What did you do in the garden today?

[vall]

I can relate. I bought this property because of all the mature trees on it. There's a wonderful balance of shade but enough pasture for the horses & goats to have plenty of grass. However, it also severely limits where I can put trees & plants. Watering is also an issue for me. Luckily this spot I've identified in the front yard is within reach of the hose so it works from that angle too....

In regards to your banana pup, what about future access to water? Will you have a reliable way to water it (if needed) in the years to come?

Yep, I'll have a well dug later this year, assuming permits go through. Then it's just a lot of pvc.. which I noticed has doubled in price since the last time I bought any.

 

[Sally PB]

I have NEVER had my tomatoes flower this soon after transplanting! Not from seeds I started myself.

I have the starting of buds on one of my tomato plants. Same thing: never ever seen it this early. I have flower buds on a couple of potato plants too.

I used two hours of a gorgeous day with driving somewhere to have DH's car looked at. I'm waiting for them to call with an estimate for fixing it. But hopefully it won't be more than we want to put into this thing, and will make it last a few more months, so it was time well spent.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I sold 6 dozen eggs.. Customer came in with a bucket,
She is going to pickle the eggs.

 

[igorsMistress]

I'm super excited today over something that's probably silly... I found a really good spot to put my gooseberries! It's in our front yard... I usually don't put anything out there because we have around 6 - 8 giant (and I mean GIANT) oak trees so it is densely shaded.

HOWEVER... I found a spot. It isn't huge... Maybe 10 SF but big enough for the gooseberries. It gets morning sun until about 10 am and then switches to dappled shade until 5ish pm when it is in full shade. It's also in an area where DH doesn't mow and chickens, horses, and goats shouldn't get into it...

I'm hoping this works out really well since gooseberries do not like temperatures over 85 degrees.

I get super excited too lol. I haven’t planted anything in my front yard yet. If I put food out there I’m pretty sure I’d be feeding the neighborhood.

 

[igorsMistress]

back from the new thumb doc.
Second time in a week a doc has looked at me (xray this time) and said WHOA, does that hurt?
LOL
Surgery in November after haying, harvest, canning, clean up is done. Can't manage it until then. THey asked how on earth I'll manage it, as bad as it is. I said I've done it the last two, one more is no different. I must be able to tolerate crap more than the people they normally see. The xray is ug-LY!
Only way to fix it is to remove one bone altogether and pull a ligament from my wrist and up and through another finger and to the thumb and back. Essentially creating a hinge like for a string puppet. Faboulous. UGH. One thing at a time.

So you have more than two thumbs?

In all seriousness my MIL had to have surgery on both her hands. They’re gnarly but she feels much better. How were your results in the past?

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon all. Man it’s HOT outside! I heard the rooster crowing not long ago and was wondering where he got the energy to do so!

 

[Elyrian1]

I was serenaded first thing at dawn by teenagery rooster ... uh ... squeaks? Croaks? It's bad, lol.

It's hot out there! I need to go pull grass but I've been running a hardcore sleep deficit this week. Tonight I'm going to mulch a tiny bit, then go to bed early. Tomorrow night I'll pull grass.

This is the turd that bit me.


And here's the darker roo I'm thinking about keeping, turd and an olive egger hen are in the background here as well.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I get super excited too lol. I haven’t planted anything in my front yard yet. If I put food out there I’m pretty sure I’d be feeding the neighborhood.

I have to get creative when it comes to plants that need sunlight but don't tolerate heat well... I know you understand! I get excited when I get that eureka moment....

 

[CNJ]

Here's my perilla.

Those look awesome, mine kept bolting, making seeds and stunting itself early in the year. I'll try again in the summer, I love the taste of this plant as a tea that's the reason I grow them. I got the purple variety.

 

[CNJ]

I finally made mozzarella cheese with a gallon of pasteurized/homogenized milk and vinegar. I threw out the first gallon and nailed it on the second try. The trick is to heat it to 140F then add 1 cup of white vinegar. Cover and let it sit with the heat off for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes scoop the curd into a fine handle strainer to drain the moisture. I let it sit until it was drained, then I stuck the curd in the micro wave for 30 sec intervals, pressing and folding until it was smooth and melted together. Meadow Gold milk worked better than Sun Health. Sun Health had way less curd and it wasn't as thick as Meadow Gold.

I screwed up the first time when I stuck the curd back in the hot solution, this is where I got miss lead by the youtube videos. The Micro wave method has no waste and can't fail in my opinion.

My first home made mozzarella pizza............