What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Going to water what I have started in the greenhouse sound like wind has come out outside

 

[MissChick@dee]

We had pretty bad flooding this year from our creek. I'm debating turning over some of the dirt and plopping in some sunflowers. It's clay soil, but the creek deposited a bit of sediment. Am I just wishful thinking or are sunflowers pretty tough? I know they grow awesome here with loosened soil in the garden....

There’s only one thing I dislike about Sunflowers...Hawks! Yep all birds love SS and hawks love to come and eat those birds.
I created myself a lil’ hawk buffet.
All though..I do want to grow a few well placed Giant SS for ... fence posts yep that’s right. I had one last year grow 12’ the stalk was as big as my fist. I cut it down (4’) and then got lazy and just left it didn’t dig it up. Good thing I did. A grommet ripped on my tarp and Volia!!! Perfect post to tie down tarp. Held well. My ground is so rocky & hard I’m already getting spots ready for where I need to grow some “Posts” I’ll cut them before they seed.

 

[Searsmom]

My chickens distract the hawks, they're too big to be picked up though. It's those little yellow birds that snatch the sunflowers, but they're so cute and very small, so not much of a dent.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Went out found the Son had watered the inside for me .. I had asked he water all we planted but he did inside also thanked him profusely

 

[WthrLady]

8.5 hours out in 75 degrees. It was amazing! OC I can't feel my anything. I crammed in a bunch of work that has to be done outside to include walking 4 acres of hay and pasture fields killing cedar trees. 4 acres in six foot wide rows. That's a LOT of walking. I didn't find any antler drops, which is surprising. I did find a few ground squirrel colonies. and TWO HUGE holes that are probably a badger, who eats ground squirrels. Neither are welcome as they leave hole for me and the other critters to fall into.

The clover in the yard is starting to come up gangbusters and some of the lawn/pasture is starting to green up. We will have to replant about 1/3 of the pasture due to flooding/mud. All 7 will have to be aerated, but I'll do that next week.

Last fall, before the leaf drop, I marked questionable orchard trees with color coded zip ties. I replaced two red marked ties as they had too many branches that didn't make it through our impossible winter. The orange and yellow trees will get until July to prove themselves. I replanted two trees and fertilized and mulched them.

I love the feeling of going to bed tired from a hard days work. Honest tired.

 

[pennyJo1960]

best feeling I agree I sleep so much better after a days solid work

 

[agedog1]

I use Alfalfa hey in the guinea's coop in just one area under the nesting box. I cover the coops when it rains and I move the coops every 3 days (both coops are tractor coops)

 

[pennyJo1960]

Great way I use Silky coop tractor they have one but a standard coop also has to be for knox as our outside cats want to eat them

 

[MissChick@dee]

8.5 hours out in 75 degrees. It was amazing! OC I can't feel my anything. I crammed in a bunch of work that has to be done outside to include walking 4 acres of hay and pasture fields killing cedar trees. 4 acres in six foot wide rows. That's a LOT of walking. I didn't find any antler drops, which is surprising. I did find a few ground squirrel colonies. and TWO HUGE holes that are probably a badger, who eats ground squirrels. Neither are welcome as they leave hole for me and the other critters to fall into.

The clover in the yard is starting to come up gangbusters and some of the lawn/pasture is starting to green up. We will have to replant about 1/3 of the pasture due to flooding/mud. All 7 will have to be aerated, but I'll do that next week.

Last fall, before the leaf drop, I marked questionable orchard trees with color coded zip ties. I replaced two red marked ties as they had too many branches that didn't make it through our impossible winter. The orange and yellow trees will get until July to prove themselves. I replanted two trees and fertilized and mulched them.

I love the feeling of going to bed tired from a hard days work. Honest tired.

Good for you
I take naps (sometimes) Iffin I’m having a bad day. I love that it’s light until 7:00p. Nice to be able to work a bit longer.

 

[WthrLady]

Never been a napper. I wake up more tired than if i had skipped it. Lol.

Tomorrow I'll work on the hives, swap out a bolt on the plug aerator, maybe a trip to town for the grocery and tractor supply.