What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Going to finish cleaning out a bed this morning and plant turnip seeds and lettuce transplants. I have a box of day lilies I ordered. That I need to plant also.
Then get ready to go to the city at noon for surgery at 3pm.

praying it all goes as planned

 

[NanaKat]

Back home now and doing fine. Surgery was a typical case for Doctor. No weight for several weeks when stitches come out. Ice and meds as needed.
This morning Got 6 rows of turnips planted in the 16 foot beds and found 6 lettuce to transplant. Also found some clumps of garlic I missed this summer. Split them up and set them. Watered them in.
Don't use gloves in the garden so I had to bleach my hands before surgery. Carpal tunnel...wanted my nails and fingers to be stainless. Lol

 

[pennyJo1960]

Back home now and doing fine. Surgery was a typical case for Doctor. No weight for several weeks when stitches come out. Ice and meds as needed.
This morning Got 6 rows of turnips planted in the 16 foot beds and found 6 lettuce to transplant. Also found some clumps of garlic I missed this summer. Split them up and set them. Watered them in.
Don't use gloves in the garden so I had to bleach my hands before surgery.

I know what you mean I was moving day after mine was done

 

[NanaKat]

14 pints of tomato soup in the jar today (started prepping them yesterday). Crock pot full of concord grapes, with an other bag to be cleaned and cooked. Hoping I can find someone with a food mill. I want to make jam, not jelly out of them.

Yet an other killing frost last night. 31.2 this morning after sun had started to rise. Lawn and windshields were white. Yet the BTE garden remains unscathed by frost.

In a pinch you can use a large colonder with spatula to press the frui thru the holes and separate the seeds.

We're well into fall now here in Minnesota, but no frost yet, luckily. Our squash/pumpkins are still growing, but not full-sized yet. I doubt they're going to get much bigger before frost. We dug up some turnips and I made roasted root veggies with them. Yum! Will have to harvest the rest of them soon, along with the rutabagas and store in downstairs fridge (used like a root cellar). Lots of other veggies to harvest, too, but waiting as long as possible. We're probably going to get frost within a week or two, so won't be long now.

I used some old sheets to cover my squash at night to extend their growing time...old throw rugs work too.

 

[karenerwin]

I'm jealous that you all still have something to do in your garden!!

I harvested 7 green beans today. No, not 7 quarts, 7 green beans
I believe my garden is pretty much done! I'm going to pull up the remaining cherry tomato plants and the regular tomato plants. I'm not even seeing any flowers, let alone actual produce on them.

Well, I do still have my sweet potato plants. They are really still very small vines. I am thinking that I am suppose to dig them up when the vines die. I really want to "look" to see if anything is forming/growing, but I also don't want to mess it up if something(s) is growing.

Sunday I buried the deer carcass in the garden. (From the deer that my daughter hit with the car). The poor little guy broke 3 legs (badly). The conservation agent that a passerby called said she was calling a deputy to come put it down. (We were there and ready to do it ourselves, but didn't since she said they had called the deputy). Long story, short. We called a conservation agent back 14 hours later (Sunday morning) and got permission to do it ourselves since no one ever showed up to take care of it. I was really that they made that poor deer suffer for 14 hours. He was barely hanging on Sunday morning.

He hadn't taken any internal damage, just the 3 severely broken legs, so I went ahead and harvested the meat and put the carcass in the garden to break down over the Fall/Winter. I figure it is better than just letting it rot on the side of the road.

I also need to get a lot more wood chips to put in my garden. The soil was very dry and hard under the thin layer of wood chips. Not sure how thick I'm suppose to layer the wood chips on for BTE gardening.

 

[igorsMistress]

Back home now and doing fine. Surgery was a typical case for Doctor. No weight for several weeks when stitches come out. Ice and meds as needed.
This morning Got 6 rows of turnips planted in the 16 foot beds and found 6 lettuce to transplant. Also found some clumps of garlic I missed this summer. Split them up and set them. Watered them in.
Don't use gloves in the garden so I had to bleach my hands before surgery. Carpal tunnel...wanted my nails and fingers to be stainless. Lol

Glad you're home and all is well.

