What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

Brought in 3/4 of a bushel of tomatoes in various stages of ripeness. I'll put them on the counter to finish. I figure this lets the plant put energy into the rest of the tomatoes and the flowers still on there.

And, you'll keep them safe from any pests.

I only use pure clear Aloe vera now. After the detox time, no matter how much I sweat I don't stink.

Can you tell us more about this? Do you apply the aloe vera? How do you do a detox?

Don't feel bad- i got scammed din tomato seeds this year. Supposed to be determinate paste tomatoes. They were all cherry tomatoes.

My neighbor bought tomato plants and said that a bunch of them are cherry tomatoes, not canning tomatoes. She said the same thing happened last year.

 

[Minanora]

Believe you me honey I would happily take it . It's so disgusting living in the state of California. I really wish my mom would have just stayed in North Carolina to raise me. I would happily take the hurricanes and humidity versus the heat in California.

I feel you. I was raised in Oklahoma until I was 9. Then got transplanted to California. I miss summer and fall rain.

It's amazing that it gets so hot and dry. My micro climate puts us about 6 degrees above the forecast on average, but at least we aren't in the valley like you are.

There are much nicer locations to live in Cali, just FYI. Not that it's affordable to move to those places, but they exist! I live close enough to the coast that we can go visit when it's hot, not that we do... But we could. On the other side of the grade, in San Luis Obispo, the temp is usually 15+ degrees cooler in the summer and 5+ degrees warmer in the winter. It's a 20 minute drive.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

And, you'll keep them safe from any pests.

Can you tell us more about this? Do you apply the aloe vera? How do you do a detox?

My neighbor bought tomato plants and said that a bunch of them are cherry tomatoes, not canning tomatoes. She said the same thing happened last year.

I use a dime size amount for each underarm, I rub it in and then allow it to air dry before putting on clothes. It's important to do that or it just transfers to your clothes.
I thought it would be a hassle but it's just a routine now, and you save tons of money depending on your deodorant. My sons' natural deodorant costs $12 a stick.
Detox is just letting your body naturally rid itself of the toxins in antiperspirant and deodorant. If you use antiperspirant, then switch to a deodorant for a month before switching to Aloe. Detox time you will be stinky but if you can suffer through, I think it's worth it.
It does make you wonder about the stuff in antiperspirant and deodorants, that you need to detox from the stuff.

 

[akroberts1085]

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I use a dime size amount for each underarm, I rub it in and then allow it to air dry before putting on clothes. It's important to do that or it just transfers to your clothes.
I thought it would be a hassle but it's just a routine now, and you save tons of money depending on your deodorant. My sons' natural deodorant costs $12 a stick.
Detox is just letting your body naturally rid itself of the toxins in antiperspirant and deodorant. If you use antiperspirant, then switch to a deodorant for a month before switching to Aloe. Detox time you will be stinky but if you can suffer through, I think it's worth it.
It does make you wonder about the stuff in antiperspirant and deodorants, that you need to detox from the stuff.

The only thing deodorant does for me is allow me to smell ok when sweating. I'm going to try to find the aloe

 

[CCsGarden]

Got a pretty disappointing amount of dry beans. Not a horrible amount of tomatoes at least View attachment 4197111
Also had to get this baby dove back into a nest. Its parent was sitting on it while it was on the ground under the nest. I believe it is around 6-7 days oldView attachment 4197125

Awww what a cute dove! He is likely older then 1 week how is he now?

 

[WthrLady]

Don't feel bad- i got scammed din tomato seeds this year. Supposed to be determinate paste tomatoes. They were all cherry tomatoes. Ugh..

My very expensive Julia Child tomatoes turned out to be some golden orange slicers. DH says they're good, but they're not what I paid for. Company made it right and sent me more seed.

 

[CCsGarden]

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View media item 7972759I've harvested over 400 tomatoes

 

[jerryse]

Trying to figure materials for a project at the cabin. DW got involved and muddied the water. She is good with numbers but has no clue how to figure materials. Frustrated.

 

[Smokerbill]

Picked two each zucchini and cucumbers. And about 3/4 pounds of green beans. I packed most of the beans into a jar of leftover dill pickle juice, and sliced the cukes and put them in another jar of juice. Not sure how they'll turn out going into the jars fresh and not being processed.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I’m correct in assuming this is the work of a deer, right?