What did you do in the garden today?

[Happy hen lover]

I am not sleeping much. I slept in and then laid down again for a bit because I didn't feel well. I'm still dealing with a sore throat, but I'm wide awake now after all the extra rest this morning. So I went ahead and up potted zucchini, winter pumpkins, butternut squash, one of the sugar pumpkins, half straight eight cucumbers and half the pickle cucumbers (the other half of the cucumbers were planted a few days late). I need to get sunflowers, basil and oregano transplanted outside ASAP, probably tomorrow some time. A bunch of peppers are ready to go out as well, but I'm waiting until the weekend for those.

I too did not get to plant last few years and I feel I'm planting it all this year! Ha ha . I started a lot in house but tomatoes and peppers are disappointing to say the least. Cukes and squashed are doing great and almost warm enough to put outside to get sunshine now. I think next year might do some grow mats and lights. Is that what you did? I don't have good space at any south window but my tomatoes take forever! I also found most seed packets I had were too old. Does anyone else use grow lights? Curious. Signed covered in peat moss.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I need to replant a bunch of no-show tomatoes. The seeds with the best germination rate are the Amish Paste that I saved from last year.

Supposed to get to the mid-upper 70s today. I sure hope so.

I had a box of seeds very little gemination. So I went crazy planting my butternut seeds saved from squashes last year thinking they wouldn't do great but NO everyone grew and I have 12 plants! Ha ha

 

[Happy hen lover]

The plan today:
step 1: Survive the day - I feel like crud still but better than yesterday morning.
step 2: make it through this work shop I have to lead form 11am-1pm and the the meeting I have 1pm-2pm. I'm very hoarse and my throat is killing me, so this is really a challenge today.
step 3: ditch work as early as possible and get to the hardware store to buy grass seed and exchange the broken weeding tool.
step 4: spread grass seed in certain areas and weed and feed over the established grass.
step 5: get into the garden and plant the strawberries and onions that are expected to arrive today from Gurneys. (going to be 200 onions now since I couldn't cancel them but already bought sets at the store)
step 6: Transplant the largest pepper starts (now plants that are forming buds I keep removing) into the garden.
step 7: water the garden and grass seed
step 8: get over feeling like crap

Should be a good day!

Sounds like a week not a day! Hope you make it through. Drink lots of fluid!

 

[Happy hen lover]

Picked up some geraniums:

In this pot are two planted geraniums (look at that lavender one!) along with Alpine strawberries. The other plants here are going to be planted elsewhere - they are just waiting in small pots.
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PEPPERS! UGH - they take forever. I've been keeping them warm as much as possible No, they have not gotten overheated, as I place them lower in the portable greenhouse if sunny. But still 4 have not yet sprouted!
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Many starts of peppers and tomatoes and gourds. Some strawberries too. I haven't started anything else as the melons and squash prefer to be direct seeded or started only 1-2 weeks before planting.
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Our 10-week old chicks. 6 BR, 6 EE (but one is a male and he will have to leave), and 3 SS (the one standing on far left is male, and we will keep him).
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So, normally, we go out when it is low light and take them off the railing to put them inside the coop. It works pretty well. However, last night one of the EE was NOT going in. I tried many tactics, I put up barriers (she'd jump up and over), I put up portable fencing...nope, not having it, I waiting a while so she would go back to roost on railing and it was darker. But I hadn't even gone in the gate to get her, when she jumped down and ran off. FINE! she spent the night outside the coop, alone. Maybe tonight she'll choose to go inside.

I'm so frustrated with my pepper starts! They take forever and so picky. I thought I'd lost my green thumb till I put a squash seed in . Yes germination ! Funny how something like that little green bump in a pot can bring so much happiness.

 

[WthrLady]

I too did not get to plant last few years and I feel I'm planting it all this year! Ha ha . I started a lot in house but tomatoes and peppers are disappointing to say the least. Cukes and squashed are doing great and almost warm enough to put outside to get sunshine now. I think next year might do some grow mats and lights. Is that what you did? I don't have good space at any south window but my tomatoes take forever! I also found most seed packets I had were too old. Does anyone else use grow lights? Curious. Signed covered in peat moss.

SE Nebraska here. I use broad spectrum daylight LED shop lights in the sprouting shed.

 

[BReeder!]

I got my test results. Negative.
I'm happy the test says I don't have Covid, but I certainly have something. Sticking to taking vitamins and cold/flu meds and staying away from DW and the kids for now. Hoping I'm not in that false negative percentage. It's likely a strain of the flu though if I had to guess. Just riding it out unless things get worse, in which case I would see a doctor. I am getting some mucus out, so that's a good sign.

I still wet outside into the garden of course even though I'm sick and it's cool and wet out. I transplanted zucchini that I just up potted the other day. The roots already extended through the bottom of the pots and the real leaves were already open and growing. I didn't want to keep them inside longer than necessary. I also need to transplant the rest of the marigolds. I haven't gotten to them yet though. That will likely be tomorrow as long as the rain holds off.

 

[pintail_drake2004]

Wife bought me an early Fathers day gift, a new 7' tiller for my tractor. With the nice weather yesterday, I decided to put it to use and till up a 40x70' pumpkin patch. Hoping to grow a giant this year!

 

[pennyJo1960]

What a wonderful gift you where given tll like three more times adding compost (chicken poo)

 

[chickengr]

Good morning gardeners. I am definitely getting outside today after work. Had some heat exhaustion on Saturday, it snuck up on me but it was my fault. Not doing that again, but do have chores to get done before this happens
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I am NOT ready for triple digits.

our forecast is similar. I am ready for triple digits but my garden is not!

 

[chickengr]

Yea for praying mantis they are so beneficial you can buy them online! Sounds like a busy day

maybe I should catch and export praying mantis, lol. we have plenty of them.