What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

ditto cherry tomato tiny, ripe and very sweet

 

[Taliasun]

I picked my 2nd zucchini of the season and encouraged my cucs to climb their trellis instead of a nearby eggplant. This variant is spreading and growing like crazy with tons of blossoms but no cucs yet! My jars want pickles!

 

[pennyJo1960]

None of mine have come on either planted have had two huge Zucchini one of our favorites next will probably be bread

 

[Taliasun]

None of mine have come on either planted have had two huge Zucchini one of our favorites next will probably be bread

Recipe?

 

[pennyJo1960]

You need to join us in our bakers thread but here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/page-1513
Zucchini Bread

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional )

Directions

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

 

[Relleoms]

Any suggestions what to do with my gladiolus after they are done blooming? I’d like to save the bulbs for next year.

 

[cavemanrich]

Any suggestions what to do with my gladiolus after they are done blooming? I’d like to save the bulbs for next year.

Let them die off naturally, and they will come up next year, just like tulips and others.
If you want them in a different location, I would relocate when tops are dried up. Maybe need to wait until autumn. ????
Mine keep coming up in same location year after years.

 

[lazy gardener]

Hubby and I picked the first gallon of raspberries. These will be IQF and set aside for breakfasts and such. Following batches will be either turned into jam right away or frozen for a later jam session.

I picked rhubarb today. Should have done so months ago. It will be turned into strawberry (Jello) rhubarb jam.

 

[lazy gardener]

Glads won't come back in northern climates, UNLESS they are very heavily mulched. My Dad used to lay a sheet of styrofoam over them, then mulch on top of that. In the spring, he'd remove the styrofoam. He always had gorgeous glads. I don't know if he put down any hdw cloth or mouse poison to keep the varmints from eating the glads.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My step Dad had winning glad he would dig them each year then plant them in the spring each year if your in those zones