What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

Good morning gardeners. I’ve been working on the garage and got most of the stuff sorted. There’s a pile of soil amendments, a bunch of stuff in the bucket now, and all the pots are sorted. I have a ton of plastic pots in various sizes so that’s handy. I only have one bin from the mealworm farms that’s useable so washed that out. I needed a break so took the buggy to the gas station and did a bit of grocery shopping. I’m headed back out to put the soaker hoses in the shade garden and check on the ducks. Then I’ll go through seeds and get the indoor stuff organized and plant some things. All the tomatoes came up but only one jalapeño and no Thai chilies. I have some green bean seeds out to start also. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I can’t imagine collecting enough plastic bottles to do something like that. However if you don’t have regular recycling pick up I suppose it could have some value.

 

[NewBoots]

Cold and raining again today so other than seeing to the critter needs not much going on outside. The roast came out amazing, I added some potatoes about an hour before it was done but that was the only change I made to the recipe. I've never cooked meat in beer before and I was afraid it would taste too strong but it didn't at all. Plenty of leftovers so no need to even cook today. So of course I have a banana bread in the oven.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Sounds yummy @NewBoots. DD and I have decided to help out local restaurants and order delivery for dinner on Saturdays. We take turns ordering. Tonight is my turn. The best part, no dishes to wash.

 

[Acre4Me]

Snow is in the forecast tonight. estimates are a bit all over the place, but seems like 6" is a common trend. And its going to be heavy wet stuff! I've seen a couple estimates as low as 2-3" and a few 9+"....so we will see what we get by tomorrow morning. Normally, this would just be fine...its on a Sunday, no-one goes to work tomorrow....except now spouse has to go to work tomorrow bc a co-worker's father died, so that co-worker is off and they were unable to find a replacement...probably no-one volunteered due to the weather! Since its a Sunday, they will not likely plow very early. The only good thing is that we are fairly close to a healthcare facility, so they generally always keep that maintained/plowed for any potential ambulances (even though it is not a hospital). Make it to the roads that border that facility and usually then it is pretty smooth going. But the drive is long!

Tonight's recipe: White Chicken Chili. Mmm..mmm..yum! I just make a triple batch so there is plenty for freezing. my recipe is actually just a list of ingredients from someone - I never got the recipe...lol and forgot to ask. She gave me the ingredients to buy for a meal our team was making at a Ronald McDonald house! She made the chili that night per her recipe, but it was really yummy. I never remember to write down the instructions , so every time I make it, I have to determine a procedure based on the ingredients! Fairly straight forward though, it is a roux for the thickener...then proceed as usual with ingredients in typical order, ending with all the shredded Jack cheese and sour cream to melt/warm before serving. Gotta cook the chicken first to chop/shred to add to the pot.

 

[igorsMistress]

I can’t imagine collecting enough plastic bottles to do something like that. However if you don’t have regular recycling pick up I suppose it could have some value.

We use reusable bottles for our water, the stuff that comes from the tap tastes gross, so I never have stuff like that around either. Plus, it doesn’t work here. The sun rots plastic in a season and so the effort isn’t worth it.

 

[RoseHawke]

Got two of the replacement garden "boxes" put together. Mr. RoseHawke helped which made a big difference in how much actual work it was. These are supposed to be semi-temporary until I can replace them with the treated wood and corrugated steel versions which hopefully will be the last time we ever have to do this. I think this is the third? time I've replaced these boxes with just construction yellow pine.

 

[igorsMistress]

Cold and raining again today so other than seeing to the critter needs not much going on outside. The roast came out amazing, I added some potatoes about an hour before it was done but that was the only change I made to the recipe. I've never cooked meat in beer before and I was afraid it would taste too strong but it didn't at all. Plenty of leftovers so no need to even cook today. So of course I have a banana bread in the oven.

We made it through all of our bananas this week but I found a few zucchini in the fridge that needed using up so zucchini bread is in the oven.

 

[igorsMistress]

Got two of the replacement garden "boxes" put together. Mr. RoseHawke helped which made a big difference in how much actual work it was. These are supposed to be semi-temporary until I can replace them with the treated wood and corrugated steel versions which hopefully will be the last time we ever have to do this. I think this is the third? time I've replaced these boxes with just construction yellow pine.

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My back aches just looking at them! They look great! Are you using the same soil or replacing that as well?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Got two of the replacement garden "boxes" put together. Mr. RoseHawke helped which made a big difference in how much actual work it was. These are supposed to be semi-temporary until I can replace them with the treated wood and corrugated steel versions which hopefully will be the last time we ever have to do this. I think this is the third? time I've replaced these boxes with just construction yellow pine.

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Paint both sides they will last longer
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