What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Good morning all! Well, the sun is shining this morning & birds are tweeting, such a glorious morning!

We had a tornado warning across 2 counties, but thank God no tornadoes. We got some serious wind & thunderstorms shake the house & flicker power in the night, so cleaning wind blown tree & debris is on the agenda 1st. We do get more rain later today at some point but not much. How does all this stuff from other yards many acres away, end up in my yard? Got huge puddles & yard flooding but the structures stayed dry at my place so I am happy. I need to let it dry out today, probably till tomorrow. I am chomping at the bit to till here! The chicken pens are in need of attention. I am considering a lot of sand for them...this mud is a PITA.

Anyway, my tomato sprouts are already leaning for the sun this morning, gotta spin them around. I like this forecast much better...sunshine is good!

 

[Sueby]

I spoke too soon, the temps are dropping, it's snowing & sticking to the ground.

 

[BullChick]

A laugh for your day.
“I always give my plants an egg. The problem is that it starts to demand bacon.”

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Think of all the nitrogen your strawberries are getting @Sueby. We had a bit of a lull in the weather. I raked the snow from the chicken run roof after I fed them and cleaned the coop. It’s going to be snowing all day apparently mixed with freezing rain. As long as the power stays on, I’m happy.

 

[Minanora]

Minimal closets, totally missing a coat closet...I mean Who designed this pathetic house? No attic, no basement, no pantry, no garage. I had to have a garage built & I currently have sheds for storage. It's true we use some stuff seasonally, but mostly we really do wear 20% of our clothing (our favs or weather/work appropriate) 80% of the time. I'm usually in work clothes, chicken clothes, gardening clothes or cozy house clothes. I'm going to donate a ton of clothes that I won't be wearing, some never ever worn. Stuff has gotta go! Make more room for bird & gardening related stuff!

I feel your pain. Our house was built in '65, 1394sqft. With a detected garage, with two smaller roll up doors... Laundry is out there. Our house has small rooms, small closets, no Attic, no basement and no pantry. We have two small hall closets. One is full of my husband's jackets and shoes, the other is stacked with my canned goods. We're going to sacrifice the raised bar seating on the L of our kitchen counter to put in shelves for more mason jars of food stuffs. We're also talking about making a custom wall long storage cabinet in the eat in area and moving our table so I have even more storage. I don't need kitchen gadgets or special tools... I need room for food! Lol

Have you tried growing marigolds? They're supposed to deter nematodes.

I do plant marigolds, the infestation I had was so bad that they didn't do much good.

That's not good. I know it can get to be annoying, but compromise is necessary.

I'm not a plant in a pot kind of person, so it annoys hubs a lot when I just toss the plastic nursery pots into the bulk trash. Someone comes and takes them every time, and I'm good with that; I don't need them hanging out in my shed cluttering up my space.

Not only that but the unused plastic pots are just black widow condos. I only save the giant ones and a few good quality small ones for moving shrubs and olallie Berry babies.

I believe only the French marigolds deter nematodes if you do givea try. try.

Those are the ones I plant in the raised beds and containers. I plant the super tall ones in the yard because they're beautiful in the summer and the deer leave them alone.

 

[Sally PB]

I need to make a list of all the stuff I want to do/have done in the garden, and then prioritize it.

Weed
Build/weave a trellis for pole beans/peas
Weed
Plant the spinach/kale
Weed
Plant peas
Weed
Dig the bit of grass I missed by the grapes
Weed
Put some hay over the rest of the dirt by the grapes where that bit of grass was
Weed

See a pattern here?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I need to make a list of all the stuff I want to do/have done in the garden, and then prioritize it.

Weed
Build/weave a trellis for pole beans/peas
Weed
Plant the spinach/kale
Weed
Plant peas
Weed
Dig the bit of grass I missed by the grapes
Weed
Put some hay over the rest of the dirt by the grapes where that bit of grass was
Weed

See a pattern here?

Yes & it is a very familiar pattern, too!

 

[Minanora]

Oh! It's going to rain here today and tomorrow. Yesterday I got out and fed my lawn some iron sulfate before the rain. It's going to be a gentle rain. Only .3 inches over the day. So it's perfect for watering in the iron.

My mulberry mulch is already starting to improve the soil by my grapes and in my bee garden. It was worth all the work!

@Sally PB your to do list is similar to mine!

I have ADHD, I get distracted by weeds all the time... Eventually I'll finish something, right?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Oh! It's going to rain here today and tomorrow. Yesterday I got out and fed my lawn some iron sulfate before the rain. It's going to be a gentle rain. Only .3 inches over the day. So it's perfect for watering in the iron.

My mulberry mulch is already starting to improve the soil by my grapes and in my bee garden. It was worth all the work!

@Sally PB your to do list is similar to mine!

I have ADHD, I get distracted by weeds all the time... Eventually I'll finish something, right?

Think I've always had it, too, always sidetracked, doing & thinking 10 things ahead of, or simultaneously with, 10 other things

My to do lists are insane

 

[Sally PB]

I have ADHD, I get distracted by weeds all the time... Eventually I'll finish something, right?

I am a garden putterer. Work a little on this, go weed that, then something else...

This time of year, I have to be more focused.