What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

Having a crappy (literally) day. Half my goats have a coccidia infection with bad diarrhea. Treating them all... But since my chickens and ducks ALSO share the same space, I'm going to have to treat EVERYONE together.

Edited to add - btw, I'm pretty sure I know how they got it. I have these stone slabs in the water trough that are meant to save chicks who've fallen into the water so they don't drown. I noticed recently that many of the hens are using them to stand in the water and cool off, I think... But it also means they are pooping in the water sometimes. I try to clean it out daily but maybe it's not enough. I think I'll remove the slabs altogether since I don't have any chicks currently... And maybe clean the water twice daily instead of every morning.... At least while it's so hot outside.

put some ACV in water.

 

[igorsMistress]

@igorsMistress are you making all your own or amending a bagged potting soil?

Making my own with that recipe you provided based on Mel’s mix. I can amend a bag of soil instead? I’m sorry, I haven’t really done much research, I just know that miracle grow and the bagged soils aren’t great.

 

[cj2024]

I found that placing a wire rack under my sour dough after the first steaming time in my Dutch oven, prevents the bottom from becoming too hard. In addition, this 5-minute scoring video makes cutting into my dough easier and gives consistent results.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I vacuumed the house 5 gallons of dog hair.
This is my break.

 

[crunchygranola]

What did you do in your garden today?

I picked a bunch of Rattlesnake green beans and Cherokee wax beans, a few tomatoes, three eggplants, some broccoli shoots, and jalapenos. Pretty happy with today's harvest!

Cried bc my chickens demolished it

 

[igorsMistress]

I vacuumed the house 5 gallons of dog hair.
This is my break.

I can relate

 

[Sueby]

Making my own with that recipe you provided based on Mel’s mix. I can amend a bag of soil instead? I’m sorry, I haven’t really done much research, I just know that miracle grow and the bagged soils aren’t great.

You can get a potting soil for sure - just make sure it's potting soil & not raised bed soil or garden soil. GS recommends fox farm or promix, others have had good luck with stuff they've found at Costco or even Miracle Grow organic - they are expensive but you might find them on sale now. It was cheaper to make my own, so I did (and I wanted to use my own compost). I do have my first GS filled with promix & I HATE it. It stays way too wet, probably not a problem for you tho! I will eventually amend that with some perlite, vermiculite & all the other good stuff because I found out HD says on their website that is has fertilizer in it & it does not according to Promixes website. No wonder my lettuce sucked, lol. Anyway, you can buy & amend however you'd like depending on what you get, for sure. I'm always happy to chat about my GreenStalks, lol.

(sorry if I'm rambling, cooking dinner at the same time)

 

[akroberts1085]

I haven't been out to the garden yet. I also wanted to let everyone know that if you buy a washer don't get a Hotpoint. They suck butt. You have to be careful when loading it and if you get it wrong it will leave your clothes soaked and it also throws all the clothes to one side of it.

 

[fuzzi]

Nuttin.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I think it's usually better to repair an old, well made appliance than to replace it with a new, probably poorly constructed one. My Kitchen Aid electric stove has two burned out elements, and new OEM ones are expensive. I can deal with it for now, no problem.

Depending on how the Federal Home Energy Rebates Program pans out I might end up getting new appliances for little or no cost. States will administer the progam, and Washington state won't start offering the rebates until sometime in 2025. I can wait that long, even if it means going to the laundromat and cooking on my hotplate for a while. I have a clothesline, too. LOL

Yes, we rarely use our dryer. Almost all our laundry, except for socks and underwear, gets dried on a clothes line. Even in the winter time, DH will set up a pop-up clothes line in the middle of our living room and hang stuff up in front of the fireplace.

As for fixing appliances, I agree. A lot of older stuff was made far more durable than a lot of the newer appliances. The tough part is finding parts... As I mentioned, I'm hanging on to this trash compactor as long as possible.