What did you do in the garden today?

[fuzzi]

Both my local Home Depot and WalMart sent all their seeds back to the seed companies. But I imagine that your local stores might have a different policy than mine. At any rate, I guess I should have looked to buy all those extra seeds at end of year discounts before I went out and bought a seed storage box! I put the cart before the horse.

Live and learn.

Ace Hardware had leftover seeds for sale this Spring.

 

[fuzzi]

Ooh!

We have six weeks until our first frost is expected, I hope it's enough time!

 

[Smokerbill]

Ooh!
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We have six weeks until our first frost is expected, I hope it's enough time!

Cantaloupe?

 

[fuzzi]

Cantaloupe?

Yes!

 

[Smokerbill]

Yes!

Guess I recognized the shape of the leaves. I'm awesome!!!! LOL

 

[Sueby]

I’m hoping @Sueby is ok. There’s tornadoes blowing into Connecticut and Rhode Island right now.
There are some in Southern Massachusetts now as well.

Thanks for thinking of me, I'm fine. We got over 6 inches of rain (my rain gauge overflowed so I don't know how much). Makes me happy I don't have a basement. Ha. But it never got windy, thankfully. There was a water spout over Long Island Sound! I've been so busy at work (it's 10pm, been working since 6:30) I haven't had time to check in. & now I'm delirious, lol.

 

[CNJ]

At the end of my tomato season, my plants got scorched from the sun and all the leaves dried up. I cut the main stem off close to the ground and left the roots in the pots. It's been a few months since then, and I just started taking the dried vines off the cage. I took the mulch off the top of the pot and noticed that the stem was gone. I dug down and the roots were all gone, it broke down while it sat there. Furthermore, all the forest products in the previous potting soil broke down into a finer mix.

I remember seeing how they prepared earth boxes for the next planting; all they did was remove the line of old fertilizer and added more potting soil and a new line of organic fertilizer.

I can see why they did not need to work the mix; the roots decompose themselves. However, the plant must be dead, and the soil must be kept moist for the roots to decompose.

 

[MarkRainbolt]

Well I pulled my cucumber plants and corn stalks up, and replaced them with 300 carrot seeds. I have my cauliflower and cabbage plants in also.
Mark

 

[akroberts1085]

I watered the garden and gave the girls water. Then found out that the dead sunflowers were dropping seeds so I cut them off and put them in a bucket and brought them inside so I can get out the seeds for the girls.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Finally got the last of the tomatoes, beans and cucumbers out and chopped into the compost pile. Been doing it a little at a time cuz we've been laying a new tile floor and painting..Kale, carrots and lettuce are up already and got the chard, beets, turnips and mustard planted.
how does everyone water their gardens? What works best for you? Gotta come up with a new system for watering and sure wouldn't mind suggestions.