What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

I made a vegetable soup with my home-grown chicken stock, and I threw in whatever I could find out in my garden.

What impressed me the most was the can of cooked quail eggs I added. The creamy quail eggs are so good, they can replace the chicken meat. I highly recommend trying it.

Good idea. Did you leave them whole and add them last? We’ve bought canned quail eggs before, so many in such a little can!!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Happy Eclipse Day all! To celebrate the day I’m having my septic tank pumped and my heating oil tank filled. Lol! Just a coincidence but I guess a girl can’t be too prepared for any insanity that may occur. My nice neighbor is having some major landscaping done and he is gifting me his blueberry bushes. He’s replacing them with arbor vitaes. Very cool. They should like growing on the slope in the back of my property.

 

[Sally PB]

My nice neighbor is having some major landscaping done and he is gifting me his blueberry bushes.

Wow, how lucky! I hope they do well for you.

I pruned the obvious dead wood off my blueberry bushes yesterday. LOTS of flower buds, so for lots of berries!

I have a roll of bird netting at the ready...

 

[igorsMistress]

Has anyone ever started purple coneflower from seed? I have yet to see anything, and I planted them nearly a month ago.

Ditto with New England Aster, but that packet said 21-45 days. The packet said they were "Pre-stratified," so I didn't put them in the fridge for 6 weeks. I hope they were right about that.

Mine never come up either.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Have you considered using an excel spreadsheet for tracking your plants, etc @gtaus? You can search and sort easily.

 

[igorsMistress]

I am looking for either a paper form or free software to help me track seed starting dates, germination period, transplanting dates, and harvest dates. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so if anyone has a link and/or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

Background: I used to just buy plants at the big box stores and put them in the garden. Last year, I started some seeds in the house 8 weeks before transplanting them outside. That worked better than I expected. This year, I am increasing both the number and variety of seeds that I am starting in the house.

But now I am looking at trying to track all these different dates. For example, I started some seeds but will have to restart new seeds if they don't germinate. I would like to have some kind of organized system that I can enter my initial data and have those tasks scheduled so I don't drop the ball on anything. Something that tells me to restart any tomato seeds that don't germinate at day 14, for example.

Just trying to up my game. Thanks for any help.

Do you have Excel your computer? Make your own.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Happy Eclipse Day!
Not sure if we will have cloud cover later, but I thought I'd share this little video of making a safe way to view.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/...0hHUlRqS1BicVZSc25kOENHSDFtOWFZeFhlZVlyVUp3Sw..

Other than that...we had our 1st sunny day yesterday. The 1st Tulip opened up!



One of my Ringneck Doves passed on, so I let a pair hatch 2 eggs, one got broken but the other hatched a sweet baby. I guess the odd Dove who lost his mate got ticked off & picked on the baby yesterday, pulled some little feathers out. So, human mama stepped in to help. She will be fine. She Loves being hand fed!


Coops got cleaned & my tomato sprouts responded by all turning towards the much long awaited & appreciated sunshine. Awww, They're So Happy! Grow you cute lil tomaters!

 

[gtaus]

Have you considered using an excel spreadsheet for tracking your plants, etc @gtaus? You can search and sort easily.

Do you have Excel your computer? Make your own.

Thanks for the replies. I do have spreadsheet software. But like I said, I am trying to not reinvent the wheel by creating my own system if there is something out there already that works. I may end up creating my own spreadsheet, but it would not be my first choice.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

Happy Eclipse Day all! To celebrate the day I’m having my septic tank pumped and my heating oil tank filled. Lol! Just a coincidence but I guess a girl can’t be too prepared for any insanity that may occur. My nice neighbor is having some major landscaping done and he is gifting me his blueberry bushes. He’s replacing them with arbor vitaes. Very cool. They should like growing on the slope in the back of my property.

Mine never come up either.

Mine did not come up.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

Mine did not come up.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. This should be on cone flower post