What did you do in the garden today?

[cardinall]

My seeds are doing great! Flowers are starting to pop up too

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Looking good Riss! What seeds?

 

[Iluveggers]

I have a question and was wondering if any of you could help me out. I usually only grow zinnias, nasturtium and sunflowers from seed, and buy a few petunias and marigolds from the local greenhouse to add in between my veggies. This year I was given a bunch of leftover seeds from last year from a friend since we are adding a herb/flower garden. The veggie side will be fenced so the chickens can forage and be on bug control when I want them to be, so I don’t want to plant anything poisonous to them on that side.

Here are the seeds I have:
Nasturtium
Sunflower
Coleus
Morning glory
Impatiens
Lupine
Zinnia
Bee balm
Black eyed susan
Foxglove
Marigols
Celosia
Phlox
Borage
Amaranth
Echinacea
Marbles/Marvel of Peru

I have no idea what spreads or becomes invasive, what is dangerous/poison, and when I would need to seed any of them (indoors before frost or wait til last frost date & direct seed). I can plant flowers not safe for chickens on the flower side (they won’t have access in that area).

If anyone knows anything about these flowers, please help! I am overwhelmed and don’t want to waste anything you think I should plant. You can PM me if you don’t want to clog the thread. If all else fails, I’ll resort to google which can be contradictory and confusing.

Thank you!

 

[riss]

Looking good Riss! What seeds?

A mix. I got green beans, carrots, zucchini, and cucumbers starting right now. I have some tomato seeds I wanna start and watermelon. Then I have a variety of flowers growing

 

[WthrLady]

OK, this is weird. We ALSO had a water leak... I told DH 2 weeks ago that I thought we had a water leak out front because I was sinking in the front landscaping like quicksand. He said I was wrong and it was just because we've had so much rain. Well, when he was in the hospital I saw the water bill. It was $370 instead of the usual $70. It cost me another $325 to find a plumber to come out immediately. The shut off valve fitting just outside the house was majorly split. Took evidence of the leak and fix to the water company for a bill adjustment and they said our next bill will be even BIGGER than the last one. Maybe DH will listen next time I tell him there's a water leak...

Never doubt a gardener when she says "the ground has never done THAT before, no matter how much rain we've had....."

Ask them to adjust the second bill too. Not fair to pay waste water fees for water that was obviously incoming but not outgoing.

Morning glory and foxglove

 

[Sally PB]

Today I mixed potting soil, filled 76 pots, and planted tomatoes. Just tomatoes. 10 are for a friend, 5 are assorted cherry varieties, and the rest are for canning and making salsa.

Here's hoping for a better germination rate than last year!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I have a question and was wondering if any of you could help me out. I usually only grow zinnias, nasturtium and sunflowers from seed, and buy a few petunias and marigolds from the local greenhouse to add in between my veggies. This year I was given a bunch of leftover seeds from last year from a friend since we are adding a herb/flower garden. The veggie side will be fenced so the chickens can forage and be on bug control when I want them to be, so I don’t want to plant anything poisonous to them on that side.

Here are the seeds I have:
Nasturtium
Sunflower
Coleus
Morning glory
Impatiens
Lupine
Zinnia
Bee balm
Black eyed susan
Foxglove
Marigols
Celosia
Phlox
Borage
Amaranth
Echinacea
Marbles/Marvel of Peru

I have no idea what spreads or becomes invasive, what is dangerous/poison, and when I would need to seed any of them (indoors before frost or wait til last frost date & direct seed). I can plant flowers not safe for chickens on the flower side (they won’t have access in that area).

If anyone knows anything about these flowers, please help! I am overwhelmed and don’t want to waste anything you think I should plant. You can PM me if you don’t want to clog the thread. If all else fails, I’ll resort to google which can be contradictory and confusing.

Thank you!

Morning glories may be toxic, most of the others are fine except not familiar with Marvels of Peru.

 

[Iluveggers]

Morning glories may be toxic, most of the others are fine except not familiar with Marvels of Peru.

Thanks!

 

[Acre4Me]

We ate the rabbit for dinner - so amazingly delicious!! It was the recipe that made it so good. It was all leg quarters from 4 rabbits - so 8 pieces. The recipe is called "Mustard Cream Rabbit with Bacon". mustard cream sauce is very commonly seen in rabbit recipes, so I knew I had to try it.

When we butchered the 4 rabbits, we separated the hind quarters from the front quarters, and also separated the loins. The loins were cooked in a recipe designed for loins - good, but a bit fussy...not a make again type recipe. The front quarters were in a "maltese" type stew recipe, and it was good - cant complain - more memorable than the loins recipe. But this one was good enough that everyone agreed that we should raise more rabbits for meat, or buy some at auction to butcher. Link to the recipe, but there really are many many mustard cream rabbit recipes out there, so see if your favorite source has a good one.
https://homesteadrabbits.com/mustard-cream-rabbit-with-bacon/

 

[WthrLady]

Transplanted 300 tomato starts.
Few more days I'll do the next round of about 150.
Then I'll wait a couple of weeks to transplant them again low in their solo cups to fill with more soil, and set the fans on them. Then we wait.
LOL.
The hurry up and wait season.

 

[Iluveggers]

Transplanted 300 tomato starts.
Few more days I'll do the next round of about 150.
Then I'll wait a couple of weeks to transplant them again low in their solo cups to fill with more soil, and set the fans on them. Then we wait.
LOL.
The hurry up and wait season.

I thought my 50 were a lot!