What did you do in the garden today?

I'm annoyed.

We are expecting a ton of rain over the next 2 days. It's been 3 weeks since I've sprayed my fruit & roses with Bonide Fruit Tree spray (the Captan version).

I typically alternate spraying between the Captan and Bordeaux Mix. The recommendation is every 2 weeks... And since we've had so much dang rain this spring, I'm rather anxious about falling behind on the spraying... I've already had my peach trees drop most of their fruit and what's left is showing signs of gummiosis. Roses are major battling black spot and apples & grapes have a few rust spots here and there already.

So here's why I'm annoyed... I bought some Bonide Copper Fungicide hoping it would be a faster application than mixing up Bordeaux Mix which takes over 24 hours (you have to dissolve the hydrated lime in the water first which is a bit time consuming). Well... I somehow missed the miniscule print in the instructions that state "apply at least 12 hrs before rain" and "reapply after rain." I'm annoyed because Bordeaux Mix (copper sulfate and hydrated lime) will not wash away from rain so I WRONGLY assumed that Copper Fungicide would be similarly rain-hardy.

Now I'm a couple of hours before rain is coming and unable to apply any fungicide that will stick. Guess I'll have to do it AFTER the rain in a couple of days. My own fault but still...

Harumphhhh......
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I feel for ya. Most things are in miniscule print nowadays. Or is it my eyes getting older? I have to take a photo of stuff with my phone then enlarge it, to be able to read everything clearly. Crazy isn't it!
 
Nothing in the garden today. My sleep schedule from storm work is all screwed up, unless I was in Hawaii, then it would be dead on, but I'm not, so it isn't.
I did make an adult version of an infant side sleeper prop for myself :)
So that's a win. Not much more than a giant double pillowcase, but it keeps me in my lane at night. I've been winging it for months with a spare blanket, but I get tangled in that and then panic.
The new chicks got their first apple wedge today.
I also purchased two butterfly nets from the $Tree so I can catch then when I let them free range. They're FAST.
I think I spotted some vetch growing when I was mowing last week, but I can't remember where. I also spotted two massive thistle, which I dug out. I did find some wild Yew, and marked that.
The milkweed in the pasture is now visible, so I'll spray up and go dig that out soon too.
Last night during storm work I was out on the deck. I heard the coyotes on the prowl. They came up on property and I heard a deer bluster and bolt, then I heard a young coyote challenge (or not see) the 10000 volt cattle fence. Yelp, Yelp, Yelp..... Either that or the older yotes challenged him to lick or pee on it.
 
I waged war on the roly polies with diatemacious earth today! 😈

My butternut squash and canteloupe plants are flowering! No female flowers yet on either. My first squash flower should open tomorrow!

I also have some cucumbers starting to germinate!

I am still trying to learn how to grow a garden in Texas. I am new to this 90 degree weather!
 
I pulled the grass out of the blueberry patch. Six bushes are loaded, three have a few flowers, but they're only two years old.

I also dug out some weeds at the edge of the asparagus. The chickens got some grubs.

I de-bug the asparagus patch every day now. I will eventually win the war against asparagus beetles!
 
Pulled a few little weeds, one bolting lettuce plant (chickens: "yum-yum!"), and looked over the beds.
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The clematis is growing nicely.
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Today I worked on getting the last of the annual flowers in the ground. I had a few winter sown foxgloves and coreopsis so I planted those with some of the older ones that are blooming now. Still got some winter sown sweet williams, purple coneflowers and hollyhocks to get in the ground. Those will bloom next year but they reseed and come back! I still save seed and grow some every few years to make sure.

When I got through planting and watering everything in I was pooped!

Daylilies have started blooming.
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Older foxgloves.
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Today I worked on getting the last of the annual flowers in the ground. I had a few winter sown foxgloves and coreopsis so I planted those with some of the older ones that are blooming now. Still got some winter sown sweet williams, purple coneflowers and hollyhocks to get in the ground. Those will bloom next year but they reseed and come back! I still save seed and grow some every few years to make sure.

When I got through planting and watering everything in I was pooped!

Daylilies have started blooming.
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Older foxgloves.
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Your day lilies are ahead of mine, and your hydrangea is gorgeous!
 
I feel for ya. Most things are in miniscule print nowadays. Or is it my eyes getting older? I have to take a photo of stuff with my phone then enlarge it, to be able to read everything clearly. Crazy isn't it!
I have to use a magnifying glass. I'm not even kidding... If I don't have it handy, then I use my phone camera and zoom in. It's such crap that they use such tiny print that normal people can't read.
 

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