What did you do in the garden today?

[muddy75]

Hoping to finish cleaning up the yard so we can start on the garden. I just need a break in the weather

 

[WthrLady]

545pm eastern live la grange ky street running train cam tornado sirens are blaring

 

[Acre4Me]

545pm eastern live la grange ky street running train cam tornado sirens are blaring

You just want to say “get out of your cars!!!!! Get INSIDE someplace safe!!!!” I hope it’s not bad

 

[WthrLady]

tim

You just want to say “get out of your cars!!!!! Get INSIDE someplace safe!!!!” I hope it’s not bad

e stamp 1754-56 hail on it. Insane.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

The weather system won’t be all that bad here. The downside is 2+ inches of rain and some wind but no tornado activity anticipated. Wishing all that are affected by this weather stay safe. I did very little in the garden today. Raked the two beds I tilled yesterday. I cleaned the pellet stove and tried to tighten up the fence around the chicken yard. The storm is not going to get here until tomorrow early afternoon, so there’s time to do more if needed.

 

[Smokerbill]

There's a stiff breeze here blowing warm air up from the south. It was supposed to get to 65, but it made it up to 74 degrees today.

I slapped together a little riser for one of my raised beds so the potatoes I'm planting will have deep, loose, compost rich soil to grow in. I'm "chitting" the little taters I'm going to plant.

I have no idea what kind they are. They're organic. The tag calls them Sunrise Medley 2 bite potatoes, so I guess it's a mix of varieties. The price was right, because they were in one of the free boxes of produce scraps I picked up for my chickens at the grocery store last winter.

Chitting is my new word for the day. It means placing seed potatoes in bright sunshine to induce them to start growing.

 

[Sally PB]

Raining now. Rain/snow tomorrow, and rain on Thursday. Looking forward to Friday and the weekend!

I haven't had to say that since I retired!

 

[Happy hen lover]

My personal "rule" is I can't buy anything at a thrift store unless I take in a donation.

I think of it as trading in my clothes.

My rule is if I buy one shirt I have to get rid of one at home. But I volunteer @one store, it's like chicken math in clothes !!! I do take back all the clothes I reject or I'm just tired of. The last time I bought a new shirt it shrunk 2 sizes. That's the beauty of thrift store clothes.

 

[Minanora]

There's a stiff breeze here blowing warm air up from the south. It was supposed to get to 65, but it made it up to 74 degrees today.

I slapped together a little riser for one of my raised beds so the potatoes I'm planting will have deep, loose, compost rich soil to grow in. I'm "chitting" the little taters I'm going to plant.

I have no idea what kind they are. They're organic. The tag calls them Sunrise Medley 2 bite potatoes, so I guess it's a mix of varieties. The price was right, because they were in one of the free boxes of produce scraps I picked up for my chickens at the grocery store last winter.

Chitting is my new word for the day. It means placing seed potatoes in bright sunshine to induce them to start growing.

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I'm not going to lie. Your raised beds are the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Are those... Steel beams?! Holy crap that's the most expensive raised bed material I've ever seen! I love it!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Omg, it was SO WINDY today.... Sustained winds over 20mph and gusts up to 45 mph. Thankfully it did not knock down the Greenstalk.

I went ahead and covered all the potatoes with some straw mulch to help keep the soil moist.

Speaking of invasive plants... I ordered and planted some Double Gold raspberry from Stark Brothers back in 2022. Within a year, it had completely filled the 6 ft x 2 ft raised bed and was beginning to pop up in the roses next to it. Tonight, I noticed no less than a DOZEN sprouts all over the yard. Some were over 10 ft away from the raspberry bed. They are major invading the blackberry and rose beds that are adjacent to the raspberry bed. Yeah....invasive might be an understatement.