What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

FINALLY - dinner!

 

[Sally PB]

I'm sure one plant would probably be more than enough for Dear Wife and me. From what I hear, you get lots of rhubarb off just one plant.

Until you discover that you like rhubarb jam. And rhubarb crumble. And...

I have 3 plants. This is their second year. One was a split from a neighbor, the others were purchased crowns. The split is 4x as big. I got enough to make one batch of jam, and really hope they grow bigger for next year so I can make more!

Especially the Mara Des Bois which impressed me.

Mine, while the plants lived, were fabulous!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Sue looks like you have salad spinner, We have one here.

 

[Smokerbill]

Found some info from older posts that help....

...What I built were some elevated sub-irrigated planters on legs. So, the planter had wooden sides and bottom. I stapled in a pond liner inside the planter to make a water reservoir. ...

The pond liner is one the major expenses in the building of my elevated sub-irrigated planters. ...

You put 4 inch drain pipe inside the bottom of the planter and have an overfill hole drilled into the planter about 3 inches from the bottom. That way, if you get heavy rains, you don't drown the planter. The soil will wick up the water from below while at the same time the plants' roots will grow down to the water reservoir.

You can't see the PVC fill pipe and water level float I have on this planter because it was covered with leaves in this picture. When I need to refill the planter, I just stick the garden hose into the fill pipe and let the water run until I see it coming out the overfill hole that I drilled into the end of the planter about 3 inches off the bottom.

I really like these elevated sub-irrigated planters. They have a water reservoir of 3 inches in the bottom, which amounts to about 15 gallons. In a normal summer with average rainfall, I only have to refill the planter maybe 2-3 times. Not only does that make things easy for me, but the plants never go dry or get overwatered in this system. The roots just take up water when they need it.

I built three of these elevated sub-irrigated planters about 5 years ago. ... What has held me back on building more of these elevated sub-irrigated planters is the cost. They produce the best crops, but they also cost more than any other of my regular raised garden beds. When I built these planters, the cost was about $75.00 per planter which included the wood, drain pipes, PVC filler pipe, and the pond liner (which I already had).

If I were to build new sub-irrigated elevated planters today, I would most likely use pallet wood for the framing and maybe just buy a large plastic storage tote for the planter per se. Then just drill an overflow hole in the tote. Lay down the 4 inch drain pipe and you are mostly done.

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It's cheaper to buy a plastic tote than buying a large sheet of pond liner. (Like I said, I already had the pond liner so I did not have to buy any.) The large 40 gallon totes cost about $20.00 each on sale. But they make excellent planters. The manager at Menards tells me that they sold out all their totes to people who use them as planters. Much cheaper option than their plastic planter kits that cost over $100 at the store. Just buy the tote of the same size for a lot less.

I like the look of wood out on my deck, so I would build a pallet wood frame and put the plastic tote inside. I can get the pallet wood for free. I think I paid something like $40-$50 for the wood on my original builds.

Thanks for the in depth explanation!

 

[Acre4Me]

Peach jelly!

Bought the bruised peaches at the farm market. Skinned and prepped them. Made Peach Jelly, Peach Rum Sauce, and peach vanilla freezer jam!

 

[WthrLady]

currently feels like 106
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not garden-y, but it has flowers on it! Draft dress #2 from pattern I drafted #2 is done. It's french seam, totally finished and top stitched. I'm going for 3rd time is the charm. I'm going to open up the sleeves for more range of motion, and move a couple darts a little more, and go a little shorter, and maybe shorten the waist half and inch.

I'm really hoping this is the last draft so I can start making a closet full.

 

[pennyJo1960]

currently feels like 106
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not garden-y, but it has flowers on it! Draft dress #2 from pattern I drafted #2 is done. It's french seam, totally finished and top stitched. I'm going for 3rd time is the charm. I'm going to open up the sleeves for more range of motion, and move a couple darts a little more, and go a little shorter, and maybe shorten the waist half and inch.

I'm really hoping this is the last draft so I can start making a closet full.View attachment 3559143

That is adorable you are so very talented if I wore dresses I would get it.

 

[WthrLady]

@pennyJo1960 I prefer them over shorts and pants. More movement.
OC in the winter, only pants in the winter barn gear, but then back to dresses in the house.
I'll also do gym shorts mowing or haymaking or filthy stuff.
Toss on some sneakers and i'm good to go.
And thank you.

 

[Sueby]

Until you discover that you like rhubarb jam. And rhubarb crumble. And...

Truth! I can't wait to make the bbq sauce.

Sue looks like you have salad spinner, We have one here.

I do - use it ALL the time!

Lovely jelly @Acre4Me & lovely dress @WthrLady!

 

[Sueby]

I want to do a rhubarb custard & a rhubarb simple syrup or something for cocktails.