What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

When I've grown melons, I do this:

Around the first week of August, I remove any melon that is not as big as my fist. If it isn't that size by then, it won't ripen by frost anyway. By getting rid of those (useless) melons, the plant pumps more energy into the melons that will ripen. They get bigger and sweeter.

I bet that would work with tomatoes too. Pick off the little ones as the season is ending.

 

[akroberts1085]

For using wood for markers I would use my wood burning tool

 

[karenerwin]

It rained today which is good because I’ve been too busy cleaning out the rental house and trying to make some repairs before the new tenant moved in. She moved in today. We have to go back tomorrow to install the bathroom light/ exhaust fan combo that the previous tenant ( my son) tore out.

 

[akroberts1085]

This is my back yard during the winter last year

This is after some of the water receded.

 

[gtaus]

This is one from last year. It's been in the same place since I started the garden this Spring. I will post a picture of the garden space so everyone can see.View attachment 3652160

Thanks. I ordered some Sharpie oil-based marker pens from Amazon. From the feedback I have received, there seems to be a consensus that the oil-based sharpies will not fade like the normal sharpie markers did.

I have some of those Dollar Tree plant labels like in your picture, but I plan on mostly using the old vinyl blinds I cut up for my plant labels. I hear they work great with the oil-based Sharpie markers.

 

[saysfaa]

The markers for ear tags for cattle caught my eye today. The directions on the package said to write heavily, let it dry, then give it a second layer to help it not fade.

 

[littledog]

I’m thinking of making cucumber soup and leaving out the cream so I can freeze it.

I make it with plain Greek yogurt instead of cream, and it freezes fine and thaws deliciously.

my whoflungdung

Your WHAT?? Who Flung Dung?? (might have been me, I fling plenty of dung...)

 

[littledog]

Problem is that a can of exterior polyurethane spray is about $15.00 at Menards. Considering the number of plant labels I want to make, those would be very expensive markers for the garden.

Is it possible to buy exterior polyurethane in gallon cans? Like people use when they refinish hardwood floors. Then you could just dip your labels, let the extra drip back into the can, and not waste any, unlike spraying that wastes a lot because random droplets go everywhere.

 

[jerryse]

Rain and thunderstorms today and tomorrow. I need a rest anyway.

 

[Sally PB]

Summer is over here. Our high temp was 74, at midnight. Now we're in the 60s, still heading lower.

Chances of rain everyday for the next 5-6. We could use the rain, so it's fine by me. I'll dig the rest of the potatoes when there are not-raining spells.

The planting garlic I ordered will be here soon. I need to get a bed ready for those and for the potato onions. I won't plant them in the same spot as where they were last year, even though they did VERY well there. I have piles of chicken run compost, so I'll enrich another spot in the garden and hopefully they do as well there.