What did you do in the garden today?

[henless]

And my Pomegranate trees arrived yesterday and also look good.
I already planted them in my raised bed for now.



Should I plant them in the ground or keep them in my raised bed and make a cold frame for them till spring?

What kind of pomegranates did you get? I had no idea they would grow in my area until I saw one this summer. We had stopped at a tire store to get some tires for a trailer, and I saw a tree growing. It had very pretty flowers and funny shaped fruit. The fruit looked familiar, but took me a while to find out what it was. I'm hoping to order some to plant in my orchard.



The tree/shrub was about 8' tall. My DH picked this for me, it was hanging over a 6' privacy fence.

I bought one of those last summer. I think it came from Lowes. It is my most favorite and useful garden hand tool. I toss it in the truck when we go to the dump, and stop by the composting area to fill my trash cans. Often bring home 3 or more cans full of leaf mulch or stable litter. I'm a shameless, dedicated, confirmed dump picker and refuse scavenger.

I love mine! I've been using a 4 pronged pitch fork for moving my chips around. This will be much easier.

I loved going to the dump when I was a kid. I would go with my Dad almost every Saturday. We never failed to bring home something, lol. Now, we can't scavenge at the dumps. Everything goes in a dumpster and signs are posted "No Scavenging" . I see so much useful things thrown away, so sad.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I bought the Wonderful Pomegranate. I got them from Eburgess.com they have a sale on them buy one get one free for 9.99.

 

[GardenNut]

Picked a 5-gallon bucket of tomatoes, some cantaloupe, and cukes. Made a 4x10 raised bed to sow some lettuce, spinach and kale. Hope to make another bed for the hardneck garlic I ordered yesterday from Bakers Heirloom seeds.

 

[chickadoodles]

Sounds great Garden Nut.

 

[lazy gardener]

Hubby helped me with the green house this weekend: Put in the dividing rails on either side of the middle walking path. I had put a lasagna layer on the west bed, and was able to break it up a bit to level out the bed to the "rail" Very pleased with what I saw in only 2 weeks of time with stuff breaking down nicely, and nice and black. Can't wait to get the east bed done.

 

[GardenNut]

Hubby helped me with the green house this weekend:  Put in the dividing rails on either side of the middle walking path.  I had put a lasagna layer on the west bed, and was able to break it up a bit to level out the bed to the "rail"  Very pleased with what I saw in only 2 weeks of time with stuff breaking down nicely, and nice and black.  Can't wait to get the east bed done.

Very nice! How big is your greenhouse? I hope to build one in the next couple of years. One many projects on my homestead list.

 

[lazy gardener]

It's small: Cattle panel hoop. 8' x 8' x 6' at peak. I pretty much built it by myself. Needed hubby to drive a few overhead screws that were stubborn. Easy build. If this old biddy can build one, any one can do so. Doors are framed around aluminum storm windows, so they have multiple adjustment options for ventilation, plus full screens. I have covered it with 6 mil poly in the past, but bought a green house tarp for it last fall when we moved it. So, it hasn't been used for a full year. If I were building again, I think I'd build 8 x 12. I like to just go out and sit in it in the winter when the weather is cold and nasty. I can sit in my little chair, poke in the soil, watch the green things growing, harvest a little lettuce, and best of all, soak up the sun, and smell the soil and green!

 

[GardenNut]

It's small:  Cattle panel hoop.  8' x 8' x 6' at peak.  I pretty much built it by myself.  Needed hubby to drive a few overhead screws that were stubborn.  Easy build.  If this old biddy can build one, any one can do so.  Doors are framed around aluminum storm windows, so they have multiple adjustment options for ventilation, plus full screens.  I have covered it with 6 mil poly in the past, but bought a green house tarp for it last fall when we moved it.  So, it hasn't been used for a full year.  If I were building again, I think I'd build 8 x 12.  I like to just go out and sit in it in the winter when the weather is cold and nasty.  I can sit in my little chair, poke in the soil, watch the green things growing, harvest a little lettuce, and best of all, soak up the sun, and smell the soil and green!

That sounds wonderful! Very inspiring! I'd like to build a hoop coop as well as a greenhouse. My 4 chickens in a pre-fab snap lock coop, and although it's been great, it's not big enough, if they have to stay indoors in bad weather, I.e. A snowstorm. I'm trying to figure out to get the panels home, since I don't have a truck. You and @Beekissed are my inspiration!

On a positive note, I made a second raised bed this morning in the garden and raked in some rabbit manure. I bought a tote at wal mart to catch the manure under the rabbit hutch. I hope to eventually add worms for Vermiculture. This garden plot that came with the property has no worms....yet! It's in dire need of lots of compost, wood chips, and any organic matter I can get my hands on! Slow but sure!

 

[politicalcenter]

I am jealous of everyone here. My garden is just starting and it has been so awfully hot! I work in the morning and quit before 10 am. I did build a planter for some azaleas this morning and I plan to fill the bed with peat moss and sand. I think it looks decent and I hope to finish it this afternoon. I am going to mulch with sawdust or wood chips. The wood chips have horse manure in them and I am wondering if it will hurt the plants.

 

[lazy gardener]

That sounds wonderful! Very inspiring! I'd like to build a hoop coop as well as a greenhouse. My 4 chickens in a pre-fab snap lock coop, and although it's been great, it's not big enough, if they have to stay indoors in bad weather, I.e. A snowstorm. I'm trying to figure out to get the panels home, since I don't have a truck. You and @Beekissed are my inspiration!

On a positive note, I made a second raised bed this morning in the garden and raked in some rabbit manure. I bought a tote at wal mart to catch the manure under the rabbit hutch. I hope to eventually add worms for Vermiculture. This garden plot that came with the property has no worms....yet! It's in dire need of lots of compost, wood chips, and any organic matter I can get my hands on! Slow but sure!

Any chance that you can get them delivered? CP are useful for so many things. It's good to order a few extras just to have them handy when inspiration strikes! You need to cultivate some friends with trucks! Perhaps you can do some bartering. I have learned that when transporting CP, it's VERY important to secure the bottom of the panels to the bed of the truck. The last time I transported panels, the wind caught them, and they went rolling down the highway like an overgrown tumbleweed. I thank God that there was no traffic that day. I could have easily killed someone.