What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

Harvested half the carrots
Bunnies
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Worms
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carrots I get in my garden are like your worm carrots, lol.

 

[chickengr]

it is snowing in athens, sleet here. that's this year's spring.

 

[littledog]

I also bought a pallet buster crowbar.

Yay! I love mine, one of my favorite buys. Makes short work of taking pallets apart with no stress on my back.

 

[WIchickMama]

Anyone else in WI/MN or similar have the itch to start planting some cold weather plants but deep down you know better? I have that itch.....bad.....like a horrible mosquito bite. I just want to plant some spinach, onion sets, SOMETHING! it is going to be near 70 here today but then back down into the 40s for the rest of the week with 2 nights below freezing. I need someone to tie my hands back, start an intervention, something.....I just want to work in the dirt (beyond the clean up of leaves and weeds, lol)

Happy gardening to all that can

 

[Acre4Me]

Anyone else in WI/MN or similar have the itch to start planting some cold weather plants but deep down you know better? I have that itch.....bad.....like a horrible mosquito bite. I just want to plant some spinach, onion sets, SOMETHING! it is going to be near 70 here today but then back down into the 40s for the rest of the week with 2 nights below freezing. I need someone to tie my hands back, start an intervention, something.....I just want to work in the dirt (beyond the clean up of leaves and weeds, lol)

Happy gardening to all that can

Put some clear plastic on your beds to warm up the soil, so you can plant the cool weather things earlier. They say to put down the plastic for 2-3 weeks, but 1 week might be sufficient now. I have put down plastic on 2 beds already to try some early beets and mustard. I have planted my garlic bulblets 2 days ago. I'll be planting potatoes today. We've had a hard freeze with above ground potato plants before, it does not kill them, but depending on how much the plant was impacted will determine how much the yield is impacted). In my area, I'm a bit warmer than you, but not too much - zone 6a.

 

[Acre4Me]

I spent a little under 3 hours at the Farmer’s Market/ animal swap. I sold 9 jars of ( pickles, salsas, jams& jellies ). I’m happy to say I made a profit
There were a lot of variety of things for sale! Calves, dwarf goats, pigs, puppies, rabbits, turkeys, roosters, hens, chicks, Guineas, rats, mice, Guinea pigs, quail, quail eggs, a few plants, home made soaps, breads, cookies, jams, jellies, salsas, pickles, Kleenex box covers, hatching eggs, eating eggs, cages and accessories, toys ( jump ropes & stuffed animals & ??), light bars and who knows what all else!
Because of bird flu no water fowl are allowed per Missouri rules/ guidelines ( whatever).
It’s kind of surprising that they haven’t banned birds all together since many people have their ducks in with their chickens and whatever.
Our weather was absolutely gorgeous today!
When I got home I cleaned out rabbit poop and added it to the gardens. Then cleaned out chicken coop ( dirt floor) and poop boards in other coop and added to compost bin.
Tomorrow I need to buy more shavings so I can clean out and refresh both coops nest boxes and 1 coops floor. Also need to buy rabbit food and egg layer pellets. I want to get more branches sent through the wood chipper too. So far I have 9 big trash bags full. I’m going to use them to mulch around plants in the garden when I finally get to plant.
@igorsMistress my brother just gave me a n aqua timer for my birthday. I saw his last year when I went to visit. I can’t wait to try mine! He bought it at Home Depot. View attachment 3031614
You can program 4 different hoses (zones) and set multiple times and days.

NICE! We've had a Melnor product before for watering (similar but not the same as yours - it was not 4 port, and it was not electronic). Since the hose attachments are plastic, they broke after a couple years, only used in summer, put away for the fall/winter. I think the sun degraded the plastic and weakened it. So, maybe try to shade it a bit? Even a flap of burlap might help. Anyway, It is great to have a hose timer, and great to have several ports.

 

[Sueby]

I'm also in zone 6a & have lettuce out under a hoop of plastic & onion plants. Along with garlic & shallots that were planted last fall & I've uncovered the strawberries. I have a bed warming with a plexiglass cover so I can plant some beans early. There is lots to do in the garden this time of year!

Another busy day yesterday. The garden fence is now finished & everything is wood chipped. We finished cutting down the remnants of the big tree that came down & patched the run netting where it was. Got the dirt in the herb bed. I stopped by the garden store & got some grass seed for the hosta bed in the middle of the front yard that I tore out. A little early for seed yet. But of course I grabbed some rutabaga seed while I was there, lol.

I need to get the coop cleaned out - too many birds in there because of HPAI lockdown. I started a new bin of compost & will let the middle bin cook for the summer.

I lost 2 quarts of broth that didn't seal. Anyone have any ideas why they didn't seal? I wiped them down real good with vinegar. All the pints sealed fine. Jars seemed fine, new Ball lids & 1 in headspace. Just wondering if I'm doing anything wrong pressure canning as I'm new at it. I wonder if it would help to can for longer than 25 mins?

 

[WIchickMama]

Put some clear plastic on your beds to warm up the soil, so you can plant the cool weather things earlier. They say to put down the plastic for 2-3 weeks, but 1 week might be sufficient now. I have put down plastic on 2 beds already to try some early beets and mustard. I have planted my garlic bulblets 2 days ago. I'll be planting potatoes today. We've had a hard freeze with above ground potato plants before, it does not kill them, but depending on how much the plant was impacted will determine how much the yield is impacted). In my area, I'm a bit warmer than you, but not too much - zone 6a.

I will put some down in the 4 beds I have ready today, thanks. I am doing some soil amending in the other area but was able to add some compost to the asparagus yesterday and started adding some compost/extra dirt to the remaining section 3 ft x 20 ft. I hope to find a small fence that I can lean over just for edging purposes, not really any animal deterrent once the ground thaws a bit more

 

[Boppo]

Got my pea/bean innoculant and am ready to plant peas today. Got to make one of those tepee things!

 

[igorsMistress]

I spent a little under 3 hours at the Farmer’s Market/ animal swap. I sold 9 jars of ( pickles, salsas, jams& jellies ). I’m happy to say I made a profit
There were a lot of variety of things for sale! Calves, dwarf goats, pigs, puppies, rabbits, turkeys, roosters, hens, chicks, Guineas, rats, mice, Guinea pigs, quail, quail eggs, a few plants, home made soaps, breads, cookies, jams, jellies, salsas, pickles, Kleenex box covers, hatching eggs, eating eggs, cages and accessories, toys ( jump ropes & stuffed animals & ??), light bars and who knows what all else!
Because of bird flu no water fowl are allowed per Missouri rules/ guidelines ( whatever).
It’s kind of surprising that they haven’t banned birds all together since many people have their ducks in with their chickens and whatever.
Our weather was absolutely gorgeous today!
When I got home I cleaned out rabbit poop and added it to the gardens. Then cleaned out chicken coop ( dirt floor) and poop boards in other coop and added to compost bin.
Tomorrow I need to buy more shavings so I can clean out and refresh both coops nest boxes and 1 coops floor. Also need to buy rabbit food and egg layer pellets. I want to get more branches sent through the wood chipper too. So far I have 9 big trash bags full. I’m going to use them to mulch around plants in the garden when I finally get to plant.
@igorsMistress my brother just gave me a n aqua timer for my birthday. I saw his last year when I went to visit. I can’t wait to try mine! He bought it at Home Depot. View attachment 3031614
You can program 4 different hoses (zones) and set multiple times and days.

Wow, that is a good brother! Thanks Karen, I’ll got take a look while I’m at HD later