What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

The only one of these I've tried is early girl...made a list and excited to see if any of these work for me.

That does look like rosemary

That's a good looking garden...I love your little people poles!

Same here:
1. Vertical squash
2. Shade cloth
3. New tomato varieties
4. Prune tomatoes... especially those lower leaves for air flow!

For now:
1. Re-read about growing blueberries and tomatoes in the desert
2. Soil test blueberries and look to buy new plants since I don't know what I have anymore.
3. Re-arrange garden so all the heat stressed plants get morning sun and afternoon shade.

You guys make me antsy to garden again.

I should probably add sun sleeves or spf shirts to my list!

I have a very lightweight, breathable fly-fishing shirt from Columbia that our company bought all the managers last year. I put that on this afternoon, along with a wide brim hat, sunglass, and my rosebush gauntlets to go pick some blackberries.... First time I've EVER picked berries and not bled in the process. I did snag the shirt once so I probably won't wear it again for these types of projects because I want it to stay nice. I mainly wore it today to keep the sun off my skin.

 

[TJAnonymous]

More info about Egyptian Walking Onions, with some pictures.

I needed onions for a recipe, and have used all the "regular" onions from last year, so I dug 4 clumps of EWOs. I took the kitchen shears out with me, so I could cut off the roots and parts I didn't need. (I don't need any green onions atm, and they don't keep as well. Plus, I can have fresh any time.)

The 4 clumps were chosen by these criteria: Are they big, and are they in a crowded spot? By big, I look at the stem coming out of that particular onion. The bigger the stem, the bigger the onion.

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The 2 bottom ones are big, for EWOs. The one above it is on the smaller side. You lose some of the size when you take off the outer layers to clean them up.

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About the topsets... sometimes they will grow another topset. That's what this one did, and instead of bulbils, it looks like it's trying to flower. (Some of the topsets will do that; never tried to save seed from these.)

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Close up of the flower.

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When you try to slice them like you would a regular onion, the layers tend to separate, as they aren't very thick. I slice them about 3/16-1/4" and call that good. With the bigger bulbs, you can sometimes see that it's trying to form a new bulb. That's how the clumps grow more onions. So the individual bulbs won't get much bigger than the big ones I had in the picture. They will then split and form another bulb.

I really really REALLY want some of these. I'm just not sure where to put them so they'll have enough room to stay in a permanent bed.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

How tall is your fence?

5'
Wrought-iron fencing there at the back in pic

 

[Wolfie2]

Don't know where TJ's at but here in SE tx I'm wearin as little as is publicly acceptable ,right now, When I'm outside. Upper 90's with 100+ heat index. Got tan lines way above the knees and right above the toes where the flip-flop straps are!
Chicks are doin fine. Didn't seem cold this morning @ 6am when I checked and now its 95 outside and they're happy.
Got tthe soaker hoses buried beneath the mulch this morning. Ordered 2 75' hoses. Rows are about 35'. figured I could cut 'em to fit the rows but decided @ the last minute to save a few $ and jsut wrapped 'em around to the next row. Fit like a glove. So I still have 2 76' oises that I can cut in the future if needed. I did test them before buryin 'em & I liked the even flow rate all along the hose, same @ one end as @ the other and in the middle. And buryin 'em should help "em last a few years.
Y'all get out there and play in the dirt!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

That's a good looking garden...I love your little people poles!

Love it!!! The little people sticks are so cute!

Funny story bout the pole people. They were carolers a lady at our old church had made and all dressed up for winter and had wire hangers on sides of their heads bent to hold hymnal pages! Our storage unit got mice and there went the cutesy clothes...but they were like 15 yrs old ..or more!
So when the coop was being built I was scrounging foe every piece of wood I could and kept em...naked!
Then they just sort of ended up hanging out with the chickens...still naked!
But when all the sweetpeas starting coming up I thought that would be excellent clothing! I had flower pots for their heads but never got stuff put in em so of course they blew off.
I need to work with the sweet peas to get em growing up and round em...they've put on so much growth and I've been focused on tomatoes cucumbers and squash...
Guess it's time they stopped being so brazen out their all naked and cover up!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I should probably add sun sleeves or spf shirts to my list!

I have a very lightweight, breathable fly-fishing shirt from Columbia that our company bought all the managers last year. I put that on this afternoon, along with a wide brim hat, sunglass, and my rosebush gauntlets to go pick some blackberries.... First time I've EVER picked berries and not bled in the process. I did snag the shirt once so I probably won't wear it again for these types of projects because I want it to stay nice. I mainly wore it today to keep the sun off my skin.

I had my grown daughter go out pickin last year in her dads coveralls...they are prison colored orange! Quite bright! I told her if she wanted a dumpling that wouldn't stop her lol! Sure wish I had gotten a pic!

 

[Acre4Me]

Couldn’t resist. Pulled one garlic head. Looks good, I guess. Planted March 21, so about 3 months ago. It is Early Italian garlic, spring shipped, from John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds.

Now what do I do with it? Does it need to cure, or can it be used fresh?

 

[SheaLoner]

Couldn’t resist. Pulled one garlic head. Looks good, I guess. Planted March 21, so about 3 months ago. It is Early Italian garlic, spring shipped, from John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds.

Now what do I do with it? Does it need to cure, or can it be used fresh?
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You can use it fresh. I think when cured the flavor might be a bit sharper, but still perfectly useable.

 

[DParker75089]

5'
Wrought-iron fencing there at the back in pic

OK. I asked because of what you said about that precluding a deer being the culprit. A 5' fence is no obstacle for a whitetail deer. Most can easily clear 6' if they're motivated.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I had my grown daughter go out pickin last year in her dads coveralls...they are prison colored orange! Quite bright! I told her if she wanted a dumpling that wouldn't stop her lol! Sure wish I had gotten a pic!

You chain-ganged her for blackberries?