What did you do in the garden today?

[Ascholten]

What happens when they abuse this covaids crap and the supply chains are not working and the store shelves are empty? Now what you gonna do?

The biggest thing I enjoy is the satisfaction of knowing I grew it MYSELF, and I also know what's in it, or should I say what is NOT in it. Some stuff is like weeds too, it does not take much effort to grow at all. Starvation is a powerful motivator, people may find themselves soon without a choice but to start doing things themselves, more and more. Especially America, we got fat, lazy, slovenly. Those days are fast ending.

Aaron

 

[vall]

It is usually less work to work for the money to buy your food at the store than to do the work to grow it yourself. Depending on what you have to buy to grow your food -- land? tools? seeds? plants? fertilizer? water? -- it's cheaper to get it at the store too. This is assuming you donate your time.

What you can't buy at the store is the satisfaction of growing it yourself, the range of varieties, and the knowledge of where your food came from and what was put on it.

And the flavor! Picking fruit that is actually ripe, instead of green so it holds up to being shipped across the world. Even something like jalapenos.. last time I had to buy them they were mild and watery. I'm spoiled now.

 

[Ascholten]

And the flavor! Picking fruit that is actually ripe, instead of green so it holds up to being shipped across the world. Even something like jalapenos.. last time I had to buy them they were mild and watery. I'm spoiled now.

I find all Jalepeno's are weak in the store. I think it's a legal thing, some powder puff bites into a hot one and the lawyer gets a phone call, aww my tummy hurts so im suring...so they nerf everything. Farmers markets you can find decent stuff IF they grow it locally. Or grow them yourself.

At one time I had like 25 different peppers growing in pots, i moved, I don't want to say past that, but laterally??? I grow all kinds of stuff now, just not all peppers anymore. My problem is I want to do all this stuff. but each new hobby, or hell, even .. different plant now, takes the most precious thing a person has... time. Before you know it, the day is gone, you been bustin your butt all day and can't point to one thing or another that is COMPLETE and say, yah, I did that today. Oh I did a little of this, little of that. started this, twiddled that, fixed this .. you always find time to start NEW crap, never FINISH old crap... the curse of the elderly. Gardening is the worse, that HAS to be hell,.. oh you want redemption, sure noooOOOOproblem, when ALL of the gardening work is done... you can go !!! .... Hah !!! Little do we know.

Its fun though and in some odd way, even though Im sore as hell and know I will literally have to crawl down the stairs in the morning, the satisfaction of knowing you did a bunch of stuff, or have a whole table of stuff that needs canning, cooking, freeze drying, and having the bird yelling at you because HE wants some too... is a good feeling. It lets you know you are still alive.

Aaron

 

[BReeder!]

My cilantro in the seed starter didn’t make it,

I need no luck starting cilantro indoors. It gets leggy and withers fast. I planted the seeds right in the soil outside and they grew great.

 

[BReeder!]

Storm came through yesterday. Steady light rain today. A lot of leaves fell but they're all wet. Tomorrow we may get snow. Waiting for the opportunity to get the leaves uo when they're dry so I can pile them in the garden, duck run, chicken run, and compost bins; but only after the kids are done jumping in the piles of course.

 

[chickengr]

I was building a coop on a windy, cold day and caught cold. nothing bad but it slowed me down. my lettuce/celery/carrots/parsley still wait to be transplanted. with the escape chickens I cannot take chances.

 

[Sally PB]

Its fun though and in some odd way, even though Im sore as hell and know I will literally have to crawl down the stairs in the morning, the satisfaction of knowing you did a bunch of stuff, or have a whole table of stuff that needs canning, cooking, freeze drying, and having the bird yelling at you because HE wants some too... is a good feeling. It lets you know you are still alive.

Yes!

 

[Elyrian1]

Last night DH was griping about daylight savings because it's dark when he gets home now. So he donned his headlamp, built a small fire in the middle of the yard (which is packed gravel and sand) and built a garden box. I'm going to try to get it filled today, but I'm dealing with an annoying little health thing that produces flu-like body aches. Uphill battle today, folks. Also, forecast says 37 tonight. I might break out the frost cover just in case.

 

[WthrLady]

currently feels like 20 degrees.
Mums are outside being shocked into dormancy.
Tiny baby tomato plant and zinnia are slow to grow in a house I keep at 67. But they have each other for company.

 

[Ascholten]

That's another problem I have to deal with too. I have several plants that frost will flat out kill. I will have to move the pots in somewhere warm. Originally I had a trailer Id run them up into but they are a LOT bigger now, so into the garage it will be when frost comes.

Problem is, garage is a huge mess, I need to do some serious cleaning, re arranging, throwing out etc etc so I can FIT some plants in there. Wow, even more work to do. Well I did want to build a camp fire and just sit around this weekend.... just because I can, and to relax a bit..... maybe all the crap I get out of the garage, instead of the garbage man,.... fire pit it.

Aaron