What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Planted kale, carrots, radishes, lettuce and rainbow chard in the big garden. I got my fuel oil delivery. The septic tank pumper will be here tomorrow so I plan to dig up the entry cap after the eclipse. I took the dogs out and checked on the chickens. All but one were just laying around the chicken run. I found the missing hen protecting an egg. The eclipse has started. I took a peek with the special glasses. Only a little “bite” was missing. More work to do inside.

 

[jerryse]

Beautiful day here. Raccoon dug up 2 of my persimmon trees. Found 1 and replanted it.Phoebe nest build. They use mo

ss as do Carolina wrens. Purple coneflower showing life but no seeds up yet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners, won't see much too cloudy here.

 

[Molpet]

Just past the most of the eclipse here. Almost 95%. Temperature drop was very noticeable.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Beautiful day here. Raccoon dug up 2 of my persimmon trees. Found 1 and replanted it.Phoebe nest build. They use moView attachment 3795361View attachment 3795363ss as do Carolina wrens. Purple coneflower showing life but no seeds up yet.

I have a Carolina Wren who built a nest in an old flower pot on a shelf in my garage. This is the 2nd year in a row that she has done that... Last year she picked an old mailbox that was on the top shelf. Threw it away so she found a new spot this year.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Full eclipse here. My chickens were so confused. They were out free ranging. As soon as we were at full blackout, suddenly you see a huge mass of birds (I have 65 chickens) RUNNING across the pasture towards their coop...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Btw, my dehydrated eggs were a bust. I tried them in the oven at 170 for 12 hours because I didn't have any silicone trays to use in my actual dehydrator. They came out like a slab of rubber instead of something I could actually grind into a powder.

 

[Molpet]

I have a Carolina Wren who built a nest in an old flower pot on a shelf in my garage. This is the 2nd year in a row that she has done that... Last year she picked an old mailbox that was on the top shelf. Threw it away so she found a new spot this year.

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One year I went to use the funnel I use for diesel and there was a Wren nest. No eggs so I removed. I guess he was thinking the fumes would keep the mites away

 

[gtaus]

I have an Excel sheet that I created to do that.... If it would help you?

I would love to see what you put together. Can you send a link to a file or a screenshot of how you set up your spreadsheet? Thanks.

 

[Sueby]

Just past the most of the eclipse here. Almost 95%. Temperature drop was very noticeable.

It was! It was a beautiful sunny day & it got a little chilly for a few minutes.

Full eclipse here. My chickens were so confused. They were out free ranging. As soon as we were at full blackout, suddenly you see a huge mass of birds (I have 65 chickens) RUNNING across the pasture towards their coop...

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Too funny! I was so curious to see what the chickens would do - they kind of just hung around outside the coop like they do for the half hour before it's time to go in but we were only at 93% so it didn't get very dark.