What did you do in the garden today?

[Happy hen lover]

These are Eastern Tent caterpillars. Unfortunately birds, including chickens, won't eat them... They are known to defoliate trees which is why I hate them so much. They also attack my strawberry plants.... I sprayed my trees and some plants with BT but we've had spitting rain off and on which washes away my efforts. I destroyed any nests I ran across but it hardly makes a dent.

 

[WthrLady]

The seeding shed is now closed and turned off and I'm about to take the last of the flats down to the greenhouse.
Phew.
Next step....

 

[TJAnonymous]

Here is another bit of info . I do a little plant breeding and try different things . Here are some raspberries seeds sprouting . Difficult to germinate as they need a acid treatment then warm stratification then cold stratification . This imitates a bird pooing seeds in summer then going through winter . Um a large mammal works also . Me View attachment 2641404

interesting....didn't know about the acid treatment but it makes sense. I pureed some raspberries last summer, filtered out the seeds, put them in the freezer for 2 months, then thawed them out and tried to plant. Didn't get any takers. Bummer.

How did you acid wash them?

 

[TJAnonymous]

That's more my style. I need to make my hotty totty - whiskey, black tea, honey and lemon. Need to send DW to get honey and lemon though...

I'll take a cup!

 

[jerryse]

interesting....didn't know about the acid treatment but it makes sense. I pureed some raspberries last summer, filtered out the seeds, put them in the freezer for 2 months, then thawed them out and tried to plant. Didn't get any takers. Bummer.

How did you acid wash them?

I ate them and pooed in a big flower pot . Sulfuric acid is in the digestive system . I never had any luck with battery acid or bleach . Many say those work .

 

[chickinlittles]

Cleaned out greenhouse beds and put starts out on shelves in the greenhouse. I have been taking them outside everyday and back in at night, Hopefully the wildly fluctuating temperatures wont do them in. I also did round two of my seed sewing of vergitables that will go into the outside garden. Yesterday I did a lot of weeding in some of my poppy areas and flower beds,so I made this little videos of my Poppies .

 

[TJAnonymous]

I ate them and pooed in a big flower pot . Sulfuric acid is in the digestive system . I never had any luck with battery acid or bleach . Many say those work .

Well, I asked...right?

My DH works for the Health Dept. If I pooed in a flower pot and put it in the garden, he'd lose his friggin' mind and have me committed....

 

[Happy hen lover]

The seeding shed is now closed and turned off and I'm about to take the last of the flats down to the greenhouse.
Phew.
Next step....

Hey husker when did you start you tomatoes and peppers seedling's in shed? I need to write down for next year.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Well, I asked...right?

My DH works for the Health Dept. If I pooed in a flower pot and put it in the garden, he'd lose his friggin' mind and have me committed....

I wondered too looks like it worked great! I have to ask , Did you just eat seeds?

 

[neo71665]

Tilled up my pepper patch for my habanero and ghost peppers. Planted some more grape and beefsteak tomatoes.