What did you do in the garden today?

[dan26552]

You can plant them here, i have lots of space and no strawberries!

Lol! I have lots of space just haven't had a chance to make the bed bigger.

 

[Beer can]

I'm jealous! We planted sugar baby watermelon seeds in the spring, had probably close to 2 dozen plants that were looking good, and me & hubs carelessly left them (and our cucumber seedlings) outside during a cold stretch, and they all died... We didn't have time to re-plant them, so had to buy new ones at the garden store. They had cucumber seedlings, but no watermelon! So, we've had no homegrown watermelons this year...

I have had great luck with sugar babies, when I've kept up on weeding them. Last couple yrs I let the weeds eat them up, they just can't handle weeds like pumpkins or squash, not vigorous enough and don't have the big weed drowning leaves.
I'm going to try Blacktail Mountain from SandHill next yr, developed by them and says matures the earliest of the 100 varieties they grow, and 6-10lbs.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Lol! I have lots of space just haven't had a chance to make the bed bigger.

Oh heck, we love strawberries! I think i will order some in spring.

 

[Beer can]

Mangelwurzel's getting bigger. Might have another week before hard frost, hopefully another month. I can wait, but looking forward to piling these things up and see what I end up with.

 

[chickmom3941]

So, looking through canning recipes, I came across one for canning rhubarb. I have 2 three-year-old plants that are going bonkers, and though I did a little baking with it in the spring, I didn't use nearly as much of the plants as I could have. It never even occurred to me that I could have canned a bunch of it - dummy me! Next spring, when the stalks are young, I plan to can a bunch so I can make goodies all year long! The rhubarb plants grow really well here.

 

[Beer can]

So, looking through canning recipes, I came across one for canning rhubarb. I have 2 three-year-old plants that are going bonkers, and though I did a little baking with it in the spring, I didn't use nearly as much of the plants as I could have. It never even occurred to me that I could have canned a bunch of it - dummy me! Next spring, when the stalks are young, I plan to can a bunch so I can make goodies all year long! The rhubarb plants grow really well here.

We have tons of it. It'll grow and last a lifetime or more? Ours are well established old. Usually get a harvest in the spring and then mow it down and then get more in the early fall.
We freeze it, never thought of canning it, though we have made jam out of it.
Couple different ways I like it is boiled down and strained, and use it like 'lemonade'. Also in rhubarb upside down cake instead of pineapple.

 

[chickmom3941]

We have tons of it. It'll grow and last a lifetime or more? Ours are well established old. Usually get a harvest in the spring and then mow it down and then get more in the early fall.
We freeze it, never thought of canning it, though we have made jam out of it.
Couple different ways I like it is boiled down and strained, and use it like 'lemonade'. Also in rhubarb upside down cake instead of pineapple.

Yum! Rhubarb upside down cake sounds awesome! The last thing I made with rhubarb was rhubarb mini tarts. I didn't know you could mow rhubarb plants down and get another harvest in the fall. Are the stalks that re-emerge in the fall as tender as the new stalks in the spring? I might have to try doing that next year.

 

[GardenTillers44]

We had a big 2 year old rhubarb in one of our raised beds. Last fall when we let the flock into the garden to clean up and till, they ate it entirely and dug up the roots. They didn't do that the year before and I was under the impression rhubarb could be toxic to them. It never recovered so we'll have to replant next year and keep it off limits to the girls.

 

[Beer can]

Yum! Rhubarb upside down cake sounds awesome! The last thing I made with rhubarb was rhubarb mini tarts. I didn't know you could mow rhubarb plants down and get another harvest in the fall. Are the stalks that re-emerge in the fall as tender as the new stalks in the spring? I might have to try doing that next year.

Yes they are like new plants. I don't know where I got the idea, maybe my dad did the same? Seems to make them healthier anyway. My bed is a real thick older bed though, don't know if it would be good for new beds.

 

[Beer can]

We had a big 2 year old rhubarb in one of our raised beds. Last fall when we let the flock into the garden to clean up and till, they ate it entirely and dug up the roots. They didn't do that the year before and I was under the impression rhubarb could be toxic to them. It never recovered so we'll have to replant next year and keep it off limits to the girls.

Rhubarb leaves are toxic, nothing else. Don't quote me on this but I think I heard you'd have to eat a wheelbarrow full of leaves to harm you? My chickens have never ate them but they will scratch around them. Plants are pretty solid though so no harm.