What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

When you have rot between the layers that may be the long green tops broke and water from irrigation or rain got down into the plant. I've trimmed my onions down before out in the garden to increase bulb growth but you need to make sure no moisture gets in the open tops before the plant seals itself at thep base. Or the humidity is high where you cure them at. A fan circulating where you are drying them in say a garage. I hope you try again and are successful!

Thank You for the tips. Last year I did put a fan on them but ended up with the same results and I don’t recall any rain or watering being done towards the end of their season. Humidity may be an issue as you mentioned because I did dry them in the garage which, incidentally, is air conditioned although I didn’t think to use it for onion drying. Odd though, to me anyway, that my garlic does well being dried the same way as I’ve done the onions. BTW, do you dry your onions in the sun or shade? I read conflicting recommendations on this.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I finished putting the new raised bed frames together yesterday. I need to get a can of spray paint to have them both the same color. I have lots of rotted chicken manure to mix with some topsoil to fill them. I’m hoping to get them both set up and ready for planting this week. A fifth cell with baby bok choy is sprouting. My marigold seeds are starting to sprout. Once the bok choy gets it’s secondary leaves I can put them on the front porch until it’s safe to put them outside. We are still ranging from the mid 20’s to mid 30’s overnight. so too cold now. I need to buy top soil and mulch in the next day or so. The trees are starting to send out leaves and the forsythia is budding up. I’m hoping they don’t bloom until the night time temperatures warm up more.

 

[Smokerbill]

Thank You for the tips. Last year I did put a fan on them but ended up with the same results and I don’t recall any rain or watering being done towards the end of their season. Humidity may be an issue as you mentioned because I did dry them in the garage which, incidentally, is air conditioned although I didn’t think to use it for onion drying. Odd though, to me anyway, that my garlic does well being dried the same way as I’ve done the onions. BTW, do you dry your onions in the sun or shade? I read conflicting recommendations on this.

Don't trim off the tops before drying/curing the onions. When the tops have dried and turned brown cut them off where they're papery dry and not still moist. I dried mine on the covered deck, on top of a rabbit cage so they'd get air circulation above and below.

 

[WthrLady]

Soil on heat. Still a week b4 seeds to soil.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Thank You for the tips. Last year I did put a fan on them but ended up with the same results and I don’t recall any rain or watering being done towards the end of their season. Humidity may be an issue as you mentioned because I did dry them in the garage which, incidentally, is air conditioned although I didn’t think to use it for onion drying. Odd though, to me anyway, that my garlic does well being dried the same way as I’ve done the onions. BTW, do you dry your onions in the sun or shade? I read conflicting recommendations on this.

I wait until the green top flops over and we get a dry spell. (Which is easy in Nebraska in the summer) Try not to pull them after a rain etc.. I have a covered deck and dry them in the shady side of my deck off the deck floor elevated on screens sitting in bricks. I dry them until the green tops completely dry out. If you cut them about an inch from the bulb n it's green and moist I think it's to early and wait longer. Some onions just don't store well at all. My favorite is Alisa Craig and they don't store and I don't even try storing them long term.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Turkey Craw beans are sprouting and I put some trellising in with the Iroquois Cornbread beans. They don’t strictly speaking need it yet but I figure better early than late.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Been busy, but finally got my pallets for the raised beds

 

[akroberts1085]

Been busy, but finally got my pallets for the raised beds

Have you made any pallet beds?

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Have you made any pallet beds?

No, but downloaded a lot of diy tutorials the friends I got the pallets from already have raised beds, but way too low for me..

 

[Sally PB]

Been busy, but finally got my pallets for the raised beds

@gtaus has an entire thread about pallet projects. He has made several raised beds with them. He talks about how he makes them, and the improved version.