What did you do in the garden today?

[A-K-A]

Had to start watering here this weekend. No rain in sight for this week.

 

[Arielle]

The 2 rains due this last week didnt materialize into anything effective . . . hoses will be dragged around today!!

Watering done!!!!!

Chives in!!! 2 large plants from friend pulled apart into TEN. Love the garlic and onion family as they are cancer fighters.

 

[Tjschicks1817]

Got the pole bean trellis up and beans planted.

 

[politicalcenter]

Planted some field corn, knucklehead purple hull crowder peas, green peppers, cantaloupe, tomatoes, eggplant, and scallop squash.

Does anyone know how to keep produce for pig feed without refrigeration or drying?

We plant a lot for the pigs. We need to save some for when it gets sparse in the winter.

 

[jerrey]

really pretty

 

[nickdlny]

I walked around and checked the progress of everything. We bought our house in October--been busy planting this Spring. So far, we have 5 varieties of grapes, 50 Ozark Beauty strawberry plants (that should turn into thousands over the next couple years), 3 apple trees, 2 cherry trees, 2 plum trees, 2 peach trees, 2 pear trees, and a few transplanted black raspberry canes to get a patch started.

Over the next couple of weeks, we'll get the asparagus, June bearing strawberries, hardy kiwis, rhubarb, and all the annual veggies in.

 

[A-K-A]

Planted some field corn, knucklehead purple hull crowder peas, green peppers, cantaloupe, tomatoes, eggplant, and scallop squash.

Does anyone know how to keep produce for pig feed without refrigeration or drying?

We plant a lot for the pigs. We need to save some for when it gets sparse in the winter.

Since you said you planted field corn. I will assume you are going to use it. A home built corn crib helps keep eared corn. But you can also leave it on stalks and bundle the stalks to feed. Dry and mold free would be the key to storing what ever other produce. We gave our neighbor pumpkins last winter. They ate them with out any additional help.
We plan on giving surplus to our goats and chickens. Our neighbor feeds their surplus also. To their livestock. My grandfather run a hot wire around the corn in the late fall and let his sows clean it up.

 

[lazy gardener]

I have the very beginnings showing! Lettuce (from last year's seed heads) Carrots (from home made seed tape) chard, radish, onions. Sold a lot of my self sowed garlic at a fund raiser on Saturday. Rain scheduled for the next 2 days. I need to get out between showers and sow dill, cukes, spinach, and what ever else strikes my fancy. I broke down and hauled the tiller out this weekend. Got the garden 80% finished before I ran out of gas and it started raining. So, tiller sits under my wheelbarrow.

 

[RichnSteph]

I dropped some seeds directly into my AP beds this weekend. I've read mixed reviews on the practice and after finding some little weed growing in there I figured it can't hurt to try. So now I have about 30 seeds from varying plants sitting just above the water line. The lava rock wicks water very nicely so I'm hoping the seeds will germinate.

 

[Arielle]

Planted some field corn, knucklehead purple hull crowder peas, green peppers, cantaloupe, tomatoes, eggplant, and scallop squash.

Does anyone know how to keep produce for pig feed without refrigeration or drying?

We plant a lot for the pigs. We need to save some for when it gets sparse in the winter.

have you looked at the pig farm in VT that raises organically raised pork on pasture?? He lets the hogs do much of the harvesting. They raise the hog on the greens and then when that becomes less available the hog start rooting a bit more and dig up the sugar beets and turnips as the fall arrives; the winter feed is whey and good quality hay. They do not store any fresh produce. A field is grown ie of pumpkins and then the hogs allowed in to eat it all up in a few days.

Another suggesting via a fellow sitting next to me ( at the library) is to ensile the produce. Or make it into sour kraut. lol

Good luck.