What did you do in the garden today?

[akroberts1085]

Took the cover off the green house. I have 2 gates that are useless so they will be repurposed for a trellis for my beans and cucumbers. They should do good. I'm still trying to get my tomatoes and peppers planted. I usually have it done by now but I have been busy with too much other stuff.

 

[Happy hen lover]

got my cucumbers and basil in !! finally !! praise the Lord, everything is planted

Good girl.

 

[Sueby]

I have edamame, borage & squash coming up, yay. I watered. Tomorrow the tomatoes & eggplant go in & then it'll just be reseeding what doesn't come up or what the squirrels/snails ate.

 

[Dinogrrl]

Good luck. Are you going to use rooting hormone to help them make roots?

Yup, luckily I had some on hand so I didn't have to make a quick run to the store. So far two of the cuttings are looking pretty decent, but it's only been a few days.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I have a couple of small Japanese maple trees one of them that we planted about five years ago has a lot of seed pods on it and some of them are already dry so I pulled them off before they fall on the ground to get mixed in with the trillions of regular maple seed pods on the ground here wait did I say no it’s more like GADZILLIONS BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO TRY TO GROW SOME MORE JAPANESE MAPLE TREES IN LITTLE POTS BUT EVERYTHING I READ SAYS YOU HAVE TO USE THE SEEDS IN THE FALL. THEY DRY UP NOT THE SPRing THEN WHY WERE SOME OF THEM ALREADY DRIED UP ON MY TREE, I DON’T KNOW.
oh dear, my voice to text got stuck in caps and I can’t really go back and fix it because I’m sitting outside in the dark waiting for my runner ducks nebulizer treatment to end

 

[Smokerbill]

I raked up some grass that I mowed today, then went over the entire garden and pulled out every little weed I could find.

I found one little group of three Canada thistle plants and chopped down deep with the hoe to get a good portion of the roots. Two years ago the thistles were all over the bed, but being diligent at taking them out as soon as I saw them just about has them wiped out, I think.

I found one columbine that's growing in the onions. I don't know if it's a domestic black one that came from my flower bed, or one of the native Western columbines that were blooming just across the road last summer. It's staying where it's at, so I'll find out what it is eventually.

And I found a volunteer tomato hiding by a red lettuce plant. It's staying in place too. I'm curious to find out if the direct sown plant will catch up to my other tomato plants that I've spent the last two months nurturing. If it does, I just might direct-sow tomato seeds in the garden this fall instead of starting them inside.

And all that grass I raked up, I spread it out onto one of the raised beds as mulch.

 

[WthrLady]

Does anyone know what to do with an over risen dough? I had my dough proofing in my Brevil oven at 85F for 30 minutes, but I didn't hear the buzzer go off, so it must have gone an hour.
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I mix it up, adding a little more sugar and get out of its way again. Sometimes it works just fine, sometimes not.

 

[WthrLady]

Yes, our hay fields are all alfalfa and prairie brome. In the world of drought, crappy soil, and prairie fires, it's an amazing plant.

Let me know if you need some "starts."

What do you grow it for? Is it for grazing? I bet it holds soil together well. It sure does here.

 

[Minanora]

Good choice on canner I have that very one for years now. You truly can stack pints in it in 2 layers. You never know when you're going to have a chance to spontaneously can up some stuff.

Thank you. Yeah I needed my own, and I got the 23qt because of that exact thing. If I'm going to can, I'm going to process as many jars at a time as I can. I don't have central air so it's important to heat the house as little as possible.

I bought one to plant at the base of one of the giant stumps.

Ooooo! Hollow out a spot in the center of the stump and use it as a planter.

Today, I was looking at my Genovese Basil sprouts and in a small pot next to it there were some tomato sprouts, but I thought they were volunteers, so I pulled them out and right after I threw them on the ground, I remembered that I planted some Princess Yum Yum F2 or third generation seeds from a plant that had round and tear shaped fruit with a softer skin than the original Princess Yum Yum Hybrid. The fruit starts off orange and then turns red, so I think it has been pollinated by a Sun Gold plant.

Next time, I will label them. I didn't think I would forget.......................

I have done this three times in the last month.

Got the components to make my bunny barrier today. I went to two different Home Depots because the tubing I tried to buy at the first one didn’t have a bar code on it and the guy at the register tried to sell it to me for $50 when the shelf said $15.

Pfff. Home Cheapo does it again. I love my local Home Desperate, but they do try to pull shenanigans too often these days. And they have way too much stuff stacked out in the isles... It's pretty terrible.

It has been a lifelong dream of mine to see the Aurora. Last night, I got to see them! They were faint, and we had clouds and rain when they were supposed to be at peak, but I was so happy I finally got to see them that I may have shed a few tears of happiness!
They showed up really well in pictures:
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Hopefully, we get to see peak tonight/tomorrow morning!

About the BT spray. The reason I asked is that I found a good price for a bulk amount on the Monterrey website, but when I was about to check out, I started to feel less than sure about the website. Having been scammed by a website seeming legit before, I decided to ask people I trust (aka you guys) where you buy it!

I'm so skeptical of unbelievable good prices online.

The big box stores near me don't carry it in a large enough amount to be worth buying, unless in dire need. The Arbico Organics place had the gallon size for a better price than I had been seeing AND they gave me $5 off. So, I'm just waiting, now. I'm excited to do something to get at these flippin' destructo spongy/gypsy moth caterpillars!

Hooray!! I'm so glad I could help you get what you needed. If anything leaks in shipping just take photos and email them. They make it right. I've only ever had one thing leak.

Being that sore always sucks, and it always happens when you get the urge to get good progress done.
For me, especially in the garden. Lol

I'm still having issues with my left hand and fingers after using the saws all for the hot tub. I can't even tear thick paper.

I would trade brome grass for Johnson grass any day. Maybe I'd say differently if I had Johnson, but brome is my number 1, most pain in the butt, hand, and back weed! If I didn't have brome, I would have at least 50% less weeding to do.

We battle the brome here. The city just sent me the annual "mow your $***" letter.

Good girl.

You think you're done planting... Then garden math kicks in.


I finally caught up!

I have a mouse eating some of my plants. I'm not amused. I'm going to set up traps in a few days. Too windy for glue boards.

 

[Smokerbill]

I shouldn't have cooked it as is.....................
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Bet it still tasted good.