What did you do in the garden today?

[Wolfie2]

I'm gettin jealous seein all the beautiful gardens. I'm blamin it on the hig temps we are having cause I've got the water in the soaker hoses. We haven't seen 100F and drought in 11 years. Got my 2 crops of corn in before the really scorching temps. and the contender beans are gone. 'Course they are determinate so I guess they gave all they could then gave up. Tomatoes are going downhill and doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it. Got a little shade on 'em but it's not doin much good. Will try bonified shade cloth next year in a different set-up. Still have a cantalope and watermelon plant hangin on but not sure how much longer they can stand the heat.. Still hava few other plants hangin on and they still look pretty good, Jicama, Ube, bittermelon, asparagus, long beans.

 

[TJAnonymous]

YES. Drown em out with diesel. LOL. Did that in the fields of alabama at a military camp. Can always rely on finding a bit to use on the inside of a jeep/transport vehicle. Can't do THAT with an electric vehicle!!! LOL.

Diesel is too expensive now days to waste on chiggers...

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Diesel is too expensive now days to waste on chiggers...

Wait til ya start itching! When I had poison whatever that was I paid $45 for 2 oz I think it was! But it worked!

 

[ChicksnMore]

I've been tied up with family stuff for bit but lifes returning to normal. We've had a little decent rain but only one good gully washer. Even the cactus look sad and thirsty this year.
But that one rain was enough to start my I'itoi onions growing again.

In a months time, they'll completely fill their pot. Can't wait...these make yummy onion pancakes!
The watercress is happy and I'm impatiently waiting for it to grow enough so I can start adding it to salads.
Then theres my poor mulberrys...I can't seem to get them happy. If I keep them shaded enough to not do this....they don't fruit. They use too much water if planted in the ground but I haven't gotten them happy in pots yet.

The texas mulberry is doing pretty good and staying pretty happy with low water use though...so I might put my thirstier varieties into deep shade and just let them be pretty, and get a couple more of the texas variety to try in ground. It has a few yellow leaves from thirst but it's not wilting or scorching. Hope they taste good!

 

[southwestclucker]

Are your raised beds self-watering? Or maybe consider using hugelkulture in them?

Have you taken your soil to the extension office to be tested?

Not self watering. I've never had my soil tested. Last year I at least got some (late) tomatoes and zucchinis.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Not self watering. I've never had my soil tested. Last year I at least got some (late) tomatoes and zucchinis.

I've had better luck with hugelkulture but I use self-watering containers too. I've seen people who have used hydroponics very successfully in your climate too. Have you ever considered trying any of these methods?

 

[WthrLady]

Diesel is too expensive now days to waste on chiggers...

NO WAY! If it stops that itching burning B@$terd, it's worth every drop.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

I pulled my cucumber plants today because they hadn't done anything in a week. And then I found this! So I'm leaving just this one in. We'll see what happens.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I pulled my cucumber plants today because they hadn't done anything in a week. And then I found this! So I'm leaving just this one in. We'll see what happens.
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They ain't done yet!

I'm sitting out in the run and I finally hear rain drops...not many but it's better than the weather APS (3 different ones) telling me it is raining and not a drop!

All the chickens just made a noise...I look up and there's a dang ground hog on outside edge of fence! Silly me couldn't be quiet! I got so excited I hollered "ah ha!" It's UUUUUUUU!
Of course he took off on down fence row and didn't come on in.
Unfortunately that's not the same sized ground hog I saw at 10am few weeks back....this one was medium sized.

I literally had JUST took this pic of my d'uccles and then he came across...of course only thing that worked was my mouth! I'm so bad! Big bad scarey gamma! Ugh

 

[SheaLoner]

even my dogs are not house pets, lol. but still pets.

does their meat smell like ordinary pork? I cannot stand that smell. I don't mind smoked pork.

Its richer? But it also depends on what people were feeding them. A darker red meat closer to beef in appearence, but less of it do to the amnt of fat a Potbelly puts on