What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

Took a break from work and went outside. Nearly an hour and a half later (oops...), I have successfully weeded around some of the tire planters and planted some nasturtium between the tire planters and the hoop house. This is an awkward space because you can't get a trimmer back there. I wanted something that could help keep the weeds at bay and also dispel any potential bugs that might try to attack the tomatoes through the netting (aphids got through my netting with no problem last year! grrr.....).

I also sowed some zinnia seeds in my raised flower bed. I waffled on whether it was too early still but it's supposed to climb into the 80s in the next week so I figured it was worth a shot. I split the seed packets in half so I could hold some back for a later date, just in case.

I have cardboard tacked down in half the hoop house. Hoping to get the other half done tonight. I REALLY need to get that hoop house done ASAP. I just need to get the door framed in and the netting up. Maybe I can talk DH into helping me with that tonight.

I was looking over my tomato starts today and noticed a couple of them look wilted. I am a little paranoid because I was battling fungus gnats when they were in the house. The past week I've had them in the garage. I'm not sure if they are wilted because they were too wet or from the gnats. *really* hoping they make it through.... All the more reason I need to get the dang hoop house finished so I can get them in the ground in the next week or two.

Oh and the annual battle against pokeweed is on.

 

[WthrLady]

Fast trip to the village. Howling winds made me carsick. It was the kind of driving where you kind of have to steer into the wind and constantly adjust, blowing dust, blowing corn stalks, thought I saw a cow flying by. Add the back and forth to the rolling hills, and ya. I'm home trying to warm up and sipping lemonade.

Grabbed a vintage knox gelatine cookbook x2, one for me and one for sis.
An antique wood accordian drying rack.
A new in box rubbermade hanging clothes closet with cover.
Wood hangers.
Two bags of decorative glass stones for my sweet potato starts in a bowl.
I was hoping for some planting stuff, but they had none.
They had a whole case of those topsy turvy tomato things, plus hummingbird flower ones, and pepper ones, all new in box for $1 each. LOL. Not with my winds.
Oh well.
I'll feed livestock here soon, and maybe take care of the plant cells.

 

[Elyrian1]

Hmm, so @WthrLady do you sprout your sweet potatoes in the decorative bowl and then plant up the slips later when they're strong?

 

[WthrLady]

Bingo! I ran out of bulb vase for them to sit in, so I have them in an old, glass, loaf pan with stones.

 

[NewBoots]

Grabbed a vintage knox gelatine cookbook x2, one for me and one for sis.

Eons ago, my mom's best friend made a ring "salad" that was celery jello with celery, radishes, and shredded carrot, then a big dollop off mayo in the center. It may sound impossible but I really liked it and if I could get the celery jello (not made for years) I would make it again.

 

[Elyrian1]

I've never planted sweet potatoes before. I've dug them up, but that's about it! Lol. I don't know if I'll grow any this year, but it sure sounds like a fun thing to do next year.

 

[WthrLady]

Eons ago, my mom's best friend made a ring "salad" that was celery jello with celery, radishes, and shredded carrot, then a big dollop off mayo in the center. It may sound impossible but I really liked it and if I could get the celery jello (not made for years) I would make it again.

I remember one that was veg and green goddess dressing, a towering mold for crackers and veggie sticks.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Eons ago, my mom's best friend made a ring "salad" that was celery jello with celery, radishes, and shredded carrot, then a big dollop off mayo in the center. It may sound impossible but I really liked it and if I could get the celery jello (not made for years) I would make it again.

Have you considered juicing some celery and making the jello with unflavored gelatin?

 

[905silkies]

What did you do in your garden today?

I picked a bunch of Rattlesnake green beans and Cherokee wax beans, a few tomatoes, three eggplants, some broccoli shoots, and jalapenos. Pretty happy with today's harvest!

We got 6cm of snow here in Southern Ontario! Gardening envy level 10000.

 

[Blue Penguin]