What did you do in the garden today?

[akroberts1085]

Those are go

I can thin them and send you the tubers/rhizomes, let me know when you want them.

I planted them all along the back of the house.
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The ones along the house get about 4'-5' tall, the ones by the bird feeders get 6'-7' tall (the tall plants to the left of the propane tank).
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Those are gorgeous. I had red cana lilies in a house that we lived in in the 90s.

 

[akroberts1085]

Today I keep digging and cleaning up weed block fabric (I did not put them there). Beautiful rich soil on top of it. Afterwards, I threw seeds of carrots, parsley, kale there.

I finally finished inoculating a log with 70 shitake plugs.

Then I saw beauty totally by surprise!! I have saffron flowers! I only planted the bulbs 1.5 month ago. Did not think anything would happen until next year.
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They are beautiful. But there are like no leaves though.

Those are beautiful. I'm going to try to find some.

 

[CNJ]

Thanks. Now that makes sense and I understand.

I had to order these adapters for my float valve.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OG9SO8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1

It fits on these 1/2inch float valve:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09836ZKMC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also, make sure you get the hydroponic type gromet and not the electrical type. The electrical ones leak.
https://www.amazon.com/Grommet-Wate...a6-b1c9-51ba23602aae&pd_rd_i=B07M9VPRQY&psc=1

 

[TJAnonymous]

Can you post a photo of a leaf?

Here's one I'm trying to root in the sunroom.

I think it's a tradescantia?


https://getbusygardening.com/purple-heart-plant-care/

 

[gtaus]

I had to order these adapters for my float valve.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006OG9SO8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1

It fits on these 1/2inch float valve:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09836ZKMC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also, make sure you get the hydroponic type gromet and not the electrical type. The electrical ones leak.
https://www.amazon.com/Grommet-Wate...a6-b1c9-51ba23602aae&pd_rd_i=B07M9VPRQY&psc=1

Thanks for the Amazon links. I added those supplies to my list. I'll have to check, but I think I have the same sized float valves somewhere in storage.

 

[Dadanga]

No. I think people are much the same everywhere about things like that. Finding out how nosy the people around you are might be more likely in less populated places.

The best things about those kind of places here they are cheaper. I flirt with the idea of living the hobby farm life in a place less populated but wonder how I'd go eventually with the loneliness of it. Animals take care of that I guess.

Is it bad I thought I posted this reply last night?

Today was a day or nothing really, I guess I'm one of those guys that gets annoyed when I don't get a task done; was too busy gasbagging to family and missed the butchers/bakery so tonight is a night of processed goodies! Taking stock of it all and thinking I'll probably go about using some more fish hydrolysate tomorrow. The green house is really powering along after using that rosemary stuff. It says it supposed to work from 2 weeks onwards but I'm seeing results quicker in the NFT.

Meanwhile, the thin scarlet radish is getting thinned by pests. I may have to think about using the oil out there. The volunteer tomato is really exploding and I'm wondering if it's a cherry variety. I must admit, I do seem to like their size and anything under. They are quick and even when you get them from coles, I find the smaller types more flavorsome than the usual truss, roma, field tomatoes. But I'm no tomato connoisseur. If I can pull off one of these heirloom types I'll be really happy as those are types I've always wanted.

Now do I cheat and go to a food grocers market to try some heirlooms before mine are ready? The temptation is there. Still gotta seed the bed better. One good thing about the 2x2m pod in the grove is that I planted out some ruby basil and since my old worm farm is there and it's very protected and sheltered, even they are rocking. I'm kinda pissed I didn't take a pic of it. Maybe tomorrow!

The kratkies are all getting bigger and bigger and I wonder if I'm going to have to start pruning or just try to organize it instead. My biggest fear is the one with three varieties as two seem to be monstering along while one is hanging back a bit.

Speaking of monsters. Queen of the Greenhouse the viet mint is really getting big again and starting to take over. I wonder if another root mass cut back is due. My 60L res is getting drained but it's kind of odd because when I test the nutrient level, all that's being taken mostly is the water so I don't tend to have to mess with the NPK too much after a top up.

You can see my little tomato I plucked out of the coco next to my tower fan. It's okay ventilation but I'm flirting with something mounted higher. Like an industrial fan, one on opposite corners. My big problem with something like that is one; power and then secondly. Controlling the flow.

The pizza thyme got gobbled up a bit by pests before I got onto the rosemary oil, the lemon variegated version already underwent the hard yards so is kinda happy. I think the only thing I don't like about thyme is the bloody time required for them to grow. I may have to think about using the baby NFT I have yet to put up and try to put a tonne of clones out in them under netting along the fence. **** I waffle on but I swear. One more thing. Really happy with finding one of those thai round chillies already fruiting. I should really look into how to clone chillies or even if it's possible. I don't like the heat of the carolinas and what not, just the flavor of the habanero styles and jalapenos.

 

[Sammster]

I have yellow with orange splotches/spots. Lots of them, happy to share!
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Pretty! When I was little, Mom planted red cannas along the back of the house, every summer. We are in Michigan, so she dug them up, every fall. But - I think she planted tubers, not seeds

 

[Sally PB]

Well, in my case, it might be a different kind of nosy. I live on a lake, about 10 miles from town, on what used to be resort property 50 years ago. There are only 3 of us that are year-round residents, and the others are summertime only vacationers. Because we live so far from town, the 3 of us year-round residents kind of look out for everybody's property because most of the places are locked up and empty between the end of September and the middle of May. If we see a strange car or truck come on to our property, we check it out to make sure it is not someone trying to break in and steal stuff from the summer homes.

I have lived out here for 35 years now, and have the contact telephone numbers of almost all the neighbors. I have called them from time to time if I see anyone going down to their summer cabins in the off season. It has always been some relative who stopped by, or something like that, but the neighbors are always thankful for the courtesy call.

We do the same thing. I had a neighbor call me to tell me someone was wandering around the old farmhouse property. (It was fine.) I had a neighbor call me to ask if I was ok, as someone drove back to our house. We're the end of a dead end road, so if they come back there, they're lost or visiting us.

I appreciate their concern.

 

[FrannyNZooey]

Today I keep digging and cleaning up weed block fabric (I did not put them there). Beautiful rich soil on top of it. Afterwards, I threw seeds of carrots, parsley, kale there.

I finally finished inoculating a log with 70 shitake plugs.

Then I saw beauty totally by surprise!! I have saffron flowers! I only planted the bulbs 1.5 month ago. Did not think anything would happen until next year.
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They are beautiful. But there are like no leaves though.

Nice! Yeah, the first fall I planted the saffron crocus, they bloomed. How many bulbs did you plant? I think I pl Ted something like 20 across two pots. They produc more than enough saffron than I’ll use each year.

 

[FrannyNZooey]

Today I keep digging and cleaning up weed block fabric (I did not put them there). Beautiful rich soil on top of it. Afterwards, I threw seeds of carrots, parsley, kale there.

I finally finished inoculating a log with 70 shitake plugs.

Then I saw beauty totally by surprise!! I have saffron flowers! I only planted the bulbs 1.5 month ago. Did not think anything would happen until next year.
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They are beautiful. But there are like no leaves though.

Oh and the their leaves are there. They’re the very then green spikes. After you pluck the saffron and the flower does back, it’s leaves will continue to grow quite long. Like maybe 6-8 inches.