What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Fennel and parsley

Also Bishop's Weed, which I have here, but I warn you it is very invasive, spreads to places I didn't even plant it.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

My daughter also has Lupus. Have you seen this?

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/scientists-find-cause-lupus-and-way-potentially-reverse-it

Yes I did. In fact DD’s rheumatologist is at Brigham and Womens in Boston.

 

[Acre4Me]

Squash vine borer...that enemy has not struck here Yet, but every year in the past just wiped my veggie garden out, after 2 squash. Those A$$#OLE$ really tick me off

Growing a trap crop may help. The SVB LOOOVE Hubbard squash and ButterCUP (not butternut) squash. They certainly love summer squash too. Last year we grew some that produced until the main stem literally fell apart from SVB. They are producing well again this year. Off top of head the “Cube of Butter” yellow squash -straight like a Zucchini and light yellow, has performed very well. I’ll check on the green Zucchini type bc we are growing one from last year and it’s producing well again.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Rick just picked our 1st tomato! It's little, but red & smells so good, can't wait to eat it, just cut up, a bit of olive oil, salt & pepper, I love that 1st tomater of summer! Many more huge green ones are still growing.

Just watering here daily. I see sprouts, okra, corn, sunflowers, cucumbers.
Flowers are doing well, wildflowers, marigolds, Petunias, etc.

Lots of cute little toads hopping around this year. Praying Mantis & Ladybugs , do not see any Golden Orbs yet but I'm sure I will. Y'all are welcome, little pest eaters.

Going to very hot this week, take care everyone, water & Gatorade.

Rick holds our 1 tomato

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Something is attacking the Basil leaves. I do not see any bugs, though. Maybe a night feeder...I do not see slug trails. Weird!

Well, could be one of these culprits, I work so I can't be here checking much, unfortunately.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Growing a trap crop may help. The SVB LOOOVE Hubbard squash and ButterCUP (not butternut) squash. They certainly love summer squash too. Last year we grew some that produced until the main stem literally fell apart from SVB. They are producing well again this year. Off top of head the “Cube of Butter” yellow squash -straight like a Zucchini and light yellow, has performed very well. I’ll check on the green Zucchini type bc we are growing one from last year and it’s producing well again.

Just tried to read about that...well, I did not plant a trap crop this year but I will try it next year.
https://ipm.missouri.edu/MEG/2017/3/Trap_cropping/

 

[lagrange chicks]

Mother nature gave me a nasty 65 birthday present, garden is pretty much flattened. We have been so wet here that the corn couldn't hold on and is now laying down on top of the beans, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini. Have not got the guts yet to actually go down and look at the mess, but looks bad from the window.

 

[chicken opey]

Did some watering and picking. Birdhouse gourds are growing! I love Roma’s bc they look so pretty hanging in kitchen
I made a rhubarb pie the other night and was shocked to pay $14 for the rhubarb!!! I could make 2-3 pies for that amount 2 years ago!!

 

[chicken opey]

I went to my kids house for my birthday and my daughter surprised me with this blinged up stump chair from our old country house in Colo. It's one piece cut cut out of stump from one of the old cottonwood trees there. View attachment 3891272

That’s so pretty! Happy birthday

 

[TJAnonymous]

I lightly watered corn and green bean sprouts. I could SWEAR I had more corn sprouts this weekend... I wonder if that dang gopher is pulling them underground...