I have 2 out of the row of 10-15 seeds that I planted a couple weeks ago.

 

[Sueby]

Everything is planted!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Anyone growing Brussel sprouts? Not sure why my seedlings mostly died. There are 3 left...they aren't dead, yet, but are not growing either. Weird!

 

[BReeder!]

Went to Menards yesterday to grab a 6 pack of tomatoes because we had some room still. DD went with.

We came home with 4 6-packs of flowers, 2 6-packs of tomatoes, catawba grape bare root, concord grape bare root, 2 thornless raspberry bare roots, and two bags of chips, which came from a stop at the gas station because DD needed a snack and we didn't get one at Menards.

I think she's got garden fever worse than me...

 

[Minanora]

I left the empty pot alone and more tomatoes sprouted. It's like that because I originally squeezed a couple of F2 cherry tomatoes in the pot.

My tomatillos got frozen before they ripened last year. DS smashed them all. Over. The. garden. I thought, "they were young, the seeds can't be viable". Oh how wrong I was.

I'm going to have a ton of tomatillos this year. What's interesting is how much more impressive the volunteer plants are compared to my indoor started ones. Stalks are double the thickness, at least. I can hit them with the hose stream and they don't even budge.

My plot of beets appears to be a bust. Only two came up out of the 18+ I planted. 3 seeds per hole. I've never had an issue with beets. Must have been that cold snap we had I guess.

Carrots are looking like carrots now. I pulled one and ate it while I harvested snap peas yesterday. Looks like my garlic will be ready in a few more weeks. The last few onions I have finally bolted so I'll pull them this week. I need to get more bush beans in the ground.

On Sunday I spread mulch on all of my raised beds except the one with the peas and kale. It got really hot on Sunday, really fast. I had to call it quits at about 11am. 92 degrees and the sun was beating. My summer squash and tomatoes protested. Even I agreed with them though. I wilted and hid inside.

My dill and cilantro are flowering finally. I'll be glad when I can pull them out and collect the seeds again. They are taking up prime basil areas. Soon I'll scatter basil seeds everywhere and see where it wants to grow this year. I have basil I started in pots but there's no such thing as too much basil.

Purslane is finally trying to take over. I've been pulling it every day and I'm still nowhere close to having it all removed. There's so many...

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

[Sueby]

What's interesting is how much more impressive the volunteer plants are compared to my indoor started ones.

I agree. I have not bought Sungold starts in years because the volunteers just do so much better! But sometimes they cross with my brandywines & make funny catfaced little maters.

So what does everyone use as mulch on the garden paths?

 

[jerryse]

Rain overnight and more coming today. Too wet to mow. Rain forecast nearly everyday. Might get a break tomorrow.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Today...clean out firepit & spread ash on garden. Lay down cardboard & mulch for the walkways, if my back can take it.

The flock Loves free range time with me out here to chase hawks & foxes off.