What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

Borage is flowering.

Holy cow! Mine are little cotyledons at this point. Were did yours come from - did you seed them, volunteers or purchased? (my first year growing so I'm curious)

 

[Sally PB]

I got about 1/3 of my starts planted yesterday. Ran out of energy. I HAVE TO get the rest in today.

So many things going on right now!

So I'm multi-tasking: A load of laundry in the washer, tea for kombucha brewing, breakfast, coffee, and BYC all at the same time.

 

[Sally PB]

@Sueby, I planted borage once, about 4 years ago. I haven't needed to plant it ever since. It reseeds itself, easily. Maybe not where you want it...

 

[Sueby]

@Sueby, I planted borage once, about 4 years ago. I haven't needed to plant it ever since. It reseeds itself, easily. Maybe not where you want it...

That's what I'm hoping for! How big is yours at this point? I got started late planting them, I desperately need some food for the bees tho so I wish they were growing faster. The clover is juuust starting to flower, thankfully.

 

[Sally PB]

That's what I'm hoping for! How big is yours at this point?

No flowers yet. It's at the 4-5 leaf stage, leaves about half the size of my palm.

 

[Molpet]

What did we do in the garden today? Well it's an orchard, but... we picked ripe sweet cherries and even mulberries. WHAT. That's about a month early.

It's a really unusual year. Had +30 C (85 F) in mid-April (probably earliest ever) followed by frost. Frost events are normal for that time but +30 C is not. Nevertheless most of fruit that had already been set seems to have survived.

Ripe fruit is welcome but at this pace we'll use up the entire year by September.

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You are running early.
I bet you had a mild winter. We did and lots of ticks survived and are bad this year.

 

[chicken opey]

I picked flowers from yard and taking to friend who is dying.
This is the best my flowers have looked in, ever!
The silly chickens wouldn’t go in coop last night- then they peeped loudly for over an hour- now I had to coax out with mustard greens! I guess not acclimated yet.
Picked the eggplants! The skinny one is what I thought they should look like! Maybe too much chicken poo!

 

[chicken opey]

I picked flowers from yard and taking to friend who is dying.
This is the best my flowers have looked in, ever!
The silly chickens wouldn’t go in coop last night- then they peeped loudly for over an hour- now I had to coax out with mustard greens! I guess not acclimated yet.
Picked the eggplants! The skinny one is what I thought they should look like! Maybe too much chicken poo!

I was going to ask for id ing this - hoping mullein

 

[NanaK]

I picked flowers from yard and taking to friend who is dying.
This is the best my flowers have looked in, ever!
The silly chickens wouldn’t go in coop last night- then they peeped loudly for over an hour- now I had to coax out with mustard greens! I guess not acclimated yet.
Picked the eggplants! The skinny one is what I thought they should look like! Maybe too much chicken poo!

I'm sorry about your friend. The flowers are beautiful! I'm sure your friend will love them.

Look at all the eggplant! They look great!

Sorry I can not I'd your plant but I'll bet someone here can.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Is it dock? I have it everywhere. Lol! Good morning gardeners. I started clearing the squash to be patch in the high garden with the green beans. It shouldn’t take too long, however early morning is the easiest time of day to work up there. The bush beans there are slowly breaking soil now. Time for my breakfast now and a rest. Mowing after breakfast.