What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

I picked black raspberries. 2 quarts in freezer so far. I sprayed socks and wore boots. Chiggers got me bad last time. Wore long sleeve shirt to protect from thorns. Tomato suckers in solo cups perked up. Roots starting, I think. Another persimmon graft starting to grow.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I spent the morning tying up the tomatoes and re-corraling the terror-a-gon plant. That thing is OUT OF CONTROL!

A good problem to have! I should trim mine soon, and the sage while I’m at it. Not tonight though, rain incoming!

 

[Eagle343]

Rain, so at a stand still again. No sign of sunflowers...

 

[Backroadlogic]

I last minute transplanted some plants I've been neglecting before it turns to all 90s in a couple days. Teased me with a sprinkle out while I was working. Made tea with the kids since it was fresh on my mind.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I need to pick more blackberries, raspberries, and green beans. Also need to spray the squash plants again, even though it's going to rain again tomorrow... Also need to trim up the tomatoes and probably harvest more potatoes.

But it's sooooo hot that I don't want to be outside.

 

[cj2024]

I grew this bucket of black rice from this year's plants that were grown in fabric pots. I grew my first black rice seeds in a bucket without any drain holes, and I kept the water an inch above the soil with a few mosquito fish and they did way better than this year's grow bags, so I decided to use a bucket and keep the water below the surface of the soil, so I don't need to worry about mosquitoes. I am treating it as an ornamental plant and a possible future expansion experiment.

I might need a rice hull machine if I get into it.

 

[dirkandlorie]

I grew this bucket of black rice from this year's plants that were grown in fabric pots. I grew my first black rice seeds in a bucket without any drain holes, and I kept the water an inch above the soil with a few mosquito fish and they did way better than this year's grow bags, so I decided to use a bucket and keep the water below the surface of the soil, so I don't need to worry about mosquitoes. I am treating it as an ornamental plant and a possible future expansion experiment.

I might need a rice hull machine if I get into it.

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I've grown my own wheat, my own corn, potatoes, etc but I've never even thought of growing my own rice!!!! What a fun project!!! How did you get started on that?

 

[Doodlemom63]

I gave the beets a good shot of the stinky weed tea fertilizer yesterday and the tops are looking pretty good. The roots still seem kind of small, but that's ok. I like eating a few beets, but I like the beet greens better.

The variety is one that's kind of a dual purpose beet, developed for making good quality leaves for greens and OK roots. I don't remember the name. I'll need to thin them out soon so I'll have a few of the greens to try.

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I refilled the weed tea bucket with water again and stirred it up so there will be more to use later.

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What is weed tea??

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well, I decided to suck it up and brave the sticky heat to get a few things done.

Checked the squash plants. Pretty sure some SVB managed to get through somehow. Plants aren't collapsed but my spaghetti squash and 1 cushaw have turned yellow and looking suspect. I found at least 4 pumpkins growing and 2 watermelon. The only things still flowering are the pumpkin. Didn't see any flowers on anything else... Not even buds.

Picked around 6 - 8 cups of blackberries. Going to make more syrup and maybe some jelly... I also picked a collective cup of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Might make a triple berry syrup with those...

Also picked a bunch of green beans, blanched them, and freezing them.

 

[Smokerbill]

What is weed tea??

Hey @Doodlemom63 , I described how I make it here...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...e-garden-today.670277/page-8422#post-28661231