What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

I think a bale of Pro-Mix is pretty economical. I do a fair amount of potting and a bale usually lasts 2 years for me.

 

[politicalcenter]

I think a bale of Pro-Mix is pretty economical.  I do a fair amount of potting and a bale usually lasts 2 years for me.

For me Pro Mix is way too expensive. It cost me about fourty bucks a bale where as peat moss is 13 dollars and I can also get busted bales at half that. I use about three bales a week more or less. I mix my own potting soil and it is much less expensive. Pro Mix is good stuff however.

 

[lazy gardener]

Definitely cheaper to mix your own, and for your application, that's the way to go. But... for me... I'll pay the extra and have a ready supply that will last over a year. Perhaps when I retire... I can start making my own!

 

[lazy gardener]

Had fresh salad greens for tacos last night, with enough left over for sandwiches and a salad for tonight. Put some lamb's quarters in it. Since they grow as weeds in the lettuce bed, They got snipped along with the intentional greens! Love the "wake your mouth up" of dill mixed into the greens. Garden season has truly arrived in Maine!!!

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

So hoping someone can help me out. I have this bush in my backyard where my children play, right next to a mullberry tree. I know the berries growing here are probably is not for human consumption. But i do not know what kind of bush it is and if the berries just taste bad or if they would make my girls seriously sick. I have seen that they have been picking the green ones for play.
Does anyone know what kind of bush this is?

 

[BrentG]

So hoping someone can help me out. I have this bush in my backyard where my children play, right next to a mullberry tree. I know the berries growing here are probably is not for human consumption. But i do not know what kind of bush it is and if the berries just taste bad or if they would make my girls seriously sick. I have seen that they have been picking the green ones for play.
Does anyone know what kind of bush this is?

Do you know what color the berries turn? Just to be sure, the leaves are alternating, right? (that's what it looks like in the picture, but that makes a big difference) Can you get a closer pic of the berry? Also maybe a pic showing how the leaves are attached to the stem.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

So hoping someone can help me out. I have this bush in my backyard where my children play, right next to a mullberry tree. I know the berries growing here are probably is not for human consumption. But i do not know what kind of bush it is and if the berries just taste bad or if they would make my girls seriously sick. I have seen that they have been picking the green ones for play. Does anyone know what kind of bush this is?

Do you know what color the berries turn? Just to be sure, the leaves are alternating, right? (that's what it looks like in the picture, but that makes a big difference) Can you get a closer pic of the berry? Also maybe a pic showing how the leaves are attached to the stem.

I think they turn purple or black. But honestly i never paid attention to the bush until i saw the girls playing with it.

Yes alternating

 

[BrentG]

Today in the garden we harvested beets, radishes, kale, spinach, lettuce, chives, kohlrabi, a single carrot (we threw it in the salad, but they aren't ready yet...) and ate a whole bunch of sugar snap peas while weeding. Ate a salad for lunch, going to roast the beets for dinner with pasta and venison sauce -- which I also harvested

we planted more radishes (greedy), kohlrabi, beets, and herbs (my wife is an herb/tea nut, so chamomile, thyme, lavender, sage, about 90 different types of basil...). We also lost most of our dill after a week of straight thunderstorms, so we planted more of that. I built two more raised beds, one for the herbs and one for sweet potatoes and we planted those. Corn is about three feet tall, beans are starting to grow up the stalks, and the squash seeds went in the ground a week ago!

 

[BrentG]

It's difficult to tell without seeing the berry mature, but if I were to wager a guess -- or at least err on the cautious side -- I'd say it could be buckthorn, which would be toxic if eaten. I would not allow the little ones to consume. Again, it's hard to id any plant with just a couple pictures, but if it's purple or black and not red, then buckthorn is a great possibility.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

Thank you I will look it up