What did you do in the garden today?

Today I tilled a part of the garden that didn't do so well over the winter. I dug up the collards that were there - they are starting to flower. Should I bother trying to replant them? I've gotten basil to un-bolt and start leafing out again but I don't know if brassicas will reset like that.
Likely not worth trying. I’d just cut off the leaves that are on it now if they aren’t too bitter.
 
Sorry @WthrLady ! That is sad and frustrating! And minks are so small and vicious, it’s hard to keep them out always due to their size!

neighbor noted some large coon tracks in his mud, only 30 or so feet from the north end of our chicken run. Chicken run is not secure, but they usually begin by digging and we can trap...hopefully this averts tragedy over here. We have plans to improve the run...just takes time.
 
Warm but very windy here today. I got a bucket of weeds for the chickens and raked up more dead grass thatch for the garden.

I had a left over heel of bread that I gave to the chickens as extra special chickie snack. They aren't lap chickens, but one of them was beside me and I petted her a few times before she left. I wish bread were a healthy snack for them. They are much more brave for that treat than they are for anything else.
 
So question - why do tulips not flower? They were here when I bought the house. The greens come up every year, about 1/4 of them actually produce flowers. They're in the front bed that's mulched on the west side of the house so they don't get a ton of light, but get much more this time of year before the trees leaf out.

I'm not a person to spend any time on flowers - if I can't eat it it needs to be self sufficient (unless it's a Dahlia!) so needless to say, they don't get any attention. I'm thinking I'll just dig them up & get rid of them. They're kind of like weeds to me if they don't flower & I won't spend any time on them but I could possibly, maybe, feed them. Maybe. :lau

Thoughts?
 
So question - why do tulips not flower? They were here when I bought the house. The greens come up every year, about 1/4 of them actually produce flowers. They're in the front bed that's mulched on the west side of the house so they don't get a ton of light, but get much more this time of year before the trees leaf out.

I'm not a person to spend any time on flowers - if I can't eat it it needs to be self sufficient (unless it's a Dahlia!) so needless to say, they don't get any attention. I'm thinking I'll just dig them up & get rid of them. They're kind of like weeds to me if they don't flower & I won't spend any time on them but I could possibly, maybe, feed them. Maybe. :lau

Thoughts?
I think that normal if they are more than 2 years old. Most places in the states the climate isn’t right for them to be very long lived. Some types are tougher though. Here in Alabama you almost never see any bloom the second year and most people treat them like annuals.
 
I wonder how small of a gap Minks can get through. I've never seen one in real life.
ONE INCH! and they follow the scent of the mice, who urinate while they walk everywhere and leave a scent trail. The mink find that tiny hole and VERY quickly enlarge it if they have to. He chewed up and through a rubber floor mat to get to what he though was a mouse hole, but turned out to be hardware cloth. Tried to dig in SIX places around the coop/run, until he found that mouse hole at a corner, where there was a gap in the cloth. Boom. IN.

It's creepy how quiet the coop is with only a dozen birds in there. Can't tell me they don't miss the others. The whole pecking order is screwed up. The rooster has been calling all day. Breaks my heart.

Even the alpacas knew something was wrong. They just watched and watched while I cleaned. Sat and looked. UGH!
Just look how sad.
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I think that normal if they are more than 2 years old. Most places in the states the climate isn’t right for them to be very long lived. Some types are tougher though. Here in Alabama you almost never see any bloom the second year and most people treat them like annuals.
They can also go too deep. Each year the bulb sets another lower bulb. After they get so deep they don't make it anymore.
Also if they have a cold snap at the wrong time, they go into panic mode and don't flower and set a new bulb and greenery to survive.
Also if they manage to get too much fertilizer, they do the same.
 

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