What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

We raise Butternut squash every year. 19 on the vines now. They keep well into winter and you can ripen them by putting them on a windowsill or table that gets some amount of sun or bright daylight. Rotate them periodically. They stay rock hard until you cook them.

I never liked butternut. couldn't understand why it was the only kind of squash my BIL ever bought. Totally bland mush, not worth bothering to eat IMO. So, last year, i decided to try growing it to see if I really DID NOT LIKE BN, or perhaps I just didn't like the fake impostors sold at the grocery stores. My experience with home grown BN convinced me that it will be invited to my garden often.

Does anyone know what this stuff is? I hope it is useful for something, there is a lot of it View attachment 1129735 down by the river!

Creeping charlie. My birds like to eat it. I tolerate it. Like the fact that it produces a nice green carpet that is easier to maintain than grass. It also smells awesome when cut. Every year, I envision drying a mess of it to use as an aromatic in the nest boxes. Ever notice how you NEVER see any insect damage on CC??? But, time gets ahead of me, and I rarely get it dried. I hate the stuff b/c of the way it creeps through my garden fence to invade my planting space.

Here's the hen that set 11 eggs during the worst part of heat wave.
This is the second batch this year for her
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Love the puffed up broody porcupine look.

 

[lazy gardener]

I have the first batch of apple sauce cooked on the stove, ready to pull the skins out, season it, and can it. Will use my immersion blender to chop the skins and give them to the birds, along with the cores. They will also get about 2 qts of tomato seeds/skins left from yesterday's canning. Need to pick beans today: either can or make dilly beans.

 

[CapricornFarm]

It is raining today so no gardening activities, but i did get a great deal on Chicken wire abd hardware cloth at walmart, $7-9 per roll! I bought all they had.
The dog is doing much better, he is eating hard food and drinking water! Plus he jumped up on the sofa, so i think he may actually survive!

 

[pennyJo1960]

he may be a tad bruised but nothing was broken ? keep an eye on the little guy a few days

 

[chickmom3941]

It is raining today so no gardening activities, but i did get a great deal on Chicken wire abd hardware cloth at walmart, $7-9 per roll! I bought all they had.
The dog is doing much better, he is eating hard food and drinking water! Plus he jumped up on the sofa, so i think he may actually survive!

Oh, I'm so happy to hear this! Believe it or not, I've been thinking and worrying about your dog all day! Hope he continues to get better!

 

[chickmom3941]

I have the first batch of apple sauce cooked on the stove, ready to pull the skins out, season it, and can it. Will use my immersion blender to chop the skins and give them to the birds, along with the cores. They will also get about 2 qts of tomato seeds/skins left from yesterday's canning. Need to pick beans today: either can or make dilly beans.

Yum! We had a bountiful apple crop a few years ago, so I made some apple butter. It was a huge hit, especially with the granddaughters! We still have some left that we're eating up. My son just had bagels with cream cheese and apple butter the other day, and he gave me a taste - it was really good!

 

[lazy gardener]

I bought my apples. Not cheap to make that way, but home made ... that's spoiled me for any thing store bought.

 

[NanaKat]

It is raining today so no gardening activities, but i did get a great deal on Chicken wire abd hardware cloth at walmart, $7-9 per roll! I bought all they had.
The dog is doing much better, he is eating hard food and drinking water! Plus he jumped up on the sofa, so i think he may actually survive!

So glad to hear your dog is doing better!

Picked up tomatoes at our Local fruit market and canned 22 pints of salsa and 3 quarts of homemade V-8 juice using the other ingredients from our garden.

The elderberries have continued to bloom and set fruit....totally out of character. While the harvests are small, I now have a gallon of frozen berries collected.

 

[CapricornFarm]

he may be a tad bruised but nothing was broken ? keep an eye on the little guy a few days

Oh yes, he is getting special treatment. He still seems to be alright.
My cat is recovering from her spay surgery, she was staggering around so i shut her up in my bedroom.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear this! Believe it or not, I've been thinking and worrying about your dog all day! Hope he continues to get better!

Thanks, my former neighbor has been keeping up with his progress too! He really is a cute little fellow. He loves her, will even sit in her lap. He does not like to sit in my lap because i cut his toenails there!