What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

Waaaait.... I thought you were immune to getting goats?

till the first serious opportunity, lol.

 

[chicken opey]

eggplants are perennial here. in case of heavy snow they do need some protection.

Really? Something really loves the leaves and I have to keep Neem oil on them. I kept a pepper plant alive for almost 2 years.
I would love eggplant year round
(I’m in 8a/b)

 

[chickengr]

Really? Something really loves the leaves and I have to keep Neem oil on them. I kept a pepper plant alive for almost 2 years.
I would love eggplant year round
(I’m in 8a/b)

they don't fruit in winter. I had tomatoes for 2 years and peppers for 3. they don't have many fruits if kept so long, so not really worth it. also tomatoes don't taste good in cool weather.

 

[fuzzi]

Baby girl (7 weeks) next to her mom. She already weighs just over 14 lbs!! (Birth weight was 1lb, 11ounces).
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I.DO.NOT.NEED.A.GOAT...

 

[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.