What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

So, I looked up the Luffa on Burpee site to see what they said. Looks like (from pics) that it produces tendrils to attach to things and grows quite a bit. Here is their description, indicating it can be a "cucumber substitute" when young and tender:

However, this reviewer below indicates its similar to Okra when young! I'm thinking Okra and cucumber are pretty different, but if my Luffa grows for me and produces fruits, I might have to do a little taste experimentation!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners may be able to get a several new established plants in the ground

 

[Sueby]

@AllenK RGV thank you, I am gladly ending this week TODAY!! Tell me about your basil again - it's self propagating or something you said? Interested because my sister is a HUGE basil fan, I think she could live on it.

@Acre4Me I love poppies too! I was lucky enough to see a beautiful display of them at the Tower of London, they weren't real, but the display was stunning, nonetheless. & cheers, I mixed my cocktail.

@jerryse yes, I always assumed they'd be carriers & it would come back at any time - the vet, who is an avian vet, said he'd never heard such a thing, lol. I have no desire to raise chicks & just have a small backyard flock for our personal consumption of eggs so we decided we didn't want to cull, it would be ok to deal with it popping up here & there. We do take precautions - the neighbors with chickens change clothes if they come over, we stay in the front yard if we go to their house, I have 'chicken shoes', etc. It did remind me that I was considering rehoming my mean girl, I won't do that - we'll cull her instead if need be.

 

[Sueby]

OMG the loofah cucumber okra has me laughing!

 

[Sueby]

Those poppies are stunning! I have some orange ones and a bright blood red one. I got them as plants, Good on you for doing it from seed because I’ve tried and didn’t succeed.
If gourds grow like cucumbers yes they have tendrils that will grab and climb. I find that I have to train some of the vines to go up but they have stayed when I insist. Good luck! Post pics!

@Sequel are they perennials??

 

[AllenK RGV]

@AllenK RGV thank you, I am gladly ending this week TODAY!! Tell me about your basil again - it's self propagating or something you said? Interested because my sister is a HUGE basil fan, I think she could live on it.

@Acre4Me I love poppies too! I was lucky enough to see a beautiful display of them at the Tower of London, they weren't real, but the display was stunning, nonetheless. & cheers, I mixed my cocktail.

@jerryse yes, I always assumed they'd be carriers & it would come back at any time - the vet, who is an avian vet, said he'd never heard such a thing, lol. I have no desire to raise chicks & just have a small backyard flock for our personal consumption of eggs so we decided we didn't want to cull, it would be ok to deal with it popping up here & there. We do take precautions - the neighbors with chickens change clothes if they come over, we stay in the front yard if we go to their house, I have 'chicken shoes', etc. It did remind me that I was considering rehoming my mean girl, I won't do that - we'll cull her instead if need be.

I do not have anything special in my basil, just that it happily has been reseeding and through at least 5 years with us. It is indestructible in heat and drought if those are concerns for you.

 

[FortCluck]

Collected mint, thyme, and butter crunch lettuce for the bunnies. This weekend we are doing the other garden bed for tomatoes and peppers.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ya I have my perrenial herbs I love so much chives garlic on one, onion the other ...
Rosemary.. mint, lavender basil and sage could go on and on .. love cooking with fresh

 

[TropicalBabies]

Sounds awesome! Sounds like an amazing incubator! I'm doing my first chicken egg incubation now. I bought the cheapest still-air incubator that TSC had - a Little Giant. It has been going well, so far. They go into lock-down tonight, and hatching should commence Monday or Tuesday. Some eggs look more filled with a chick than others, so I am slightly concerned. However, all are moving around, so they are alive. I have only had one quitter (and 11 infertile - no embryo at all). They are going to be mixed breeds. My plan is to take them to auction next weekend, assuming that all goes well! Of course, the resident young teen is already trying to convince me into keeping some chicks!

Fantastic!!! I lack the expertise and extra eggs to get an incubator that is not fail safe. I am sure I would blow it... positive, and the guilt would be more than I wanted to shoulder lol. Maybe after I get a few hatches under my belt and have the need for another I will get the courage to get a more wo-manual one. Maybe by then our local feed store will actually have one .
Please keep me posted on your hatch... most exciting!!! What breeds are you mixing? Very curious. Think after you see them you may have to keep at least a few
I separated my keepers to the lower pen this morning because I have a few people coming to pick up chicks this weekend. I figured I would keep 7 because our laws say 4 hens per household and I only have 21 hens and pullets and 1 roo now (don't tell DH) so they just kind of cancel each other out according to chicken math. Well, I picked out 15 chicks (lordy they are so cute when they are yours and mixed!) for me to at least grow out, will revisit selling later because I wanted to sell as pullets anyways... oops
Think I need an intervention because you have me thinking of a back up incubator (nothing to do with my existing chicken count...)and my first is not even shipped yet. Plus I am running out of fingers and toes to count with. Thank goodness for my elementary edumacation and pencils with erasers.

 

[Sequel]

@Sequel are they perennials??

Yes they are! They will completely disappear in a few weeks but they’ll be back next year! Just remember where they are if you’re digging around.