What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

The neighbor's cow got out and left a pie in my work space.

lol - always where its inconvenient or very obvious.

 

[Acre4Me]

Still sick, coughing, taking meds, tired bc little sleep. But, I'm the last in the house to get this bug, and everyone else was better in a couple of days from the worst symptoms, so Im hoping I'm the same.

Cloudy,was rainy earlier. I suppose I should at least do a once over of the animals and garden - Teen has been out and assured me everyone has water and food, but I like to verify at least 1x per 24 hours bc "oops" sometimes one group gets forgotten by teen.

We have an egg eater - but she has gotten "better" at her task. The eggs only have one end broken, and almost as if she can lick out the insides, they are completely cleaned out of contents, no mess in the nest box, and no evidence on any beaks. Now we need to figure out who this is.

 

[jerryse]

Still sick, coughing, taking meds, tired bc little sleep. But, I'm the last in the house to get this bug, and everyone else was better in a couple of days from the worst symptoms, so Im hoping I'm the same.

Cloudy,was rainy earlier. I suppose I should at least do a once over of the animals and garden - Teen has been out and assured me everyone has water and food, but I like to verify at least 1x per 24 hours bc "oops" sometimes one group gets forgotten by teen.

We have an egg eater - but she has gotten "better" at her task. The eggs only have one end broken, and almost as if she can lick out the insides, they are completely cleaned out of contents, no mess in the nest box, and no evidence on any beaks. Now we need to figure out who this is.
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A method I have used once I identified is to trim the beak with dog toenail cutter. Make it bleed and have blood stop powder on hand just in case. Then use golf ball or dummy egg, It hurts when they peck it. They quit trying.

 

[jerryse]

I have been using the hack and squirt method on small trees today. Make a cut with hatchet and squirt Tordon in the cut. I am using chainsaw. So many trees are invading the past few years while I had health problems. I pulled a lot of them with the tractor but it was time consuming.

 

[Acre4Me]

A method I have used once I identified is to trim the beak with dog toenail cutter. Make it bleed and have blood stop powder on hand just in case. Then use golf ball or dummy egg, It hurts when they peck it. They quit trying.

Good idea to trim beak -might not be so successful. But, we do have several fake eggs in the boxes, which help. We may need to cage up the suspects in the run to keep them out of the main nest boxes. We have two broodies getting unbroody right now in the cage, but I think we release them today and can replace with a couple of suspects.

 

[Sueby]

3 wall clouds and two funnels off my back deck last night, but the largest one didn't drop for another 17 miles north of me. And it was a massive tornado then.

Nothing but watering today.
I contemplated building a chickhouse/grow out/broody cage, but decided while watering, that MAYBE after this season, I'll take down the Harbor freight greenhouse and build something from scratch. ALL the panel in the greenhouse are UV decayed to foggy yellow after only 3 years and ridiculously fragile. Most of the roof panels have tons of holes from hail. One more good hail storm and they're through.

I don't know.....

Wow, that was quick. What, 2 seasons out of it?

I got the cuke seeds in! & watered everything else. My body says I'm done but I just want to be outside doing stuff.

The pollen out there is unreal. & it's windy. My eyelids feel like they're sandpaper scraping on my eyeballs.

 

[LifeSimpleAndSweet]

It's hot and humid here too. I just went out to pick some veggies and I'm melting! I waited until too late in the day to go out there. It's definitely the time of year that need to be more careful about timing my garden tending in the morning and evening ONLY. Lol

I wish I could remember which bok choy this is! It still hasn't bolted and the other one is covered in flowers. I planted Win Win and Joi Choy so I guess I'm getting more seeds of both and marking them next year. Lol

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Oh, I know. Early is the best! I got up at 4:30 this morning, but I had to go do an office cleaning, then get my truck serviced an buy supplies, so I didn't get started until probably about 11am. I would have loved to have had this done by then!!!

I found this about your Bok Choy varieties. I hope you can tell and save seeds of the one you like.

I bought flower head bags this year, as well as paper seed envelopes and tiny plastic zip baggies. I want to seriously learn how to save seed that's true to type.

Win-Win: Win-Win produces miniature or full-sized bulky vase-shaped heads of green leaves on white stems that are slightly smaller with denser heads than those of the Joi Choi variety—around 10 to 12 inches tall. This species of bok choy is renowned for the excellent flavor of its leaves. 52 days to maturity.

Joi Choi: Joi Choi is a versatile type of bok choy that has been bred to tolerate both hot and cold weather, and it is also slow to bolt, making it a versatile variety that is suitable for growing in a broad range of climates. It is a hybrid with white stems that contrast with the glossy dark green leaves and is valued for its juicy leaves with mild flavor that is similar to mustard greens. Joi Choi is known for maturing quickly, producing high yields, and growing to large sizes, up to around 18 inches tall when finished growing. 45-55 days to maturity.

 

[LifeSimpleAndSweet]

I have been using the hack and squirt method on small trees today. Make a cut with hatchet and squirt Tordon in the cut. I am using chainsaw. So many trees are invading the past few years while I had health problems. I pulled a lot of them with the tractor but it was time consuming.

I've had to do some tedious cut-and-spray things here.

When I moved in ten years ago, there was a trumpet vine growing up a tree at the edge of my yard.

I thought, "Oooooh! How pretty!!!"

Last year I spent hours each day for a week, bent over, snipping
Every - Single - Last - Trumpet - Vine - Sprout
out of my lawn, by the thousands. Snip, then a drop of roundup on each tiny sprout stump. I was merciless all year. It worked, but boy did my back hurt!

 

[lilme73]

I watered real early this morning. I also pulled any grass and weeds out that was growing around my plants. I planted some flowers that I have had for awhile. Well I planted the seeds. I'm nervous about growing flowers . I don't think i have ever started a flower from a seed except of course for sunflowers. I can grow pretty much anything in a vegetable garden. My flowers I buy I can keep them living forever it seems. But for some reason planting flower seeds intimidates me so bad. Anyways, I hope these turn out and so that's what I did in my garden today.

 

[lilme73]

This is one of my flower beds that I love dearly. My plants and my chickens are my peaceful part of my day.