What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

JUST realized the corn I planted is from Baker Creek. I have a whole package planted and only TWO have germinated. Now come on, we all can't be having the same problem, different states, different zones, different weather and planting times. That's it. I'm done with Baker Creek.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

It rained, 2 drops, it hasn’t rained for the last 4 weeks tomorrow, we are supposed to get more rain just came in, I was on the menu, for I think at least 200 hungry mosquitoes my legs are covered with red bites, I react badly to them, and they “love” me

 

[Molpet]

I used to make bread by hand when I was in high school. Then I inherited a bread machine in the 90s. Worked great

 

[Molpet]

I wonder how that might work on wisteria, poison ivy?
View attachment 3836108
I weeded this a couple weeks ago, see all the wisteria popping up?

They say don't even burn 20 years dead poison ivy. People have ended up in the hospital with it in their lungs.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Over the next 10 days overnight temperatures will drop to between 40 and 46 degrees, daytime highs will range between 55 and 65 degrees. My pepper plants will be pretty much dormant during all that time. Next year I think I wait until June before I put pepper plants in the ground.

Thank you for posting this; I’ve been hesitating over putting my hot pepper seedlings into the ground this weekend, but it’s going to be cool and I have plenty of other stuff on my plate. Sounds like I’ll be putting that off and now I don’t feel bad about it!

 

[cj2024]

My favorite way to make sourdough, use a ceramic coated cast iron dutch oven that I preheat to 400, then I crank up the heat to 450 with it sealed up for 25m, then take off the lid for another 25m. Using parchment paper to move my dough from the bowl to the dutch oven keeps it from deflating; and from sticking during baking. I always score an "X" on the top of my dough with a serrated blade that's wet before I move it into the dutch oven.

My third attempt at making sour dough bread with my new silicone dough basket made me realize that its worthless. I cooked the bread in the silicone basket as advertised, but the top of the bread had some burnt spots and the bread itself was not something I could give away, it was ugly looking, but my chickens loved it. The color and shape of the sour dough that I made previously in a bowl with cover looked more professional. However, I did learn something from this experience. First, I found that crumpling my parchment paper into a ball before lining the bowl made it easier to form. Second, to get the ear, I need to cut deeper. Third, lightly oiling the sides of my folding bowl made it easier to work with.

In conclusion, I cannot recommend buying silicone bread baskets, it would be better to get a round domed Dutch oven and buy the razer holder, plastic and metal scraper separately.

This bowl picture is what works with my Breville Smart Oven. I take the steamed sour dough out of the bowl after 20 minutes and finish cooking it to a golden color.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

There's something germinating in one of the seed cells sitting next to the living room window. I have no idea what it is... I didn't label them. Could be sage, rosemary or ???. I forgot what I planted in one starter tray.

Got a new toy today, a weed burner torch. I hit all the weeds growing through cracks in the asphalt driveway, and at the edge of the pea gravel around the house foundation. Fire is fun! Hahahahahaha!

I scooped leaves and chicken compost out of one of the raised beds. I put too much in last fall.

A weed burner torch...hey let me see a photo of what you got, I think I need one here.

 

[WthrLady]

A weed burner torch...hey let me see a photo of what you got, I think I need one here.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Flame-King...sIyQ2bdyU461xhJ-5aBoCRhQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds


can get them at any large hardware or tractor/farm store

 

[WthrLady]

I have this one. https://www.acehardware.com/departm...bup8Rb1nhCrLutd4vSBoCCbIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Liz Birdlover]

It's been foggy, rainy, misty, drizzly, cool, then humid & warm & then back to cold, then raining its butt off, then 5 minutes of sunshine, then foggy & misty again...so weird. Anyway...I did clip all of the nutsedge & Johnsongrass going to seed, put it in 5 gallon buckets while I sit on an upside-down 5 gal bucket, trying to save my hurting back. The sacroiliac shots did not address the constant shooting pain going from right hip down right leg into right knee & at times down entire leg to ankle, so...doc said I've got a pinched nerve & I'm scheduled for shots at L4 & L5 this coming Thursday. What a PITA, literally, this pain includes the glute. Well, let me at least show ya some pics.

Wild strawberries are all over, the chickens love them & I ate some, they're small but really delicious & sweet this year.

Fuscia Peonies are blooming, the pale pink ones are about to

Lavender is blooming

Blueberries are looking good