What did you do in the garden today?

[jnicholes]

If they had teeth like that, you wouldn't find me within a mile of that pile...

I'll be out of town tomorrow but I'll see if I can get a picture of one on Sunday after my daughter's graduation. My youngest is graduating high school this weekend... I'm about to be an empty nester!

Maybe 100 miles, those sandworms can be quite big.

 

[fuzzi]

My compost pile is producing giant mutant worms.... Some are so big, it looks like a snake slithering out of the dirt. I've never seen worms this big in my life. They are fatter than my fingers and easily 8 - 10" long. I made the mistake of picking one up and it began to spray me with a liquid from multiple places along it's body... And when I say "spraying" I mean a strong stream of liquid like you spray from a spray bottle or kitchen sprayer. I immediately dropped it, repulsed.

I have so many worms in my garden that when you step on the soil, they rise out of the ground like zombies from the Night of the Living Dead. It's actually quite creepy...

We used to call big earthworms "nightcrawlers". My dh would go outside when it was dark and try to catch some, to use as bait, for fishing.

 

[jnicholes]

Back on the gardening subject, my radishes I planted outside finally sprouted. About 20 more days I think and then they’re ready for harvest.

 

[Swiss]

My compost pile is producing giant mutant worms.... Some are so big, it looks like a snake slithering out of the dirt. I've never seen worms this big in my life. They are fatter than my fingers and easily 8 - 10" long. I made the mistake of picking one up and it began to spray me with a liquid from multiple places along it's body... And when I say "spraying" I mean a strong stream of liquid like you spray from a spray bottle or kitchen sprayer. I immediately dropped it, repulsed.

I have so many worms in my garden that when you step on the soil, they rise out of the ground like zombies from the Night of the Living Dead. It's actually quite creepy...

I have found SO MANY worms in my flower beds. In fact, I found a monster the other day:

Today, I finally found a hat that fits my style and protects my ears from the sun, as they seem determined to be, in short terms, allergic to it. Only me ears.... so weird. *ETA: "me ears"... I guess I'm a pirate now. *End edit*

Tomorrow, I hope to get out the new auger we bought and use it to extend my garden fence!

My tulips that don't last long enough, but might be the most beautiful tulips I've ever seen:

For real! LOOK AT THEM!!!

 

[WthrLady]

We used to go grunting for earthworms....great pocket money as a kid.

 

[Smokerbill]

I have found SO MANY worms in my flower beds. In fact, I found a monster the other day:
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Today, I finally found a hat that fits my style and protects my ears from the sun, as they seem determined to be, in short terms, allergic to it. Only me ears.... so weird. *ETA: "me ears"... I guess I'm a pirate now. *End edit*

Tomorrow, I hope to get out the new auger we bought and use it to extend my garden fence!

My tulips that don't last long enough, but might be the most beautiful tulips I've ever seen:
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For real! LOOK AT THEM!!!

Those are double tulips, I think. I had a couple similar to that bloom in my patch last year. Since the patch was in my garden bed I dug all the bulbs out last fall and replanted them in a new bed in the front yard. Haven't seen the doubles yet. Nice blooms!

 

[Paz]

Yesterday was 35 degrees Celsius. And dry. Watermelon has sprouted nicely, I’m not sure I prepared enough space for it. I tried not to exit the house, because it was like inside an oven outside.
Today I picked my first marmande tomato and it tasted nice.
The fig cuttings seem to be alive.
We have tinie tiny litchis on the litchi tree, hurray!
Now I have an important question! Do longans self fertilize? I’m not sure there are enough bugs in that errs of the garden.

 

[CNJ]

I finally bought a 100ft roll of 5ft galvanized 2inch x 4inch spaced fencing. I cut them 60 inches for tomato cages. I don't close them into a ring, I leave the front open, so I can reach in and grab the tomatoes. I zip tie a piece of bamboo across the front to hold it open.

I was wanting these cages for a while, I finally fulfilled one of my wishes. Now I can let the indeterminate tomatoes run wild without taking the suckers off. I think these are cheaper to make than the already made round poke in the ground type. The roll cost about $145 at my local Home Depot. I can make about 19 to 20 cages, so that would equate to about $7.20 each.

 

[igorsMistress]

They have a medical degree, we don't...

But they don’t know our bodies like we do. They a degree to PRACTICE medicine, they don’t know all the answers all the time. We allow to practice on us because they make educated guesses with the knowledge we don’t have.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m quite thankful for doctors. Some are better than others, as with any profession.

 

[igorsMistress]

Sometimes we need to do our own research................

Which is sad, what do we pay doctors for? They have the degrees, and sure as hell charge for their services. Why does the patient have to look for info to make themself feel better? I might as well just use dr google and save some money in this case. It’s a serious aggravation.