 

[chickmom3941]

I've started working on integrating our dog with the chicks. I've been taking him out to do his duties on a leash in the front yard, but yesterday, I took him out on his leash into the fenced area that the chickens and him usually share, to see his reaction to the chicks. They are getting much bigger, and look like hens now, just not full size. Brutus (our dog) doesn't bother the adults, but when chicks are small, his predatory instincts go into high gear. Last night, when I took him out there, he gave the chicks a few glances (which immediately elicited a stern "NO!" from me), but overall, he ignored them, so I let him off his leash, without incident. I think what really gets him going is those baby peeping sounds that real young chicks make, but ours don't make those sounds nearly as much anymore, so I think we're nearing the point where I can safely let Brutus out alone with them. I won't do it yet, till I feel a little more confident he can be trusted, but think we're getting there soon. Can't wait till I don't have to go with every time he wants to go out!

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm jealous that you all still have something to do in your garden!!

I harvested 7 green beans today. No, not 7 quarts, 7 green beans
I believe my garden is pretty much done! I'm going to pull up the remaining cherry tomato plants and the regular tomato plants. I'm not even seeing any flowers, let alone actual produce on them.

Well, I do still have my sweet potato plants. They are really still very small vines. I am thinking that I am suppose to dig them up when the vines die. I really want to "look" to see if anything is forming/growing, but I also don't want to mess it up if something(s) is growing.

Sunday I buried the deer carcass in the garden. (From the deer that my daughter hit with the car). The poor little guy broke 3 legs (badly). The conservation agent that a passerby called said she was calling a deputy to come put it down. (We were there and ready to do it ourselves, but didn't since she said they had called the deputy). Long story, short. We called a conservation agent back 14 hours later (Sunday morning) and got permission to do it ourselves since no one ever showed up to take care of it. I was really that they made that poor deer suffer for 14 hours. He was barely hanging on Sunday morning.

He hadn't taken any internal damage, just the 3 severely broken legs, so I went ahead and harvested the meat and put the carcass in the garden to break down over the Fall/Winter. I figure it is better than just letting it rot on the side of the road.

I also need to get a lot more wood chips to put in my garden. The soil was very dry and hard under the thin layer of wood chips. Not sure how thick I'm suppose to layer the wood chips on for BTE gardening.

My beans have put out an other flush of blossoms. I imagine they would keep going for an other 3 months, if the frost didn't take them. My secret is to keep them watered, and give them an occasional shot of Miracle gro. Also, if you can keep them picked so the plants don't set any FILLED pods, that will keep them producing. The plants goal is to produce seed. So, if you keep them picked, the plant will keep working. That MG seems to really keep those blossoms coming.

As for BTE, I believe the recommendation is 6". I try to have a minimum of 3 - 4", and when I have to skimp on chip depth, I put down a nice base layer of cardboard. I have found that when I dig under a new chip application THE FOLLOWING SPRING, there will still be some live grass and other weedy growth that would gladly push up through the chips. By occluding all light with that cardboard, it helps to eventually kill those waiting weeds.

 

[black_dove2]

I've started working on integrating our dog with the chicks. I've been taking him out to do his duties on a leash in the front yard, but yesterday, I took him out on his leash into the fenced area that the chickens and him usually share, to see his reaction to the chicks. They are getting much bigger, and look like hens now, just not full size. Brutus (our dog) doesn't bother the adults, but when chicks are small, his predatory instincts go into high gear. Last night, when I took him out there, he gave the chicks a few glances (which immediately elicited a stern "NO!" from me), but overall, he ignored them, so I let him off his leash, without incident. I think what really gets him going is those baby peeping sounds that real young chicks make, but ours don't make those sounds nearly as much anymore, so I think we're nearing the point where I can safely let Brutus out alone with them. I won't do it yet, till I feel a little more confident he can be trusted, but think we're getting there soon. Can't wait till I don't have to go with every time he wants to go out!

That's great!!!! Congrats, you're so right about those peeps. They sound like squeaky toys. Mine would tear up just to find the squeaky and just cradle in their mouth.

my cocker for first time since I got the chicks (through my own fault) got in the run yesterday. Fortunately I was able to catch hen that he chased out calm her down. So blessed she wasn't hurt and settled in to regular routine of laying an egg.

I have an outer gate 10' from run. Something happened in my yard with one of the dogs, I ran and didn't secure either gate and he slipped by.

I sure won't be doing that again. My cocker might try to find squeaky and succeed .

 

[black_dove2]

I ran across this interesting article for the bee keepers among you about a count by regular people not just by scientists and bee keepers.

https://blog.nature.org/science/201...re-bee-atlas/?src=social.nature.facebook.main