What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

Okay, I have a spinning kind. We’re good… except I don’t have wine. I keep forgetting to put it in my cart when loading up with $200+ of liquor.

You cannot properly get things spinning without wine.

 

[BullChick]

Being in the country has really changed me. I used to insist that the bottle cost at least $60. Now I am okay with $5 a bottle. The last time I had wine, I was drinking out of Duckling’s sippy cups.

 

[Elyrian1]

Speaking of hoses… I hate mine because it kinks like crazy. Unfortunately, it’s the only one that didn’t break in less than a summer. It’s a 50’ orange one from Walmart, and is now showing wear at the kinks. It is not leaking yet.
So, who has a hose they actually can recommend?

I've got one for you. Craftsman Hose Hope it links correctly, if not, I'll try again in the morning. However, we've put it through heck and it's never leaked nor kinked. And Dh uses it for company work as well with no issues.

 

[Beer can]

I think I got that. If you could stop drinking, and start with the part about the reel. “It comes off in cold” is the only part I can’t figure out.
Otherwise… two hoses. Both rubber, and have 10 year warranties. One comes out to $.50/foot, the other is $.75, and that’s on sale. The most expensive is $1/foot for hot water.

You won't regret it. I bought a good 50' few yrs back. I leave mine outside all yr it's still like new. Well worth the extra $.

 

[Sueby]

Morning all.

@TJAnonymous I'm sorry about the flood! That's awful. My sister has a town drain/culvert in her back yard that will get clogged up & flood her yard. The neighbors throw their brush & leaves in it & clog it up all the time. The town is pretty good about cleaning it out when she calls. I hope you get a good response today.

Hoses - I have to say I bought one of those flexible/expandable hoses a few years ago & much to my surprise it hasn't died yet. *knockonwood* I did my research before hand though. I wanted the flexible hose because my back doesn't appreciate manipulating the weight of the regular hose out to & around the garden, I find the flexi much easier on me.

I left the cayenne peppers out overnight last night for the first time, I should be able to plant them I think. Nothing much else going on in the garden except some growing!

 

[Acre4Me]

A day of gardening and painting inside. The peppers will all hopefully get planted.

yesterday, I used the most finished compost to mulch around the potatoes, and some tomatoes. Today, I’ll hopefully finish mulching all the tomatoes.

Apparently a stray (predator!) cat can eat one,

I always find this a strange worry...a cat eating a moth ball. The moth balls repell them, and cats aren’t going to eat them. We had quite a few stray cats in our area around our rental when we moved in (we no longer live there, so who knows if it’s better or worse). There were cats pooping next to to front door, behind the bushes, and spraying the foundation wall. So it stank. The basement also had a smell from the spraying the foundation. We did some research, and poured vinegar on the foundation walls, removed the poop and cleaned up that area, and placed mothballs under the bushes. All mothballs stayed put, cats stayed away. All strays in the area remained -so I was still seeing all the same feral cats after placing moth balls (snd the the whole next year), as before we placed them. But, it worked and cats stayed away. Eventually the mothballs “melted” from the rain, etc.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . I am going fishing today . I need a stress relief day . Weather had me down . Now it is going to hit 83 . Yuck . The plants need the heat to catch up .

 

[Sally PB]

I have to get the butternut squash planted today. Must. Plant. Butternut. Everything else is negotiable.

 

[chickengr]

I was feeling so lucky we were due for a bit of rain today, right after I planted my squashes and pumpkins. My tomatoes, eggplants, cukes and luffas hardening off outside and doing well so far, couldn't be hurt by a bit of rain, or so I thought?
We ended up getting two hailstorms! I was at work, so couldn't do anything about my poor baby plants.
Out of all the babies, all the luffa seem OK, the cukes are all dead, most of the eggplant survived, the tomatoes got knocked down but a few look like they might be OK.

Time to direct seed cukes, plant the surviving tomatoes, eggplants and luffas under row covers, and probably buy some tomato plants from the store (sigh.)

tomatoes should be ok, just leave them alone. I have had enough experience with tomatoes and storms. egg plants are tough as well. I even had a few cucumbers recover.

 

[chickengr]

The ground is soggy today- great for pulling weeds(Aka Asian jasmine). Put up the fly catchers around the chicken yard- so far 3 flies caught . Maybe this afternoon, will refill my seed trays and try again and get my planters filled.

my bourbon red turkey is a fly catcher