What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

Speaking of deer... There was a tiny fawn not far from one of my gardens. I heard it bleating. We found it nestled in the grass. We left it alone; don't know if mom has come back to it yet.

Mom was watching, I'm sure. Fawns have very little scent so predators can't detect them when hiding, so that's how they survive. By hiding.

 

[Smokerbill]

This was my quick and easy way of keeping the deer from nipping on my pepper plants. I made the chicken wire panels to surround my raised garden beds, and now that the garden area is fenced I don't need the panels around the beds anymore.

2x2s across piles of mulch with the panels laying on top. It's temporary.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I put the sprouted melon seed in a garden box today. Not much else; it’s been raining and cold all day.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Screened a barrow of soil so DW can add another layer of dirt on the basket spuds. Had good luck with this method last yr so DW wanted to do again.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

NO garden--still mowing keep in mind I am very ocd and detailed so after all the morning housework chores,,,,,
Did on Thursday
weed eat the fruit tree area and mow
mow around the slash piles so I can-----
wood chip on Sunday —now moved to Monday
chicks

I did this - Friday
weed the lavender beds and trimmed & mowed part of the yard
chicks

Did this yesterday
weed eat the rest of the yard and hill and path in front of the house, the path by the field, moved big rocks by the driveway,
mow the rest of the yard and hill and around the driveway
chicks— they had a great dirt bath



I’ll do this today— COFFEE!!!!
zip in to sprouts and get carrots;celray;potatoes for a roast for dinner-
[ I was planning to lay cardboard all around the lavender and cover it with wood chips- maybe I'll get the cardboard down and latter tonight chip just enough for the lavender]
work the garden= pull weeds ect.....I just hope everything is doing well. I do know the comfrey is out of control. so I 'll be feeding the compost and liquid fertilizer jug.
Let the chicks have time in the run and do a hinny wash of big hens- If this gets moved to Monday its ok.

Well I just dont move as fast as I use to.

 

[jerryse]

Radar showed rain but it never reached the ground. Another cloudy day near 70. Need sun and warmth for the tomatoes and squash. Mowed yesterday as rain was predicted for today.

 

[cj2024]

I think I found a way to keep pine shavings out of my chicks' feeder. The platform is around 4 inches tall. It was originally the same size as the water bottle's platform, but they were still able to scratch pine shavings into it. I will change the one under the water bottle latter. The platform under the water bottle is about 2 inches tall.

 

[Sally PB]

The fawn did not survive the night. I wrote about it here.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sallys-gf3-thread.1579174/page-197#post-28620210

 

[Sally PB]

Today I string trimmed two batteries' worth of trimming. After my arms stop vibrating as if they were still holding the trimmer and I have some lunch, I'll go back out and enjoy working on this gorgeous day!

 

[Sylvester017]

DH found a little volunteer mystery plant in one of the garden beds, dug it up, & transplanted it to a container. He thinks it's a cuke... we'll see. I'll laugh if it's a weed!

Garden bed #2 ~ Apr 10

Garden bed #2 ~ May 2 ~ the roll of black bird netting is working to keep the chickens & wild birds & feral cats out!

Garden bed #2 ~ May 24 ~ 3 tomato plants, 2 cukes, & 1 jalapeno. Crowded, but usually the cukes stop producing before the tomatoes so we'll just pull the cuke vines then.