What did you do in the garden today?

[NewBoots]

Chilly today but it didn't rain so I let the girls out and got another of the beds cleared. The girls made out like bandits, I tossed them snails and other creepy crawlers as I worked and all was good until I lost my mind and set the tray with the kale on the ground. My girls really like kale and found them but I noticed the kale party before any were killed. I got kale, lettuce, leeks, snapdragons, and celery planted. Put down more snail bait and watered a little bit. It's supposed to rain some tonight so the plants should take. Only thing left in the the greenhouse now are the peppers and tomatoes.

 

[Acre4Me]

What a yucky day yesterday. It rained so much. Today, more rain -although not as much- and more wind. The run was SOAKED. Hopefully we can add gutters to divert the rain, but husband seems to always find something else to do instead.

Also took in the 5 baby goats to be disbudded. This happens when the horn buds are very early, and the vet burns them off. They got a shave, lidocaine, horn iron, then an aluminum spray on the area. They seem ok now. The little girl did not get disbudded bc girls tend to have slower growing buds, and she’s really tiny, but growing well. Goats are usually required to be dehorned (or disbudded) for shows, and many people want them without horns when used as pets or when around children, or for keeping the goat safe bc horns make it easy to get stuck in/on something or to injure another goat. We will sell all the boys, so the disbudding should help with a sale.

I really need to start my tomato seeds… I keep saying it, but maybe today.

 

[NanaK]

We were supposed to get rain yesterday. All we got was wind and still getting gusts this morning.

So today I will water. Maybe do a rain dance at the garden.

 

[BReeder!]

I was tempted to start transplanting early. Now it's showing a low of 36 for Thursday next week - glad I waited.

 

[Molpet]

I was tempted to start transplanting early. Now it's showing a low of 36 for Thursday next week - glad I waited.

mother's Day for tomatoes, eggplant and squash, cukes

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Do you have an angle grinder? With a cutoff wheel it cuts through wire like butter.

Good idea, my DH uses that tool. I don't know why, but I always grab the old school tool, the big scissors looking cutters, 1st. Guess seeing Dad do things that way as a child imprinted the old tools on me. I have to admit, although not fearful of snakes, the sparks flinging out by the grinder tool on metal wire kinda freaks me out. Lol Go figure. I stick with the snippers.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

I moved a volunteer tomato plant into the raised beds. So excited to see my first tomatoes of the season.
Checked all the beds for insects this morning. My sweet potato slips are doing well after planting.

And into the garden I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

We were supposed to get rain yesterday. All we got was wind and still getting gusts this morning.

So today I will water. Maybe do a rain dance at the garden.

I'd like to do a dance to send some of our rain to you! Yesterday it wasn't supposed to rain until later...yeah right, whole day was like someone turning the shower on, hard rain 15 min, then off again for 20 min or up to 40 min, just long enough to make ya think it's not going to rain again & ya get everything back out. Back & forth...chickens in, chickens out, me dragging yard work tools out then in, then out, then in...what a PITA! I was so determined to get 1 thing completely done, just check 1 thing off of the list...Nope, didn't happen. Then loud storms all night long, wind & thunder plus aching back equals No Sleep. I'm hurting today! And more rain this morning! Yes, I truly wish I could gift you some of this rain! 🌧

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

RAIN! GLORIOUS RAIN!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

View attachment 3799167I moved a volunteer tomato plant into the raised beds. So excited to see my first tomatoes of the season.
Checked all the beds for insects this morning. My sweet potato slips are doing well after planting.

And into the garden I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.

That's a beautiful sight! Baby tomato...can't wait for mine to appear, too.