What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

Canned some mixed veg pickles. This is called “Jardiniere” in the Ball canning book. Never made this before. So, will wait a week to sample some.

Carrots, cauliflower, peppers, onions, zucchini.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Canned some mixed veg pickles. This is called “Jardiniere” in the Ball canning book. Never made this before. So, will wait a week to sample some.
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Carrots, cauliflower, peppers, onions, zucchini.

Look beautiful & very tasty!

 

[chicken opey]

Is the lavender dead dead, or mostly dead?
Remember when I pulled this pepper plant bc container was infested w ants? I threw on a table and forgot about. It’s still alive
I put in proper pot. Maybe it will talk w my lavender and give some advice

 

[igorsMistress]

Is the lavender dead dead, or mostly dead?
Remember when I pulled this pepper plant bc container was infested w ants? I threw on a table and forgot about. It’s still alive
I put in proper pot. Maybe it will talk w my lavender and give some advice

My lavender didn’t make it in a pot. Guess I’ll get another and put in the ground instead, I usually can keep them a few years that way.

 

[Jenbirdee]

picked some dandelions for the geese

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

My thyme appears to be dead/dying too; not sure if it was something I did or just due to old seeds. The normal sage I started from seed is alive but still tiny, the multicolored sage I bought as a plant still appears fine.

Meanwhile, the beans are starting to form!

 

[chicken opey]

My lavender didn’t make it in a pot. Guess I’ll get another and put in the ground instead, I usually can keep them a few years that way.

I put some in ground that didn’t live so I thought if I put in pot, could control water better. I thought others got too wet - root rot

 

[TJAnonymous]

Have you grown spaghetti squash before? It could be immature, so I would suggest letting it continue growing until the vines die. I've heard others who have had strange things grow from seed packets.

Foliage doesn't look like spaghetti squash though...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Wow, it works for me. Bizarre. So sorry it did not work for you.

Hmmm, makes me wonder...why are some folks more appetizing than others when it comes to mosquitoes?
Blood type...D for Delicious ?

I've tried lots of different essential oils and nothing is working this year... Normally I don't personally have too much trouble with mosquitoes. This year they are vicious... The only thing that semi-reliably works is commercial insect repellent which I don't like to use. Who wants to spray known poison on their body? Nuts...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well no grapes this year....

Disease killed off all the Catawba fruit

And the birds have STRIPPED every last Concord within the past few days.