What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

OH you can kill carpenter bees. GO ahead! Destructive monsters, and wait until they go after the house or deck!

I mix a batch of warm water a cup of white vinegar, several drops of dawn dish soap and then some orange oil or lemon oil, citrus oil and spray away.

They're not a fan of citrus oil. The dawn lets it stick to whatever you spray it on.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

Decided to donate some eggs to community fridge if anyone wants to weigh in on this question....
Thread 'To Peel or not to Peel (eggs for charity).' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/to-peel-or-not-to-peel-eggs-for-charity.1473705/

 

[oldhen2345]

As @Acre4Me said they are great raw! I did can some, just so I could take a pic of them in the jar, they were really pretty canned looking like lemon slices!

I don't generally wear sunscreen, I'm not a fan of it & it makes me sweat. I got a giant floppy hat that I wear if I'm going to be in the sun for long. It has a flap that hangs down my back & protects my back, neck & shoulders when gardening & a big floppy brim that protects my face. It looks dumb, lol, but it helps!

I have a big floppy straw hat- not very pretty, but I don’t think the birds care.

 

[oldhen2345]

You should see what I wear if I'm out for a long time. It's an 1840s slat bonnet that goes far out in front of my face and covers my shoulders and upper neck. OC my arms and legs are out. LOL. In face, I'm getting ready to make a new one as my old was is seriously ratty. Although, I'm not a fan of hats in any form, I GET SOOOOO hot wearing one, but I need to cut that glare.

I can't stand sunscreen either, but I wear it. It's almost useless out here. On high UV days I wear a monitor with an alarm that tells you when, based on how you burn/tan, skin tone, and what SPF you use in combination with it's constant UV monitoring, how often to reapply your sunscreen. I have days it's going off every 10 minutes. UGH.

Lotion grosses me out tactile thing. Spray doesn't cover everywhere, but it's better than nothing. EVERYTHING is sticky, I don't care what the label says. And when you're out working everything clings to it. Icks me out! That said, I do stay cooler when I wear it. Basically because you aren't roasting.


Is the lawn treated with chemicals? I'd only be concerned then. Otherwise, eh, mine eats Junebugs. She says they taste like peanut butter.

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Morning rant.
I CANNOT STAND GETTING NEW GLASSES!

My prescription has to be dead on, no fudge room, or it effect my vestibular issues and I get dizzy, and anxious, fall down, etc. There is NO "try them for a few days" to get used to them. They are either correct out of the box, or not.

I have to have a pair of script sunglasses, and all day glasses, and a strong pair of script reading glasses (cheaters don't work). When it's time to get new glasses, I DREAD it as all have to be changed and switched out at the same time. Even with insurance it costs me well over $1000 every 2ish years, as I wear them as long as possible to avoid the switch.

I broke my sunglasses plowing snow in January. UGH. I dragged myself in for a new script, but knowing I wouldn't wear NEW glasses until after shearing, the most likely time for me to break glasses, I was going to hold off on buying glasses until early June. But the sales girl talked me into a sale, insurance, more than one pair, blah blah blah. Even in January, the show room was full and loud, and halogen lights, and music and too much conversation. I was on sensory over load and the only way I saw to get out was to say yes, and buy new frames. I bought frames I don't even LIKE FCOL.

Fast forward to a month ago. I couldn't stand being without my sunglasses for another second, so it was time to switch to the new script. Pulled out new pair of day glasses, HUGE piece of the lens missing. UGH. They replaced the lens, and I picked up my glasses last week.

I put them on this morning. UGH same lens, scratch down the middle. WTH?!
AND the script is wrong. I have overlapping vision and the script in the left lens is blurry.

The script in the sunglasses is fine.

Turns out this place has a 90 day like it or swap them deal. Ya, I would have worked harder to switch earlier had I KNOWN that. Now I just want to crumple this pair up and throw them away. EVERY time I have to go in for their mistake it costs me 3 hours and they always act like their doing me a honor by saying 'just pop in anytime you have a problem' . Just....UGH. I should have a problem! Quality control at eyeglass shops STINKS! It's taken me up to 10 trips for some scripts to get them right. NO WONDER glasses cost so much.

Dragging myself in again on Tuesday.
Thanks for allowing me to vent. SO FRUSTRATING.

I sympathize on the glasses. I try not to get new ones until I have to. Two yrs ago, I lost mine somewhere in the yard. Have not found them yet. ? Pixies? I am supposed to wear bifocals, but hate looking like a bobble head doll trying to see straight, so I get single lens and just take them off unless outside, driving or watching TV. Rarely wear my script sunglasses

 

[pennyJo1960]

I actually give fresh eggs banty or large to the food bank here. Pardon the finger in the clematis photo, as you can see it is quite wet out. The rest is our garden or most of it.
You can also see we love our garden whirlies

 

[oldhen2345]

Today I pulled more Asian jasmine. It seems a never ending nightmare, but will eventually get it done. Did get a blister on my finger and cut another one on a brick. Maybe only one more year

 

[BReeder!]

The pup apparently ate my meyer lemon plant. It didn't grow at all anyway. I found out though because I have another pot in the same bay window with a dwarf pomegranate planned that has been doing pretty well. The pup ripped the plant out of the soil though and came around the couch with it in his mouth. I was furious. Roots were attached still so I quickly replanted it and am hoping for the best.

 

[Elyrian1]

... wait a minute, you've just reminded me I can actually grow lemon trees here. Wow!

 

[WthrLady]

I have a big floppy straw hat- not very pretty, but I don’t think the birds care.

OH they're judging you six ways to Sunday.

 

[WthrLady]

I sympathize on the glasses. I try not to get new ones until I have to. Two yrs ago, I lost mine somewhere in the yard. Have not found them yet. ? Pixies? I am supposed to wear bifocals, but hate looking like a bobble head doll trying to see straight, so I get single lens and just take them off unless outside, driving or watching TV. Rarely wear my script sunglasses

I have a strong astigmatism, but due to vestibular disease, cannot do bi or tri focals.

Worked my tail off today. Allergies are kicking my butt. Every time I went outside I was coughing up a lung within 5 minutes and it would take half an hour in the filtered AC inside to stop feeling like I was on the brink of an asthma attack. I swear my lungs are scarred.

Thumb hurts so badly I just want to cry like a toddler.

So no garden report tonight.

Tomorrow is DHs 51st, so while he's working in his downstairs office, I'll try to sneak bake a cake.
Good night all. Don't let the hornworms nibble.