What did you do in the garden today?

Yesterday I cut grass in Poplar Bluff. Today I cut part of the grass at my house. I also checked my bee hive. They are doing good.
I separated the chaff from the radish pods I saved last year and planted out a small area of radish seeds. I cut some asparagus. I pulled a few weeds and accidentally pulled a beet sprout before I remembered that I had planted beet seeds there. I watered the gardens and the peach trees.
I went morel hunting.
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I found a lot of really big ones but only picked a few of them. I also found a few groups of completely dried morels.
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My son claims they can be rehydrated. 🤷‍♀️
Then I went to dinner with 2 friends.
It’s supposed to rain tomorrow 🤞
Edited because I forgot to mention that I saw my first hummingbird of the season today while I was cutting grass! ❤️
 
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I got these really cool 90 mil food grade buckets from Amazon. Its kind of expensive, but I think they will last longer than the 70 mil buckets from Lowes and Home Depot. I am really impressed with the fat heavy duty handle, it makes it comfortable to carry the bucket when its full. I think the handles were made to last a life time, unlike the Lowes and Home Depot bucket handles that break apart before the bucket.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BPYXHJZ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1



I get (yogurt, salad) buckets for free in supermarkets. 100% food grade.
 
There is a Baskin Robbins in Poplar Bluff within walking distance of the house down there. I was just there on Tuesday to cut grass and made sure I stopped in for ice cream before I headed back home.
Lucky!

I grew up for the most part in California and we used to go to Thrifty for ice cream a lot…they have the BEST orange sherbet ever. There’s a water and ice store down the road from us that sells it so we go there from time to time. Baskin Robbins around here disappeared many years ago.
 
:hit I burned up some of my seedlings! I was all excited about the heat mat I bought to speed up the germination process and I had a nice tray of seedlings started. I moved a number of the pots to a different tray, without a heat mat, and those are still doing fine. But I left some of the slower growing seedlings in the tray on the heat mat to encourage them to grow some more. Unfortunately, I woke up one morning to discover that the pots had dried out too much and half the plants in that tray died. :tongue

So, tonight I was replanting new net pots with fresh seeds. Lost 4 weeks from a stupid mistake....

:idunno Live and learn, I guess. Also, I planted 3 seeds in some pots, around the edge, and all 3 seeds germinated and grew. I attempted to repot some of them tonight and hope I did not kill the seedlings in the process. Will have to see how that turns out. But I'm thinking I'd be better off with only putting one or two seeds in the middle per cup from now on. Started some new net pots with pepper seeds tonight and dropped two seeds in the middle - with the idea that I will pinch the weaker seedling if both germinate.
 
This is what I found about Nankin cherry. I do know sand cherries are actually a plum. Not sure about Nankin.
I had 3 Nanking bush cherries that I raised on my farm. They were really great bushes. No trouble at all - no pests, no disease, fruited every year faithfully. They began fruiting after the first year, as well.

I planted them about 6 or 8 feet apart and they grew into one another and about 12 feet high by the time I moved. We would pick them from the ground and then get a step ladder and pick them while sitting or standing. If you want to work around them, plant them further apart. They probably grow about as wide as tall.

They are halfway between sweet and tart and make wonderful jelly as well as fresh eating. The only drawback is the pit-to-meat ratio. The pits are about the same size as a regular cherry, but the meat is about half as much.

For how little work these bushes are, I didn't care. I've got 6 planted here at my new place and I can't wait.

Here's an old blog post of mine from years ago that shows them.
https://lemonadeadventures.blogspot.com/2010/06/cherries.html

Also tried sand cherries and never will again. I ripped them out. They had the worst trouble with brown rot of anything I've ever seen. Absolutely covered!
 
Update on rose of Sharon cutting. I only found videos on summer cuttings. So here are my thoughts on cuttings. Summer semi hardwood cuttings work because it is hot. Temperature is important as is moisture - humidity. This worked on dormant hardwood cutting because I kept it at 85 degrees and humid.

Good theory!
 
We might have a broody hen!! Yes, we will try to hatch some chicks bc it is so great to watch momma hen with babies!
Too bad I can't give you one of mine... I have 5 of them at the moment. I won't let them hatch anything so they are being grumpy. I put one in broody jail yesterday to break her because she has gotten so thin. I have 16 chicks that hatched last Saturday. I should just slip one of those under each of them... 😉
 

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