What did you do in the garden today?

[CapricornFarm]

I don't know about you folks, but i am getting tired of watering! Seems like it never rains here. All the flowers were planted this year, and they are drinking a lot. Probably come spring i will be begging for a dry day. It has helped me with working on my coop, but sometimes you need a day off. Today i put 3 siding boards on the coop and cut another. Then my IBS was so bad i just went indoors, and even had a nap! So of course, now i am wide awake. Maybe tomorrow will be a shopping day.

 

[chickmom3941]

Our general purpose shed turned into a garden shed once we got the garage shed and the workshop. Now we just need to move the rest of the tools etc out of there. It is located very close to the garden, bonus!

Yes, it will be so nice having everything handy and close to the garden! Hubs & I were continuously misplacing gardening items, and it dawned on us that we could convert our basically unused shed into a garden shed. My brother had given us a fancy wrought iron door, and we had some other materials laying around that we were able to use on the shed, as well. So far, we haven't spent anything on it. The paint will cost a little, but will be for both the shed & the coop. We still have some work to do on it, but it's going to be so nice to have everything garden-related in one place, plus it's cute and looks great in the yard!

 

[User395221]

I got to chase all of the chooks out of my veggie garden. They kicked around all my new plants. I

 

[Mama Runner]

Anyone know about Apple trees? My brother is eventually going to be moving in with us. He loves honey crisp apples. I would like to get some trees of that kind and some Granny Smith.
He and I used to play in my Grandmother's orchards for hours. It's some of our happiest memories.
I live in Kentucky not to far from Bowling Green.
Any ideas? Comments? Ideas? He is coming for Christmas to visit and I would like to surprise him, with a small orchard.

 

[NanaKat]

I have a Honey Crisp as well as a Gala, Jonathan red, a Cortland, a McIntosh and two others. I got dwarf trees because they were easier for me to spray and harvest. They also produce fruit in 2 to three years. Got all of mine from Stark Nursery mail order. They come bare root and can be fall planted.

 

[lazy gardener]

I have a Honey Crisp as well as a Gala, Jonathan red, a Cortland, a McIntosh and two others. I got dwarf trees because they were easier for me to spray and harvest. They also produce fruit in 2 to three years. Got all of mine from Stark Nursery mail order. They come bare root and can be fall planted.

How long ago did you plant them? Will have to check them out. I've ordered from St. Lawrence and Fedco. All bare root.

 

[NanaKat]

Today, I picked some green peppers to go in the water for making broth from the chicken bones....today is butcher and canning day for the young cull roosters.....I have 13 to butcher and skin and then can the breast and thigh meat. I will freeze the wings and drumsticks.
I also add onions, carrots and celery to that broth water. Think this time I will pressure cook the bones so I can can the broth today too.

 

[NanaKat]

How long ago did you plant them? Will have to check them out. I've ordered from St. Lawrence and Fedco. All bare root.

Some of the trees are now 15 years old, some are from last year's order. I have apples, pears, plums, peaches.
I dig a hole two feet in diameter and 1.5 feet deep. This dirt without grass goes in a wheel barrow. Then I slope the top of the hole out another 12 inches around the hole to remove the grass. I Mix a couple of shovels of compost with the dirt from the hole and cover the bottom of the hole with a mound...set in the tree so the graft is above the ground level. Spread out the roots and even lay some on the slope and back fill with the dirt mixture to about half the hole. Fill the hole with water to settle the dirt around the roots and let it drain. Finish filling the hole and tamp down around the roots. Water again. When the water drains down top dress the slope with compost and the remaining soil. I make a dirt ring around the outside edge of the slope to act as a weed/grass barrier. For winter I spiral cut a liter bottle and wrap that around the tree trunk to keep the rabbits from chewing the bark.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Anyone know about Apple trees? My brother is eventually going to be moving in with us. He loves honey crisp apples. I would like to get some trees of that kind and some Granny Smith.
He and I used to play in my Grandmother's orchards for hours. It's some of our happiest memories.
I live in Kentucky not to far from Bowling Green.
Any ideas? Comments? Ideas? He is coming for Christmas to visit and I would like to surprise him, with a small orchard.

My brother and I chased each other in the orchard playing army a rude form of tag really folks had 160 acres to get lost in we did it well.. We have a small orchard here 4 apple not sure of varieties a pear I canned about 10 quarts from it last year have not touched even one quart, We also have a choke cherry no one wants but the chickens

I have a Honey Crisp as well as a Gala, Jonathan red, a Cortland, a McIntosh and two others. I got dwarf trees because they were easier for me to spray and harvest. They also produce fruit in 2 to three years. Got all of mine from Stark Nursery mail order. They come bare root and can be fall planted.

I use Gurney's nursery mail order

 

[lazy gardener]

Some of the trees are now 15 years old, some are from last year's order. I have apples, pears, plums, peaches.
I dig a hole two feet in diameter and 1.5 feet deep. This dirt without grass goes in a wheel barrow. Then I slope the top of the hole out another 12 inches around the hole to remove the grass. I Mix a couple of shovels of compost with the dirt from the hole and cover the bottom of the hole with a mound...set in the tree so the graft is above the ground level. Spread out the roots and even lay some on the slope and back fill with the dirt mixture to about half the hole. Fill the hole with water to settle the dirt around the roots and let it drain. Finish filling the hole and tamp down around the roots. Water again. When the water drains down top dress the slope with compost and the remaining soil. I make a dirt ring around the outside edge of the slope to act as a weed/grass barrier. For winter I spiral cut a liter bottle and wrap that around the tree trunk to keep the rabbits from chewing the bark.

I like this idea. good to recycle. I plant garlic and Narcissus or Daffodils around all of my trees, and have yet to see any rodent or vole damage. The deer keep pruning back my Elderberries. They like the cultivated ones, but leave the wild ones alone.