What did you do in the garden today?

[cmom]

I'm an old army vet. Soon it will be time to plant but we are getting rain off and on from Eta. We can use it here. We are seriously downsizing this year. It's too hot here in the summers to garden so ours is in the winter months. We start with plants that can tolerate some frost should we get any. This is me around 50 years ago. No camo back then. We were the green machine.

I had chickens prior to going into the army. Can't have any there.

 

[oldhen2345]

@oldhen2345 would you share your zucchini bread recipe? I’m still looking for the perfect one for me but I haven’t found it yet. I still have 11 zucchini sitting on my counter.

Here ya go.

Zucchini Bread​

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups grated zucchini - lightly packed -do not drain liquid
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup vegetable oil -or your preferred cooking oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, add the grated zucchini, sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Stir just until no dry flour remains, trying not to over mix.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 50 to 54 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of the bread should come out with moist crumbs on it.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.
Store covered in the refrigerator.
*This bread is best served after it has been refrigerated for at least 12 hours.

 

[Sueby]

Got the Dahlias in before the rain!

These chicken are going to be the death of me. Now on top of treating the littles for cocci I have a hen limping. I have her in a crate in the secure run for now. It sure does seem like it hurts but I worry because the older girls weren't vaccinated for Mareks but the new littles were. That whole leaky vaccine & stuff. I'm 95% sure she sprained it running from the leaf blower. They are quarantined as best I can, but it's not 100%, I'm sure.

 

[karenerwin]

I cut off all of the marigold heads from all of the plants I pulled up. There were a LOT of them! It took me over an hour. Then I burned all the left over plant material. I felt like I had so many pests this year that I have been trying to burn all the left over plant matter in order to try to destroy any eggs or anything that might have been trying to overwinter there.
I also got more things out of the storage unit and delivered. Now I just have 3 boxes (2 labeled pictures and 1 labeled old books) plus 1 plastic storage tote to look through. Then 1 box of stuff to "show" my brothers ( by sending pictures. 1 piece of furniture to bring home. A few framed pictures ( Jesse Barnes and such) then I am down to what was set aside for my brothers (per their requests)! I can load those up and plan a road trip to Arkansas and then later (probably after the new year) another road trip to Arizona! And the storage unit will be empty!! I'm glad I will have it done before the end of the month. Plus, I have even started Christmas shopping.
I do need to butcher 2 of the meat chickens for Thanksgiving ( per daughter's request).
Supposed to be heading to my son's house tomorrow to celebrate November birthdays ( his wife's on the 13th, his on the 19th and his stepson on the 27th). Hopefully the pendant he/we are having made for his wife will be ready for me to pick up tomorrow like it is supposed to be.
I hope she likes it, It is made from Citrine (that his Grandfather on his Dad's side gave him when he was a little boy) and some small diamonds (from a ring that my Grandmother gave me when I was a teenager). So it has a lot of significance to it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh my @karenerwin how precious
Morning Gardeners day alone to myself both the BF and Son are going to home depot

 

[NewBoots]

Big storm blowing through here right now, we're hoping we keep power. No gardening today until it blows over, then I'll do a walk about.

 

[ackie]

I pulled up a couple carrots today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

It is just wet here rain for forseable future going to float again
nothing in the garden brussle sprouts still growing

 

[Sueby]

Morning all. Raining here too, supposed to clear up & be a nice weekend.

I still have rutabagas in the garden. Waiting for a couple frosts I guess. Will do the last of the leaf clean up this weekend, the trees are pretty bare. I got 3 bags stored away in the shed & 2 bins of the compost pile filled with them. That should hold me over. The fig tree is inside drying out before I make poor DH carry it upstairs! Thing is heavy. Maybe I'll just wheel it into my bedroom - we don't heat it. Hmm, I think I just had a lightbulb moment!

My hurt leg girl is getting better, though she's still in chicken hospital. I don't want her hopping up & down from the roost yet, maybe tomorrow.

Off to watch a movie or something till the rain ends. Have a great day everyone.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Hmm, anyone got suggestions on great rutabaga dishes? We were gifted a lot from another gardener and they're HUGE. Not sure how to utilize them tbh....