What did you do in the garden today?

[MotherofOrpies]

Former green Tomatoes which ripened in a paper bag with a ripe apple

My chili plants, hanging in there

 

[CNJ]

Has anyone tried the 16 inch Louisiana Okra seeds from Bakers Creek? I just ordered some.
https://www.rareseeds.com/okra-louisiana-16-inch-long-pod

 

[CNJ]

It's been about 3 days since I last sprayed my young tomato plants with Seven insecticide, and I have not seen a cutter yet, I usually see them every day when I was using soap. I don't think soap kills them. I am glad I tried something different, Seven seem to be the way to go.

I will only spray the plants with Seven if I see the cutter. I'll use soap for other insects.

 

[fuzzi]

That's what I do, except I dump the leaves in the chicken run. The chickens break down and compost the leaves faster than just sitting in a compost bin. And the chickens love playing in a pile of leaves. Cheap entertainment for me.

I do both, dump them in the chicken run and the compost pile.

We have a lot of leaves...

 

[fuzzi]

That's what I do, except I dump the leaves in the chicken run. The chickens break down and compost the leaves faster than just sitting in a compost bin. And the chickens love playing in a pile of leaves. Cheap entertainment for me.

I do both, dump them in the chicken run and the compost pile.

We have a lot of leaves...

 

[WthrLady]

Apple orchard up the road gifted me 10 bales of straw. The massive size ones, 80 pounders. The morning was spent digging out the trailer, picking up straw, and then making a dry outdoor space to store them. I don't know how damp they are inside, despite our lack of rain, as they have been outside all summer. So I don't trust the fire chance in my own hay shed. It's only for bedding, so on a pallet in a garden with a tarp is fine.
Rain was supposed to roll through in the morning, so the timing was great. Now watch, since I did it today, they'll be no rain tomorrow.
Contractor due at noon today, called at 1130 to reschedule. Grumble. Oh well.

 

[Sally PB]

I gave my chickens two totes full of leaves today. The industrious ladies and gentleman leveled them in 10 minutes. We'll have lots more leaves to rake up when we get back.

When I used to get big sheets of cardboard from work, I used piles of leaves as the mulch to hold them down. That worked VERY well. The leaves got wet in the rain and plastered themselves down. I learned quickly that the cardboard would catch the wind and become a sail if it had any kind of curl. Yeah, all of the cardboard up against the fence in the wind. So it took something heavy -- like a 6" deep layer of wet leaves -- to hold it down.

Plus side of that: NO weeds came up. Minus: the ground didn't warm up very fast.

Gonna miss my birdies while I'm gone! I'll ask my chicken sitter to send me pictures.

The firefighters left me the leftover bales of straw from the house burn. I have one in the garden I need to spread out when we get back, and one in the chicken run for them to work on. There are 7-8 still up in the garage (that they didn't even singe while burning the house 15 feet away to the ground!), so the birdies will get more straw over the course of the winter. I might put one in the coop and cut the strings on it. They've always had shavings. Since it's wheat straw, they might enjoy the wheat kernels.

 

[FrannyNZooey]

Ours sometimes last a few years. We live in Florida, so our planting season is a little earlier. I frequently start seedlings in January to plan outside in March. For me I've noticed it depends on the type of pepper. Bell peppers don't generally do as well with it as hot peppers.

I’ve heard that too about sweet versus hot!

 

[FrannyNZooey]

I finally got that second shipment of seed garlic planted.

I also planted about 20 anenome corms planted in our front yard bed. It will be very exciting if they germinate and actually bloom flowers. Fingers crossed!https://www.edenbrothers.com/produc...MImLO4wZepggMV-BitBh1UFAk6EAQYASABEgLyUPD_BwE

I want to find some dahlias for the front yard as well, still searching, it’s a work in progress.

 

[TaylorGlade]

Has anyone tried the 16 inch Louisiana Okra seeds from Bakers Creek? I just ordered some.
https://www.rareseeds.com/okra-louisiana-16-inch-long-pod

Yes! We did that and Clemson spineless this year. Next year, the Louisiana will be the only one we plant!