What did you do in the garden today?

[chickenlady772]

Built my pallet compost and added a garedn box to my chicken coop for tomatoes, peppers, and herbs

 

[TLWR]

I finished up building a raised bed next to the deck stairs. Think I'll plant chicken/duck friendly stuff in there since it is the duck/chicken yard where their food is so the dogs leave it alone.

I'll pick up mulch tomorrow and refresh the mulch in some flower beds.

 

[Searsmom]

I am not looking forward to the job today - double-dig the overgrown bed. Ugh. Maybe I'll just rake and burn instead.

 

[lazy gardener]

What's the soil like? Is it compacted? clay? Is there green growth on it now, or all dead from last winter? How soon are you going to plant? My garden is still under 2' of snow, with an other 5 - 10 due tomorrow. Oh happy day! Not!! If it's not compacted, and doesn't have a tangle of new growth, or heavily rooted from stuff that is still alive from last season, you might be able to just rake the debris off the top and use a garden fork to loosen the soil to the depth of the fork.(mine will loosen to about 10") Then plant and mulch, or mulch it until you are ready to plant.

 

[Searsmom]

What's the soil like? Is it compacted? clay? Is there green growth on it now, or all dead from last winter? How soon are you going to plant? My garden is still under 2' of snow, with an other 5 - 10 due tomorrow. Oh happy day! Not!! If it's not compacted, and doesn't have a tangle of new growth, or heavily rooted from stuff that is still alive from last season, you might be able to just rake the debris off the top and use a garden fork to loosen the soil to the depth of the fork.(mine will loosen to about 10") Then plant and mulch, or mulch it until you are ready to plant.

HEE! Somebody else has spring fever!

It's been a garden two years running, but last year was taken over by weeds. About 2" down is the original clay soil and I've been adding compost to it every year - slowly getting better. There is leftover weed residue and some green grass/weeds beginning to grow on it. We're still going down to freezing at night, but it's been close to 70 during the day. I have weeds like no one else - it's reclaimed pasture. What I've got to do (have you noticed I still haven't gotten to it today) is rake the weeds off, burn them and turn over the soil to get the top 2" of good stuff thoroughly mixed in with the clay. Fertile clay, but clay nonetheless. Last year it was only 1" of goodness on top so it's improving. I'm wondering though, why does it always seem like the goodness only rises?

 

[veggietreeigrl]

Yay! Finally got my major planting going this weekend. I planted zucchini, corn, watermelon, cucumber, dill, basil and transplanted a couple dwarf fruit trees. I'm so excited! I also a bunch of sunflowers coming up, I can't wait till they are full grown.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I took pictures of flowers and fruits in the garden today. Spring is headed your way soon!

Dwarf peach:




Almond:




Apple:




Black Mission fig:




White Kadota figs:




Scented geraniums:




Limes:




Plums:




Tomatoes:

 

[Sill]

I am not looking forward to the job today - double-dig the overgrown bed. Ugh. Maybe I'll just rake and burn instead.

If you got the time to double dig add some sand to help your clay soil drain. The best part of double digging is you don't have to do it very often.

Today I helped my DH cut a 55 gallon plastic barrel in half. Presto! New large pot to plant in! The hard part was getting all the tiny plastic filings out and disposed of where no animals can get to them.

 

[MEMama3]

If you got the time to double dig add some sand to help your clay soil drain.  The best part of double digging is you don't have to do it very often.

Today I helped my DH cut a 55 gallon plastic barrel in half.  Presto!  New large pot to plant in!  The hard part was getting all the tiny plastic filings out and disposed of where no animals can get to them.

it's funny. In the past I never thought about little bits of stuff on the ground. Now with poultry, if I drop a staple I spend all sorts of time searching and sporting that I won't find it but one of them will.

 

[Searsmom]

it's funny. In the past I never thought about little bits of stuff on the ground. Now with poultry, if I drop a staple I spend all sorts of time searching and sporting that I won't find it but one of them will.

Oh that's funny. I'd been trying for years to get DH to stop throwing his cigarette butts on the ground. All it took was his ducks to start nibbling them, and I don't have to worry about them littering the ground anymore!

Yes, I know what you mean, I walk around with my eyes peeled for anything that might get eaten