What did you do in the garden today?

[Arielle]

Watered the newly planted peppers; watered the plants under the grow lights. THose should be ready to plant this weekend. RUnning out of space. ANd that feels like a good thing as it means lots of vegies started!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

My garden is sprouting nicely. May have to re-plant the corn, but squash and cukes are up. Fortex is starting to run. An other variety of pole bean yet to show, but I have faith there! Need to pick up some cherry tomato seedlings and plant some cabbage.

 

[Stuffedcritter]

Any one in the northeast have advice on lavender? I suspect my soil is too acidic and clayish. I have some survivors and weird re-growth (tips and central ) and my bushes are short-lived in general. I have tried a few different cultivars and have been amending my soil since I cannot dig out my bolders

Munstead is the only one I can get to grow only last two years. I have client that grows hers in per fertilized commercial soil on rock wall it's lovely she only get two -three years from it.

 

[hennible]

@hennible, that counts as a recipe for me. Do you have a problem with the tea attracting flies it do you cover it?

Thank you!!!

Cover it... Last year a neglected to and ended up with a buck of maggots....
What a mess... I can handle bugs, rot, manure etc but maggots are just gross....

 

[Lordsia]

I finished building 3 raised beds to put in my front yard. I have three compost piles going that I will use to partly fill them. Then next month I will get some good soil and start planting!

Made from heat treated pallets. 3.5 ft by 3.5 ft and one foot deep.

 

[lazy gardener]

Cover it... Last year a neglected to and ended up with a buck of maggots....

What a mess... I can handle bugs, rot, manure etc but maggots are just gross....

Chicken food!

 

[hennible]

It never even occurred to me!
Lol

 

[jerryse]

Pulled weeds and fed them to the chickens .

 

[Arielle]

It rained!! Not enough, but it was something!!

 

[lazy gardener]

We got a couple of wild thunder storms. It was coming down in buckets, thunder and lightening, all the whole time, the sun was shining through it all! crazy! Water was running through the chicken yard in a stream.