What did you do in the garden today?

[NewBoots]

House plant questions: Has anyone here ever kept a venus flytrap and were they difficult to care for?

@Eggscaping, my DP is the expert on carnivorous plants including flytraps. I'll see if I can snag her in.

 

[black_cat]

@Eggscaping, my DP is the expert on carnivorous plants including flytraps. I'll see if I can snag her in.

Thanks!

 

[black_cat]

I put netting over most berry fruit. That works for birds. No squirrels or chipmunks here, so no idea how much deterrent they need.
Venus fly traps are easy to keep. I did manage to kill one, but it was outside and being "nurtured" with solid neglect.

Do you just put the netting on the plant, or do you make a frame and put it around the plant on that?

 

[Kiwibird]

Do you just put the netting on the plant, or do you make a frame and put it around the plant on that?

A cage is better, even a tomato cage, because if the netting is touching the fruit, the birds will just peck through it.

 

[Compost King]

I went out in the rain and harvested bottom leaves on my Bok Choy and some green onions and had them in a stir fry. The Store Bok Choy looks so much better but my Bok Choy was far more tender and tasted so much better. I washed the leaves off but when I went to cut them into tiny strips as I do for stir fry there was a tiny earthworm on one of them. I actually put the worm back out into the garden and washed that one leaf again. I wasn't even grossed out. I love earth worms and do not find them to be gross but I still washed off that leaf a 2nd time before I cut it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Funny but I do the same I love the worms they do a great job

 

[Compost King]

Funny but I do the same I love the worms they do a great job

I was actually happy to see him lol. It means my soil is healthy because the worm was nice and firm. we had a lot of rain (TY Sally) and its common for worms here to climb out of the soil and on to solid objects until the rain stops. Now if I found a caterpillar or a vegetable eating pest I might have gotten sick seeing it as I was preparing food.

 

[Acre4Me]

What do you think of your Barred Rocks?

We like them! We will likely order some more for the spring. They are a good strong hen personality, which is good for the young males growing up in a flock. My kid got one of them trained to jump straight up for getting treats out of her fingers. Like you would see a dog jump!! And a pair of BR got her a trophy at fair last year

Sally being a good hurricane

Lol. Glad you got a perfect amount of rain. Sally was good to my oldest living on the FL coast -excessive rain, flooding, wind etc in the general area where she lives, which caused her to get 2 days off work...and she took today off bc it’s her birthday today, so she’s happy with the unexpected 5 day weekend!

 

[sourland]

Yellow jackets are gone.

 

[Sueby]

Morning all.

Snakes just really creep me out for some reason, I mean they have no legs or arms! I know they're good & all, but I like to pretend they don't exist in my yard.

I don't grow raspberries, but my neighbor does & they cover their entire patch with cloth & use supports. & I was going to say that @NewBoots might be able to with the carnivorous plants!

That's good @Acre4Me, I wanted something that hopefully wouldn't be bossed around by the reds, sound like they may be a good mix.

I have a friend coming over to do some canning today, not sure what he wants to can though, but he's a newb & looking to see if he enjoys it. I'm thawing my frozen san marzs to make some sauce today too, but I won't can it. I'll use most to make stewed meatballs, the rest I'll freeze.

@Wee Farmer Sarah they are talking the possibility of a slight frost this weekend. Something about it not being 32 or lower, but because the ground is still so warm even warmer temps can produce frost on plants. I'm not sure I believe all that, I think the weatherman may have been hitting the scotch a little early.

So I've loved the green beans because they have no bugs, I was picking beans for dinner & found a tiny green worm chewing a hole in a bean! My adoration of green beans has waned. WTH? Maybe cabbage worms?

Yellow jackets are nasty critters. I don't kill much, but those suckers burn.

Have a great day everyone!