What did you do in the garden today?

[CNJ]

I'll have to think to get some more drums

Leon grows determinate plants on the barrel and let them hang over. Have you tried this?

 

[TJAnonymous]

Are you satisfied with it? Do you know the name and source of the product. I need to get one for Scaredy Cat our semi reformed feral.

This is the brand below. I originally purchased it for an elderly, sick stray that showed up at my mom's place. It only turns on when it's actually got weight on it. That was important to me from a safety & efficiency perspective. I had to put that stray to sleep earlier this year. Now I use it for our barn cats who equally love it. However, they refused to use it until I placed the little cat house (a mini doghouse with this pad inside) high up on top of the hay bales. I think they feel safer being high off the ground, but it also underscores the need to ensure it shuts off when they aren't using it!

K&H Pet Products Lectro-Soft Outdoor Heated Dog and Cat Bed, Electric Thermostatically Controlled Orthopedic Pet Pad Tan Small 14 X 18 Inches​

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[TJAnonymous]

Leon grows determinate plants on the barrel and let them hang over. Have you tried this?

Never tried it but I LOVE Leon. I want to go visit his place

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I still have the chilis outside, they are too large ( and heavy) to lug inside, the sun was shining today, I still harvest red ones every few days or so…they don’t look good anymore ( at night it gets too cold for them) but during the day they still grow a little bit

 

[Smokerbill]

Leon grows determinate plants on the barrel and let them hang over. Have you tried this?

I like that idea. It would sure make them easier to harvest.

 

[Smokerbill]

I planted my garlic today, 16 cloves. I have no idea what variety it is. Just something I bought at HDep a couple years ago, and harvested a couple months ago. It's been hanging up and drying since then. The garlic has some red on the skin, so maybe it's red German? I think it's a hardneck variety.

I amended the garlic patch with about 5 gallons of composted chicken run material, and mixed it into the dirt well. That should help them grow.

 

[sourland]

Picked 7 tomatoes today - probably the last of the season. Others are too small to try to ripen, and we are having a hard freeze tonight. I can stretch a couple of weeks out of the tomatoes on my window sill, but then what will I do?

 

[CNJ]

I like that idea. It would sure make them easier to harvest.

I also like the idea, but the used food barrels in my area is kind of expensive.

 

[CNJ]

Today, I poured apple cider vinegar and water into my earth box's water reservoir. I ran some ph test and determined that it took 2 oz or 4 TBS of cider vinegar per 5 gallon water to drop my water's ph to around 6. I will refrain from wetting the top of the earth box and I won't add any fertilizer to the reservoir this time around.

My earth box is under a 40% sun tarp, so I don't have to worry about the rain washing out the fertilizer on top.

 

[WthrLady]

Hanging laundry on the line was as close to the great outdoors as I managed today (besides trying to catch alpacas to put a coat on one, failed at that.)

Rescued an almost 90 year old quilt from the local charity shop. It was stained, but nothing an oxiclean soak and a run through the delicate cycle with some persil didn't manage. Then out to the line it went. It has a couple tiny places that need stitched as it was obviously hand sewn. I can manage that this winter at the same time I have it sitting on my lap, keeping me warm. HA!
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