What did you do in the garden today?

[dirkandlorie]

Aren't you in bowling green KY???

Yes, and never heard of a habeggars. I don't get out much, so maybe you know something I dont. Lol

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I'm not sure if I'm tying up the zucchini vines correctly but it's the best I could come up with. I had to trim off a lot of leaves and some small squash to make room. Maybe I should cut the leaves off closer to the vine???

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I'm not sure if I do it right, but I cut all leaves off that are behind the zucchini. I cut them up to the vine like a half inch to an inch..helps airflow and easier to see the squash bugs!

 

[dirkandlorie]

Smart! Does your power company buy back the excess electricity?

I have a net zero solar unit on the house. Cost 12 years ago 25,5000. God only knows what they cost now. Anyway, 1st year I paid electric company a pittance for half the year, the other half they paid me. 2nd year, their rates went up and the amount they pay for electric went down and maybe 4 months out of the year they paid me. And so it's gone for last 12 years where now I might get a 30$ credit off the bill each month. Oh and after about 10 years a new very costly inverter is needed. This thing will never pay for itself! Worse yet, if the power goes out, solar automatically shuts down, power cannot be running through the lines when workers are trying to do repairs. Better off with an off grid battery system, but those batteries are expensive and always needing replacements. Could be worse, brother-in-law lives in california, their electric company pays him 1 cent each month for the electric he produces.

 

[chickengr]

Maybe too much nitrogen. Tomatoes need a bit of stress to set fruit. It's too comfortable.

that's why my tomatoes set a lot of fruits, lol. I planted them late so very few ripe. they should grow now after the heat wave.

 

[chickengr]

I have a net zero solar unit on the house. Cost 12 years ago 25,5000. God only knows what they cost now. Anyway, 1st year I paid electric company a pittance for half the year, the other half they paid me. 2nd year, their rates went up and the amount they pay for electric went down and maybe 4 months out of the year they paid me. And so it's gone for last 12 years where now I might get a 30$ credit off the bill each month. Oh and after about 10 years a new very costly inverter is needed. This thing will never pay for itself! Worse yet, if the power goes out, solar automatically shuts down, power cannot be running through the lines when workers are trying to do repairs. Better off with an off grid battery system, but those batteries are expensive and always needing replacements. Could be worse, brother-in-law lives in california, their electric company pays him 1 cent each month for the electric he produces.

I am off grid and I have 2V batteries. I am very happy with that. I have a big fridge, a big freezer, a big washing machine, dishwasher, 300 egg incubator, sometimes 180 egg incubator at the same time and in summer I use electricity to cook as well.

 

[Minanora]

Smart! Does your power company buy back the excess electricity?

Yes but at a whopping 3¢ a kWh. Such a deal.

 

[Minanora]

Got out in the garden today. Picked tomatoes. Pulled weeds, cut the spent blackberry canes, trained and pruned the new ones. DS and I ate 4 strawberries! Wooo! Also picked pole beans.

Picked nectarines. Processed all the Santa Rosa plums and white peaches.

 

[Finchbreeder]

Planted more Radish seeds, but it has been raining and I had to go feed and water most of mums avairies since her accident.
Then I had to take her to the hospital to have the dressing redone. So tomorrow looks like a better day to plant strawberries and bulbs.

 

[Paz]

I'm not sure if I'm tying up the zucchini vines correctly but it's the best I could come up with. I had to trim off a lot of leaves and some small squash to make room. Maybe I should cut the leaves off closer to the vine???

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I don’t tie courgette, they stay pretty compact usually.

 

[Sally PB]

I have a net zero solar unit on the house. Cost 12 years ago 25,5000. God only knows what they cost now. Anyway, 1st year I paid electric company a pittance for half the year, the other half they paid me. 2nd year, their rates went up and the amount they pay for electric went down and maybe 4 months out of the year they paid me. And so it's gone for last 12 years where now I might get a 30$ credit off the bill each month. Oh and after about 10 years a new very costly inverter is needed. This thing will never pay for itself! Worse yet, if the power goes out, solar automatically shuts down, power cannot be running through the lines when workers are trying to do repairs. Better off with an off grid battery system, but those batteries are expensive and always needing replacements. Could be worse, brother-in-law lives in california, their electric company pays him 1 cent each month for the electric he produces.

A neighbor has the "buy back" set up. When the power goes off, her power is off too. Which happened about 5 minutes after she put bread in the oven last week.

They make enough electricity to run their house, and are getting rid of their propane furnace, replacing it with electric heat.

They don't have to deal with winter though... they go south from December through April.