What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Yes - greed.
I had read about sunflowers being used after oil spills to help remove it from ground. I wonder if it could do same w glyphosate

I'm planting alot of Sunflowers!

 

[Sueby]

Fig tree in the chicken run? That sounds like a cool idea. I've had fig trees in the past, that did get huge. My chicken runs are enclosed so a fig would need to be pruned to only reach a certain height. As far as growing one...no doubt I'd need to block it off from the chickens at 1st, to give it a chance to grow, without them scratching & digging it up when it's still small. Anyone have experiences growing something like a shrub or tree inside a chicken pen/run? Please share your results.

I added a couple bushes to my run last year & blocked off the roots with rocks. Works great. Hilarious to watch the girls jump up to pick the leaves.

 

[WthrLady]

Yes I was in a organic CSA before I retired.
Our state has a site for organic farmers to list so conventional farmers know not to spray them. Also rules about windspeed and spraying. They don't live on site.
Their fruit trees suddenly started dieing and the crops on the south side. Turned out the farm to the south was aerial sprayed on a windy day. They never did get compensated even close and since it would take 3 years to become organic again, they sold.

Yep. I'm registered and lost 1/2 my orchard at the beginning to asshole neighbor spraying 2-4 D on a windy day.

I've had another spraying weed and feed on a windy day about choke me out of my own home.

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Last pre-ordered tomato plants have gone home with the owner last night.
The remaining ones in the greenhouse are mine, with spares for people that might get hailed out.

Tons of chores today and an online hs graduation this morning.

 

[WthrLady]

Yep. I'm registered and lost 1/2 my orchard at the beginning to asshole neighbor spraying 2-4 D on a windy day.

I've had another spraying weed and feed on a windy day about choke me out of my own home. They're commercially programmed to have weed free lawns. We're in the middle of the freaking country. Surrounded by pasture and woods. The amount of chemicals used to stave off weeds is insane.

That said I do spray the firebreak. Pulling and fire doesn't work. Heck. I sprayed this year and the weeds laughed off the new round up formula.

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Last pre-ordered tomato plants have gone home with the owner last night.
The remaining ones in the greenhouse are mine, with spares for people that might get hailed out.

Tons of chores today and an online hs graduation this morning.

 

[Supercow]

 

[Dinogrrl]

Still trying to rescue one of the crepe myrtles in the back yard from the honeysuckle. Had to take a break yesterday to cut down a mimosa that had come up from out of nowhere and was flowering. NO. Bad mimosa!
(They are non-native and very invasive in my area. A previous neighbor had a HUGE one in his front yard and I will be dealing with the fallout from that thing for the rest of my life, I'm sure.)

Looking to get American beautyberry to add to my back yard too. Still nursing along the wild grape cuttings, working on getting the rest of the blackberries planted... It's slow work but it keeps me busy! I'm only one person and I have to be careful not to overwork myself.

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning all. I’m about 80 pages behind, too much to go back and catch up. We went on vacation so not much other than watering the garden today to make up for my time away, but even the melons in the pots made it through.

We got away from the heat here in the valley and went up to the Grand Canyon, had a train ride and enjoyed the cooler temps!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I planted 10 tomato plants this morning before breakfast. As I was planting them I remembered that I forgot to get basil seeds. I’m hoping to get some plants to put in with the tomatoes.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

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Oh my tastebuds are crying right now! They look awesome!!!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Still trying to rescue one of the crepe myrtles in the back yard from the honeysuckle. Had to take a break yesterday to cut down a mimosa that had come up from out of nowhere and was flowering. NO. Bad mimosa!
(They are non-native and very invasive in my area. A previous neighbor had a HUGE one in his front yard and I will be dealing with the fallout from that thing for the rest of my life, I'm sure.)

Looking to get American beautyberry to add to my back yard too. Still nursing along the wild grape cuttings, working on getting the rest of the blackberries planted... It's slow work but it keeps me busy! I'm only one person and I have to be careful not to overwork myself.

Lot next door has 3 gigantic Mimosas. The Hummingbirds like the fragrant flowers but those seeds are a real PITA. Yes, those little things spring up Everywhere. The neighbor let one grow up, so now I'm flanked on both sides. You wouldn't believe how many buckets of those seeds I pick up every year! No wonder my sacroiliac hurts!