What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

I forgot a pack of mushrooms in the fridge. it seems they started to grow. I am going to look for some videos on youtube what to do with them. hope to grow mushrooms!

 

[Acre4Me]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Yes, we ate until we were just a little too stuffed, capping it all off with pumpkin pie.

We roasted the male Bourbon Red Turkey we raised this year, and he was tasty! No, not quite as plump as a Butterball type turkey, but he weighed just under 15 lbs dressed for the oven. He was approx 8 months old.

The morning of his last day:

getting prepped for oven:

Done and about to be removed from the oven.

 

[jerryse]

So yesterday I split a 12 pond turkey lengthwise . Cooked one half . Just right for 2 people . 2 meals yesterday and enough for 1 meal today .

 

[chickengr]

I planted onions, mushrooms and peas. just before a horrible storm.

 

[Sueby]

This thread is lovely to read!
I’m preparing the ground where the vegetable garden will be. It was abandoned for quite some time so an awful lot of plants were growing there. I have to remove them all and prepare everything to cultivate everything I’d like. I still have a lot to do, but I’ll go little by little.

Welcome!

Sorry about Inky @NewBoots.

@Acre4Me what a beautiful turkey! Looks delish!

@igorsMistress - thank you. That's why I like the EEs - they all look different & you never know what you're going to get.

We had a good day yesterday. I didn't stuff myself, I hate that feeling after. We didn't even make a dessert!

 

[WthrLady]

My husband cut back all the Asparagus. I put fertilizer on the Asparagus and sulfer acidifier on the Blueberry bushes yesterday. Need to cover the Asparagus to get ready for winter now.
Tuesday, I sprayed the peach trees with copper, and I spread Gypsum in the orchard. For the past several years I've been spreading Gypsum to break up the heavy deep clay. The orchard trees have been doing great so it must be working.

Thanks for reminding me. I need to order more gypsum.

 

[karenerwin]

Took 4?wagon loads of leaves from the driveway to the garden.
My niece always sends me home with the turkey carcass so that is boiling down in the stove this morning. Last night I got over 4 pounds of meat off of the 2 carcasses.
She also sends me how with all the veggie scraps and peelings. I divide those between the chickens, rabbits and compost for the garden. I’m so happy that she always thinks of me and my animals and garden.

 

[igorsMistress]

Been on my feet just about all day, cooking and cleaning up. Tired!

The next sunny day, I'm going to sit in the green house and soak up some solar energy.

That sounds so nice!

This thread is lovely to read!
I’m preparing the ground where the vegetable garden will be. It was abandoned for quite some time so an awful lot of plants were growing there. I have to remove them all and prepare everything to cultivate everything I’d like. I still have a lot to do, but I’ll go little by little.

Welcome!

Watered and threw on the frost cover for the night. 35F is the forecasted low, and it's already pretty chilly out.

Other than that, ate too much pie, cooked too much food, then needed to fudge the rest of the day to recover enough to ... eat some more pie!!!!

Cleanup can wait until tomorrow, when I hope to wake up with a bit more energy and feeling less sick. Fingers crossed. Happy digesting and turkey comas everybody!

We scaled way back and still had too much!

My husband cut back all the Asparagus. I put fertilizer on the Asparagus and sulfer acidifier on the Blueberry bushes yesterday. Need to cover the Asparagus to get ready for winter now.
Tuesday, I sprayed the peach trees with copper, and I spread Gypsum in the orchard. For the past several years I've been spreading Gypsum to break up the heavy deep clay. The orchard trees have been doing great so it must be working.

I put gypsum in every hole I dig for a plant here, our soil is so hard!

I believe rabbits didn't eat zucchini because they preferred lettuce. they do eat zucchini's, pumpkin's etc. leaves.

Lettuce isn’t really what buns prefer. They’ll eat just about any vegetable greens and herbs though.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Yes, we ate until we were just a little too stuffed, capping it all off with pumpkin pie.

We roasted the male Bourbon Red Turkey we raised this year, and he was tasty! No, not quite as plump as a Butterball type turkey, but he weighed just under 15 lbs dressed for the oven. He was approx 8 months old.

The morning of his last day:
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getting prepped for oven:
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Done and about to be removed from the oven.
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Nice turkey! Plump is one thing, but fat is another lol. 15 lbs is a good weight, and doing it yourself made that meal all the better I bet.

 

[WthrLady]

NO gardening today.
yesterday's high of 35 is replaced by today's high of 64, good grief. Not complaining, just wow.
Just finished upcycling some older wool into a pair of mittens for my sister for Christmas. I dislike the pattern for cutting, so I'll create a new one, and one that will fit my slightly wider hands.

 

[Sueby]

Took 4?wagon loads of leaves from the driveway to the garden.
My niece always sends me home with the turkey carcass so that is boiling down in the stove this morning. Last night I got over 4 pounds of meat off of the 2 carcasses.
She also sends me how with all the veggie scraps and peelings. I divide those between the chickens, rabbits and compost for the garden. I’m so happy that she always thinks of me and my animals and garden.

I plan to ask my nephew what his plans are for the turkey carcass tomorrow. I'd love to make a good turkey soup, or even just a broth if he's not going to use it. & that is super sweet that she thinks of you. I would love that!

DH & I were talking about it the other day - we don't waste much around here between me refusing to, the chickens & the compost everything gets used at least once! Twice if I can make a broth from it, lol. I cringe when I see what people throw away.