What did you do in the garden today?

[BullChick]

We have a rule that anyone who finds money in the washer or dryer gets to keep it. Best way I've found yet to get the kids to do their own laundry!

I was a nanny, and they had that rule too. The husband gloated because he found $5 I had left, and he found it while taking my stuff from the dryer. I found his $50. Guess who wanted his money back?

 

[vall]

Just recently was told that watermelon and zucchini can cross pollinate and that they cannot be planted next to each other. If they are, then you will get a bad tasting fruit.

So, I looked it up today...am not finding anything on this, and still believe that the issue would come next year from the cross pollinated seeds gathered this year.

Anyone else ever hear of this?

No, sounds like rubbish. I grew watermelon and squash next to each other last year and both tasted great. They are pretty much next to each other this year too.

I have some plants coming up in my flower beds that I'm not a hundred percent sure I can identify. I'm pretty sure they are from the wildflower seeds that I threw in there last year and there are few dahlias in there as well. Can anybody identify the rest by the leaves? I'm thinking maybe zinnias. This part of the flower bed looks a bit like a weed bed right now.

I don't see any zinnias the leaves are a little wider, with no serrations.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners took everything but black mustard to the garden .. Planted it in a cat box want it for salads and pesto ..

 

[Sueby]

I can't wait for gooseberries! There are so many on this little bush, it's crazy. I think they turn clear when ripe, this is the first year the bush has produced. (just googled it, I could be wrong & these will stay green - no idea what variety it is)


Decided to put a shad cloth over the lettuce, I don't want it to bolt in these redic 90 degree days we're having.

 

[WthrLady]

Garden is doing its thing in the wild.
Dishwasher guys have come, installed and gone.
I have cleaned after them and mopped and vacuumed.

Waiting on the siding guy (AGAIN) texted to see if he was bothering to come today and if so when. He said he had a funeral to go to at lunch hour then was planning to swing by my place after UGH. And was a I supposed to just know that and hang around all dang day waiting?!?!? Ridiculous in this day and age.

I'll need to water and get root stimulator on the garden tomorrow. THen hope we don't get damaging winds/hail Wednesday night

 

[pennyJo1960]

Won't water next few days only had to like 2 time since planting tired of the rain .. want cheese with my Whine

 

[WthrLady]

Iris' are blooming like crazy!!! tightly closed this morning and full open today. SMELLS AMAZING out there!

 

[WthrLady]

Especially happy with the orchid markings on this cross.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Envious of all your beautiful gardens Our last frost date is in three weeks - June 15th! Though we have had frost and snow on June 26th before. Hope to start planting outside in a little bit, but for now I'm content watching the garlic, onions, beets, kale, and celery grow

 

[Sally PB]

Due to my pitiful germination rate on the shorter season (58-65 days) tomatoes, I have an open row in my garden. I might fill it with purchased starts, or maybe something else from seed. Or maybe a bunch of onions.

The very best germination rate I had was my own saved seed from my Amish Paste. 19 for 19, and the plants look good. The second best was also saved seed from a friend, Cherokee Purple (never grown it before) and it was 7 out of 9.

The seeds I purchased were at BEST 3 of 9. And some of them I planted twice, so it might be 3 of 18.

I really hope some of the purchased seeds do well, tomato-wise. I'd like to save seed from them and have more tomato diversity. I want some determinate varieties that produce big tomatoes for canning.