What did you do in the garden today?

[MotherofOrpies]

We have inadequate 50 year old plumbing in a high water table location, so the previous owner added a powerflush for the main toilet. I've considered getting a composting toilet as a backup.

Guess what is hiding in the garden shed I put it there in case of an “emergency”

 

[gtaus]

cos if we’re 8 people with 1 toilet, in an emergency, somebody would have to go to the garden

I don't know if you really are in that situation, but if you are, you could easily set up an emergency toilet using a 5-gallon bucket and one of those toilet lids that fit on the bucket...

Years ago, we had a terribly cold winter, and our septic system froze up towards the end of the winter. We had to use a 5 gallon bucket with lid like this for a few weeks until the outside temps warmed up and the septic system thawed out. Was using this bucket any fun? Absolutely not. But it was better than the alternative.

When I was a young kid, my grandparents had a cabin on a lake without any electricity or running water. We had an outhouse as a toilet. So, I was not too upset having to do my business in a 5-gallon bucket. Dear Wife was more traumatized, but fortunately it was only for a few weeks at the end of winter and we survived. Really makes you appreciate indoor plumbing that works.

 

[Acre4Me]

Do NG goats normally need to be clipped? Are you doing it to harvest their hair, or just to keep them cool in this crazy heat wave?
Trying to learn, since we plan to get a couple smallish goat wethers to keep the blackberries under control, once we've enough clearing to build a fence and a house for them. I have this fantasy about getting fiber goats like Angoras, and learning to spin yarn - as if I need yet another hobby.

4-H show next week. They get shaved so body shape can be adequately judged. But they seem happy and cooler now. I still have goat hair stuck to me bc we just shaved the other one this morning.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I don't know if you really are in that situation, but if you are, you could easily set up an emergency toilet using a 5-gallon bucket and one of those toilet lids that fit on the bucket...

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Years ago, we had a terribly cold winter, and our septic system froze up towards the end of the winter. We had to use a 5 gallon bucket with lid like this for a few weeks until the outside temps warmed up and the septic system thawed out. Was using this bucket any fun? Absolutely not. But it was better than the alternative.

When I was a young kid, my grandparents had a cabin on a lake without any electricity or running water. We had an outhouse as a toilet. So, I was not too upset having to do my business in a 5-gallon bucket. Dear Wife was more traumatized, but fortunately it was only for a few weeks at the end of winter and we survived. Really makes you appreciate indoor plumbing that works.

when we first moved to Canada the plumbing was'nt working, so we put something like that in the wood shed about 100 m away, of course it was during autum/winter, while we were in there, we could look through the window and see PEI ( Prince Edward Island) so whenever we needed to use the loo we said we were going to look at PEI , did I mention back then the winters were very cold ?! So we really were running over there trying to keep warm and ran back. Now as and middle aged person I am amazed my mother endured it, I can't imagine me doing that in the winter, at least at night and back then it was just a wooden board across a bucket

 

[TJAnonymous]

I went through the big bags of seed packets I found in my mother's gardening shed. She MUST have received these through Master Gardeners or something. I'm certain she didn't buy them. Some of these seeds she has literally a gazillion packets of (basil, cilantro, bunching onions, sunflowers, zinnias, etc). I have ZERO ideas what to do with all of it. I might use some of it but certainly not this much... Good Lord, I could plant a entire acre of basil and Sunflowers and STILL have tons left over.

 

[Acre4Me]

I went through the big bags of seed packets I found in my mother's gardening shed. She MUST have received these through Master Gardeners or something. I'm certain she didn't buy them. Some of these seeds she has literally a gazillion packets of (basil, cilantro, bunching onions, sunflowers, zinnias, etc). I have ZERO ideas what to do with all of it. I might use some of it but certainly not this much... Good Lord, I could plant a entire acre of basil and Sunflowers and STILL have tons left over.

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Green manure. Toss in empty bed, let grow, turn over before it goes to seed.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

OMG I'm so jealous! I keep searching but am not finding any. Still seeing butterflies tho.

The coneflowers (echinacea) or the wildflowers?

How is he doing mentally? If you don't mind me asking, no worries if you don't want to talk about it. It's got to be so hard facing what's in front of him.

I would think they'd be fine at that temp. Just make sure they have a good draft free place they can go. Mine had no use for the heat plate at that age & I brooded them outdoors in the fall (of course they were acclimated, but still).

I meant these, I also have them in my garden , but… no guarantee ! They look like mine, but I am not there to see them

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I went through the big bags of seed packets I found in my mother's gardening shed. She MUST have received these through Master Gardeners or something. I'm certain she didn't buy them. Some of these seeds she has literally a gazillion packets of (basil, cilantro, bunching onions, sunflowers, zinnias, etc). I have ZERO ideas what to do with all of it. I might use some of it but certainly not this much... Good Lord, I could plant a entire acre of basil and Sunflowers and STILL have tons left over.

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There is a delicious beverage you can make with soaked basil seeds, add some lemon juice, saffron , sweetner and if you can get it/like it some rose water, store in the fridge, delicious ( and healthy) when it’s hot outside

 

[Smokerbill]

I went through the big bags of seed packets I found in my mother's gardening shed. She MUST have received these through Master Gardeners or something. I'm certain she didn't buy them. Some of these seeds she has literally a gazillion packets of (basil, cilantro, bunching onions, sunflowers, zinnias, etc). I have ZERO ideas what to do with all of it. I might use some of it but certainly not this much... Good Lord, I could plant a entire acre of basil and Sunflowers and STILL have tons left over.

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Maybe you could donate some of the herb and vegetable seeds to a food bank.

 

[Smokerbill]

My flat leaf parsley plant that's blooming is attracting a lot of tiny pollinators. I think they're some kind of tiny wasp. ????????

Edited to add:

I just found this using a BIING image search.

Braconid wasp feeding habits​

Adult Braconid wasps feed on the pollen and nectar of small flowers including dill, parsley, and yarrow. The larvae feed inside caterpillars, beetle grubs, and aphids. Adults also feed on aphids, codling moths, cucumber beetles, cutworms, gypsy moths, imported cabbage worms, tent caterpillars, and tomato hornworms.

So I think that's what I have here. And they are a good thing to have in a garden because they are parasites of a lot of garden pests!

I guess it was a good idea to let my parsley plant overwinter and bloom in my garden in its second year.