What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Another 70' day with winds over 40. Dry as a bone.
Hummingbird fountain is up and running. I'm sure I'll have at least 2 days of running out there in the evening to protect it from frost. Picked up some sale annuals for the plant tower on sale at the grocery. 1.50$
The parking lot plant places are already here and selling. 6$ for a 4 pack of annuals and 8 and up for perenials. Insane.

Something large, betting raccoon is raiding the barn feed bins. Trap is set.

 

[SkyAJK]

I finally got around to start planting the onions. Got about 50 planted 300 to go

300 more to go, that is a lot!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Things are starting to bloom...

Azaleas are going hog wild

As are the peonies that I thought died last year....

Even my 2 yr old purple broccoli is getting in on the bloom

And a 2 yr old carrot won't be left behind either....

On top of these, my roses, lilac, lavender, and irises are also blooming!

 

[Molpet]

300 more to go, that is a lot!

I grow all the onions, garlic, potatoes, eggs, chicken and turkey that I eat. Some greens and tomatoes if the rabbits stay out of the garden

 

[Sally PB]

I mailed in the soil samples for my soil test. Packet said the results could take 4 weeks. That's ok; I mostly want to help the tomatoes not have BER (blossom end rot), and I have some ideas on that already. But I've never had the soil tested, so I thought I'd finally do it.

Lot of sprouts in the green house now!

Tomorrow will probably NOT be a garden day: cold and rainy. Wednesday is supposed to be sunny again. I'll be prepping the potato bed then, I think.

 

[Smokerbill]

Hummingbird fountain is up and running.

Another hummingbird buzzed by my head again today but I wasn't quick enough to see it. The previous owner of my house had a stick-on feeder on the front window, and I'm thinking I'll do the same thing.

 

[Smokerbill]

Things are starting to bloom...

Azaleas are going hog wild
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As are the peonies that I thought died last year....
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Even my 2 yr old purple broccoli is getting in on the bloom
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And a 2 yr old carrot won't be left behind either....
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On top of these, my roses, lilac, lavender, and irises are also blooming!

Are you going to save seeds from the purple broccoli?

 

[dirkandlorie]

Spent the day sifting compost and adding it to my beds, almost time to plant the tomatoes, peppers and beans. Thinned out my beets for the final time, and found a vole burrowing under them! Put vole killer in the holes and praying I get beets this year! Can't imagine a year without my pickled beets!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Are you going to save seeds from the purple broccoli?

I've never tried to but I probably should... I'll look tomorrow and see if I have any bags to put over them

 

[Minanora]

I got my saddest garden bed amended with compost and sulfur today. Gave it a dose of the nematode soil drench. It's the last bed that has root knot nematodes. Hopefully I'm finished with it this year and only have to do a seasonal treatment from now on.

Compost came from the chicken run! My first year being able to pull from it.

Tomorrow I will plant stuff. Not sure what yet. Probably zucchini. Maybe popcorn.

Got my seedlings off of the ground. I'll be selling the excess in the coming weeks. All of these are extras.

Except the two on the ground. Those are herbs and flowers.