What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Ok... @gtaus, @Liz Birdlover, and others....Here's the file. You should be able to view it from the link and download it.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/in48...4v1.xlsx?rlkey=5hywe9c86y7dd222w4mwc6olz&dl=0

Thank you so much!

 

[igorsMistress]

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.

Try parchment paper, works great.

 

[WthrLady]

Put out some more wildflower seeds... I also fertilized my apple and hazelnut trees since we are in for a good soaking over the next few days.

BTW, I also captured a picture of the really weird shadows from the trees due to the eclipse. This is called the pinhole effect.
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OK, off to grab my laptop so I can share my Garden Excel file.

We don't have any leaves yet.

 

[TJAnonymous]

OK, is that a garden layout design? That's what is looks like to me. Nicely done.

That might come in handy for me. I checked out that SeedTime software, and you have to pay extra for the garden layout feature.

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, that's my garden layout. I basically assume each cell is roughly a 1 ft x 1 ft area. I show all my raised beds or large containers, along with the in-ground garden space and inside the hoop house. The gray areas are walking paths. I color code different crops/flowers. At the end of the season, I just duplicate and archive the worksheet. This allows me to track crop rotation. Then I use the Log tab to manage planting & harvest dates, crop notes, etc... Useful to me because it's easily sortable.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Try parchment paper, works great.

I need something with edges or the eggs will spill off the sides.

 

[cj2024]

I went out to water my plants and found this black giant winter melon snapped off the vine. It's a good thing it was a low hanging fruit, and the soil underneath was soft. I wanted to see how big it could get. Its own vine couldn't handle the weight. Feels like 20lbs................

I bought some paracord ropes, I need to make something to support the weight of the rest of the fruit. They will break off and explode on the ground if I don 't.

 

[igorsMistress]

I need something with edges or the eggs will spill off the sides.

I fold it so it’s long enough to go up the sides and it works ok for me. My dehydrator is rectangular though

 

[Minanora]

I watered, finished off that sprinkler valve plumbing. Still need to install a few more pieces on the individual bed valves, but I had to get the valves done so the old systems could run. It's going to be in the 80s.

I bought some more marigolds to plant in the beds, more pressure on the nematodes! I will spray again tomorrow. At this point I probably have them under control, but I'm going to keep spraying all season. Depending on how effective my work turns out to be, I'll get beneficial nematodes and outcompete any remaining bad nematodes. Or if I failed, I'll take each bed down to the base and dry the soil out, then use the weed torch on it and cook it, essentially start over. Hopefully my soil drenches are working. I need a microscope!

Oh yeah it's going to rain again this weekend. This isn't normal for us. I was sure we were done with rain for the year... I was wrong. Sigh.

 

[chickengr]

DW told me I was right today. She does not tell me often. View attachment 3795972

today is your lucky day, lol.

btw your pear tree looks great.

 

[chickengr]

yesterday I went to athens to pick up another (goat) kid and stopped to buy apricot, cherry and (fuji) apple trees. going to plant them as well as a few other that I had no time to plant. they all are in containers.