What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

It might be better to buy a plant from the nursery and clone or graft them. Mandarine seeds take 4 to 7 years to start producing fruit.

I'm not really worried about the time. Just curious if anyone has done it

 

[Sally PB]

I need to start planning what I'm going to start indoors & go thru seeds. Not feeling very motivated though.

Ditto here.

I don't know if going through my seeds will make me depressed about how long it is until spring, or if I'll be inspired by the garden porn seed catalogs to buy way more than I'll ever plant.

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning gardeners. I tried the currant tomatoes but the plant died when it went from spring to summer over night. This year the Grackles, vile birds if you ask me, have been checking for seed and tossing the plants aside. I have to keep sticking them back in the dirt Today it wasn’t as bad, but I have no love for those birds. The pigeons are also a PITA and really put on the pressure at feeding time. I’m working on getting everyone into the shade garden to eat so I close out the pigeons and do other things while the crew eats. We are just now getting weather cold enough to use the heater so I turned it on. I also noticed that we had frost in the morning but I fell asleep last night before I could get sheets over everything. I hope all is fine and I won’t forget again. Happy Friday everyone, enjoy!

 

[chickengr]

I started getting into Galanga, it's like a ginger, but taste different. I bought a root from Ebay, and it has been growing in a container for more than 3 years. I found out that it supposed to alleviate arthritic pain, and it's considered a medicinal plant in Asia. I made a filtered tea or broth with chopped stem pieces of galanga, minced ginger, turmeric powder, cummin powder, coriander seed powder, bay leaf, dried chili pepper, chicken bouillon, salt, sugar and chicken bone broth. I used chili pepper because the capsaicin supposed to reduce blood pressure.

you always make me jealous. we don't have many asian plants here.

 

[chickengr]

my tomato plants are still alive. there are a few green tomatoes but with short days and cooler temperatures they would need almost 2 months to ripen if we don't get any frost. watering again. we might get some rain on monday.

 

[jerryse]

Snowing here 1+ inches so far.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Snowing here 1+ inches so far.

Down here too.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Woke up to a foot of snow. It's still snowing for several more hours... Predictably, the chickens don't want to come out of the coop. Made sure there was plenty of food and water in there for them. Was sitting in the barn petting our barn cat and heard a strange noise. Looked down the aisleway and, sure enough, there's a chicken scratching around in the dirt. At first I thought maybe she just got caught in there before it started snowing... But then I got suspicious. In the picture below from the pasture cam, you can see the distance between the coop (edge of the white building on the lower left) to the barn (big beige building). So I gathered her up and little bit of food in a bowl and followed her. Sure enough! That little hussy is sitting on a boatload of eggs in a hidden nest!

 

[Molpet]

Woke up to a foot of snow. It's still snowing for several more hours... Predictably, the chickens don't want to come out of the coop. Made sure there was plenty of food and water in there for them. Was sitting in the barn petting our barn cat and heard a strange noise. Looked down the aisleway and, sure enough, there's a chicken scratching around in the dirt. At first I thought maybe she just got caught in there before it started snowing... But then I got suspicious. In the picture below from the pasture cam, you can see the distance between the coop (edge of the white building on the lower left) to the barn (big beige building). So I gathered her up and little bit of food in a bowl and followed her. Sure enough! That little hussy is sitting on a boatload of eggs in a hidden nest!

View attachment 4024572

She is not waiting for spring

 

[cj2024]

my tomato plants are still alive. there are a few green tomatoes but with short days and cooler temperatures they would need almost 2 months to ripen if we don't get any frost. watering again. we might get some rain on monday.

I salt fermented some green brad's crazy cherry tomatoes last year and put a little Italian season in the brine. However, if I ever do this again, I will use just plain salt without any season and pick them smaller. It kind of taste like pickled cappers.