What did you do in the garden today?

[akroberts1085]

Look how cute Wally is.

 

[akroberts1085]

Well apparently the weather is trying to make a liar out of me. Today the water is almost gone.

 

[Birdsonghill]

I am itching to work in the gardens but mine are soaked by a major rain event. I inspected some things under row covers and picked a bit of lettuce and a few cabbages but it was too muddy and I quit. Typical for me here is to have too wet soil for tilling or even walking on in the early spring. I plant some spring crops in the semi permanent raised wide row beds without tillage. Add a bit of compost and its all good. Due to the clay content of my native soil it is good to aerate the soil as deep as possible every so often to keep organic matter aiding and/or mitigating drainage down to the desired root zone and beyond. But I don't have to till every bed every year for good results. I love my constructed raised beds with soilless mix and compost only that are a bit taller and easier on me and never need tilling. I cover them with # 9 gauge wire hoops and frost cover or netting in the winter for growing lettuce, spinach, cauliflower and such. I pulled up cages from my tomato and pepper patches and stacked them, but stopped also, because of the mud in those gardens as well. Now I am having a cup of tea and feeling bored, so I will get up and find some other project.

 

[Sueby]

I picked all the stuff I need to make my own potting soil for the 3 other greenstalks. Perlite, vermeculite, bone & blood meal, lime, coco coir & worm castings. Plus my compost. Hope it comes out good, first time I've made my own stuff.

 

[akroberts1085]

I went to Walmart and spent more money on seeds. I'm going to try to get more herbs and vegetables for the garden this year and see what I like/don't like and then next year I will know what to buy.

 

[akroberts1085]

Water in the back yard from last winter

 

[akroberts1085]

@Sally PB I think I will have to try those beets because beets yuck. I will try to get some seeds this weekend and hopefully hubby won't mind too much.

 

[Birdsonghill]

I picked all the stuff I need to make my own potting soil for the 3 other greenstalks. Perlite, vermeculite, bone & blood meal, lime, coco coir & worm castings. Plus my compost. Hope it comes out good, first time I've made my own stuff.

No worries! You have got the basics well covered for making a great mix. I sometimes add Azomite, for the minerals. Good compost is the key to completing the mix! In fact you could have good stuff with just good compost and vermiculite and perlite.

 

[pvaldes]

Assuring that a new black penguin chick don't go to sleep without tasting its first wet bread. Aaaand, time to go under mum again.

 

[WthrLady]

@Sally PB I think I will have to try those beets because beets yuck. I will try to get some seeds this weekend and hopefully hubby won't mind too much.

Agree... beets