What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

It may be that horrible formaldehyde they treat new clothing with, that gave you a headache. I can't even go into some stores, that smell hits me, I get flushed skin, nasty headache & nausea right away, gotta turn right back around & walk out. They spray that crap on textiles, any & all fabrics, to keep insects, moths & rodents from gnawing on them while being stored & transported. One time I bought some towels, they must've been sitting in the bottom of the formaldehyde tank for a long time. They stunk so bad, even soaking & washing several times with white vinegar & hanging them outside in sunshine did not get rid of the chemical stench. I could not even bring them into the house. I threw them in the back of the truck with a load to take to the dump. They stunk up the truck bed! Ugh, that stuff is so nasty!

YES! Smells like petrol to me, but yes, so many things are drenched in it and it gives me headaches. Although, so do flickering lights and pressure changes.

 

[Minanora]

I have a sunburn, and plenty to share. I need to catch up!

 

[NewBoots]

It may be that horrible formaldehyde they treat new clothing with, that gave you a headache.

Good reminder to wash these new ones with my next washer load. I'm lucky though, I get the visual migraine auras without the pain, it just make it impossible to read anything. I used to get them when I was still working as a payroll accountant, and stress would bring them on. At least I assumed so, maybe it was the lighting there as well.

 

[akroberts1085]

Yeah, my celery did the best when I planted it intermingled with tomatoes too.

Once I learned to do the diced onion, carrot, and celery at the very start of my soups and stews I never looked back. I add a little bit of tomato paste now too when the veg are almost done. And sometimes some anchovey paste as well.

We're in such a small town that I always get excited when we get some food trucks. There's a Filipino one that I just love.

Went into town for a haircut, got a new pair of jeans at Cascade Farm and Outdoors but I had to ask a clerk to find a pair my size. Dang visual migraine hit just as I started looking at the sizes. I think the lighting brought it on since it eased up as soon as I got out of the clothing section of the store and completely cleared once I went outside.

When I got home I let the girls out and tossed them the snails I found while clearing about half of a raised bed. I burned a good laundry basket full of dry garden remains.

Penny freaked me out on her walk, I was shuffling bags, trash tongs and cell phone and accidentally dropped the leash. She ran off ahead of me and wouldn't recall. Fortunately, she didn't really want to run away, just wants a faster walking pace then I do and when I stopped walking after her and squatted down and offered her treats, she ran right back to me. She's a rescue and it's foolish of me to assume I always understand her thinking, this could have been a disaster if there had been cars or strange humans close by. Lesson learned.

She's beautiful. I love pitbulls. My pitbull that I had to put down in 2015 was red nose and American bulldog. He weighed 88 lbs. He would sit down when I snapped my fingers and pointed at a spot. When I snapped and put my finger on the floor he would lay down.

 

[akroberts1085]

Wally had a hard day.

 

[chickengr]

I hope your new trees do better!

I’m trying to decide if I should get some more garden boxes now or wait and see if there’s a sale later.

thank you.

when I tried to replace 2 trees I found out that the guy I paid to plant them just wanted to finish the job as soon as possible. there was about 8 in of soil wit a huge rock underneath. that's why those 2 trees died.


I ordered 4 fig trees and a navalina orange. my dogs destroyed an orange tree so I decided to replace it. my soil is perfect for fig and pomegranate trees so I will plant a lot of them. just learned that fig trees should be planted diagonally (as tomato and peppers) so the they grow bigger roots. I ordered them from university of athens nursery and they explained me that.

 

[Acre4Me]

My sister's neighbor has a trumpet vine that took over the entire fence and had sprouts popping up all over both of their yards.

Once I ordered a “chocolate vine” (I think that was the name) from Gurneys. I was planning to plant it on the compost structure, north side. I read up on it and learned it’s considered invasive, in a few states surrounding Ohio, but not Ohio. I didn’t plant it when it arrived bc I certainly didn’t need a well fed (surrounding compost bin) invasive vine! That could have been a nightmare! Bindweed is bad enough.

 

[Acre4Me]

Definite potential for wild weather in Ohio/KY today. 2 weeks ago, 8 tornadoes hit all around me in the general area, one was EF3. So, pretty sure everyone around here is a little worried today.
TORCON a 7 for most of the state- this is a measurement of tornado risk.

We’ve had so much rain already the past 24-36 hours, including 1.5-2” rain last night, on top of 1-1.5” the night before. Ground is saturated, so water is flowing. All our previous work on drainage is keeping the water where it belongs-flowing out to the farm field. And the farmer (thanks to a federal grant), re-did the drain pipes all through his field behind us and lowered the waterway, so water flows better through the field too. More rain later today.


So, maybe I’ll try to get some seeds started to keep my mind off this.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

Definite potential for wild weather in Ohio/KY today. 2 weeks ago, 8 tornadoes hit all around me in the general area, one was EF3. So, pretty sure everyone around here is a little worried today.
TORCON a 7 for most of the state- this is a measurement of tornado risk.
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We’ve had so much rain already the past 24-36 hours, including 1.5-2” rain last night, on top of 1-1.5” the night before. Ground is saturated, so water is flowing. All our previous work on drainage is keeping the water where it belongs-flowing out to the farm field. And the farmer (thanks to a federal grant), re-did the drain pipes all through his field behind us and lowered the waterway, so water flows better through the field too. More rain later today.


So, maybe I’ll try to get some seeds started to keep my mind off this.

Hopefully the weather won't be to wild. My son sent some pictures of the hail 2 weeks ago. Stay safe.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I have a trumpet “tree” in my yard that came with the house. The birds and butterflies love it but it is invasive. I prune it back before it starts putting out leaves in Spring and it keeps on growing. It sends out runners everywhere. I would not recommend that to anyone. I need to try to-get some storm prep done today. Looks like we may get 1 to 3 inches of heavy wet snow. Wah!