What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

First tomato and pepper blossoms today. Finished up an other cuke trellis. Put up jute for the beans to climb.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Oh man! French breakfast is my favorite too!

 

[igorsMistress]

French Breakfast is also my favorite. I like them sliced with a dollop of peanut butter between the slices.

Do you eat leftover baked beans on bread with mayo for breakfast? I ask because it's as strange to me as peanut butter and radishes. Never woulda thought of that. Do the French Breakfast variety have a different flavor from what you get in the store?

 

[Birdsong 82]

Do you eat leftover baked beans on bread with mayo for breakfast? I ask because it's as strange to me as peanut butter and radishes. Never woulda thought of that. Do the French Breakfast variety have a different flavor from what you get in the store?

Yup. Does sound like an odd mix but I’ve tried odd mixes before and been pleasantly surprised (sometimes not). Haha. I’m not real radish experienced ... is there something different about those?

 

[dunnmom]

I just thought of something. In my observation, a lot of animals and insects avoid or will die if eating chocolate because of it's toxicity. Especially, dark chocolate. So, it makes me wonder if cocoa might be useful in the garden if applied a certain way.

Case in point, I left brownies uncovered on the counter last night. We have a few kitchen ants every year. Some years, depending on the weather, we have lots. Lol! Anyway, the ants were having nothing to do with those brownies. Not even going near them.

I've heard bugs and other animals will be repelled by coffee grounds, and interestingly enough, coffee contains some of the same natural substances as cocoa. Big difference being, you can easily get cocoa in a fine powder, where as coffee is typically granular.

Anyone ever try cocoa instead of coffee grounds in the garden, and can share their observations?

 

[igorsMistress]

Watered the sod and bushes today. One more week of daily watering since I've only been watering once a day instead of 2 or 3. Hubs is going to Home Depot for a manual mower...it's just under 200 square feet so there's no point in anything more.

I moved a shade structure we had near the west wall of the yard so that it provides late afternoon shade for the garden. It's a nice area for the girls to dust bathe too.

 

[jerryse]

Yup. Does sound like an odd mix but I’ve tried odd mixes before and been pleasantly surprised (sometimes not). Haha. I’m not real radish experienced ... is there something different about those?

I find they do not get hot or woody as easily as others . Also they tend to not bolt to seed a quick as others . So just dependable .

 

[Birdsong 82]

Actually tried coffee grounds around and between my squash and cukes and beans Friday. Noticed that bugs avoided the lower levels of the squash but there pretty tall so the bugs went up top but better. I think helped with the cukes because they’re not to big yet and seemed to help with the beans... some at the lower levels I noticed it helped between rows where some like to hide but less effective higher up. But squash bugs like to hide low so I noticed some difference. Don’t know how long it helps for... started raining yesterday and has rained TONS. Used fresh coffee grinds. Got huge tub super cheap at Aldi

 

[Birdsong 82]

Sorry misread your post @dunnmom you wanted to know about cocoa powder instead of coffee. I see your theory. I don’t know if I could stand that smell through my garden though. Smells great in these house baking but don’t know bout my garden. Haha

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I think it's more like, why would you wanna waster good cocoa that way? XD I mean, coffee grounds are a byproduct. Maybe cocoa bean shells/pods ground up? If I have cocoa powder, I'm gonna eat it in brownies or something!