What did you do in the garden today?

[21hens-incharge]

It got hot already.

I am trying to get my tomato cages built.

So far just one but I need 11.



The other rungs are drying.

 

[danceswithronin]

Checked my seedlings in the flats (peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce) and checked to make sure all my potted flowers were watered. I've gotten a very, very late start on the garden this spring because of torrential rains, resodding the yard, and generally being busy with other things.

Goals for this weekend:

- Level the yard where chicken coop is going to be installed

- Plant four hydrangea bushes

- Plant a sh*t-ton more vegetable seedlings in seed flats

- Buy some started vegetables

- Plant ten daylilies

- Weed bed along the pool

- Plant four blueberry bushes/clear brush in berry patch

- Buy like, 40 bags of peat moss and garden soil and start amending pronto

 

[pennyJo1960]

It got hot already.

I am trying to get my tomato cages built.

So far just one but I need 11.

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The other rungs are drying.

wow they use to be really cheap like at walmart but yours are really nice

 

[21hens-incharge]

wow they use to be really cheap like at walmart but yours are really nice

My tomatoes tend to get 6-8' tall. The wind blows them over when I try to use the wire cages.
I made the cage to be 6' tall so should be able to hold the tomatoes.

I have never seen wal marts cages so I had no idea they had wood ones.

They cost me about 18 bucks to make including hardware.

 

[chickadoodles]

CM its pretty brittle and cracked down the stem and brown all the way through.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Awww, laaame.
Put int a couple more hours weeding so far today. Gonna make dinner then have another couple hours before the sun goes down. Plus a couple rabbit cages and bringing some plants up. Almost done!

 

[pennyJo1960]

No walmart I am sure would not have wood just metal ones

 

[lazy gardener]

It got hot already.

I am trying to get my tomato cages built.

So far just one but I need 11.


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The other rungs are drying.

Awesome cage. How you gonna stake it down? That blue is gonna look beautiful when it's draped with green foliage and red tomatoes.

 

[chickadoodles]

That blue cage is beautiful.

 

[21hens-incharge]

The plan is to use T-posts.......but I hate that idea.

It will work for the 2 I cut to this height.

The others I will likely leave 8' tall and sink the legs. Even with no concrete they should last 5+ years......maybe.