What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon all. Went out and walked through the garden. One of the tomato plants looks half dead and the carrots in there are so so, going to yank em. The news reported an update from the climate prediction center…warmer than usual July through September I’m ready to move. To assuage my irritation I’ve screwed around in the kitchen all day making ferments and bottling syrup.

 

[FarmerChickieMammy]

I have bean sprouts, pea sprouts and carrot sprouts!
Strawberries were transplanted to their tower today!!

 

[NewBoots]

The news reported an update from the climate prediction center…warmer than usual July through September I’m ready to move.

I'm sorry and we've had warmer, dryer summers too but colder winters. That said, it's still a good climate. *spooky fingers* come to the southern Oregon coast, we have cookies...

 

[jerryse]

clouds moved in and wind picked up. Too windy to spray. Plus my walk in the woods left me tired. Frost possible next 2 mornings.

 

[Sally PB]

See the sprout with the seed coat still on it? (The little green thing next to it is a weed.)

It's a pepper. I have had a lot of seeds do this this year. In years past, these usually dry out and die. The leaves never make it out of the seed coat. I don't know why this happens; maybe because the soil is too cool or too dry?

Anyway, I have saved every one of these by dripping a drop of water onto the seed coat, 2-3 times a day. It keeps the coat from drying out, sticking to the seed leaves. This little guy is now a cayenne pepper seedling.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I like this recipe because it initially uses yeast and there is no discard. This one makes more sense than the one from my copilot. I was able to bookmark this post on this forum's tab under my name. It was my first time using this function. Now I can save stuff I need for reference.

I tried a number of different instructions and this was the only one that made sense.

 

[fuzzi]

I haven’t bought bleached flour in over 30 years. I always buy King Arthur flour because it comes from Vermont. Relatively close to me so “local.” Most of the cheese I buy also comes from a farmers coop in Vermont.

My mother always used King Arthur flour. They finally started carrying it in the NC stores a few years ago.

 

[fuzzi]

We dropped to 34 last night.
Tonight and tomorrow night we'll be down to 28 for a few hours. I'll toss another layer on the herb garden tonight.
The verge of the pasture needs a quick trim with the mower, but the rest, and the main lawn, can go wild for all I care. Cutting it short in drought is too hard on it. My neighbors all cut too close in a good year, and then water it to death to keep it green.
I'm not wasting my well on a green lawn.

Am thinking harder and harder about a freeze dryer. Thanks guys. Geesh.
I'm leaning towards the small one, but locally they sell the medium one.

Even though we get 48" of rain annually it gets hot and dry during the late summer here. I raised my mower blade to 2 1/2" so it doesn't scalp the grass and kill it.

 

[Molpet]

See the sprout with the seed coat still on it? (The little green thing next to it is a weed.)
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It's a pepper. I have had a lot of seeds do this this year. In years past, these usually dry out and die. The leaves never make it out of the seed coat. I don't know why this happens; maybe because the soil is too cool or too dry?

Anyway, I have saved every one of these by dripping a drop of water onto the seed coat, 2-3 times a day. It keeps the coat from drying out, sticking to the seed leaves. This little guy is now a cayenne pepper seedling.

Spit has enzyme or something that helps dissolve the stuff holding the hat " seed coat" on .

 

[Sally PB]

Spit has enzyme or something that helps dissolve the stuff holding the hat " seed coat" on

I'm not using spit, just water, dripped off my finger. That's an idea though....