What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

I wanted to go kayaking on the Mulberry River for my birthday. It's 2 hrs from our house so we decided to rent a cabin tonight near the area. I reserved it on the VRBO app. Well this morning we had to run to Kubota dealer because they forgot a part that we need to hook up the bush cutter. Stopped at the store to pick up supplies for our trip and I opened the VRBO app to confirm that the cabin had a grill on site.... Only to discover the owner canceled our reservation. Claimed they made an error on the calendar synch and that the cabin was no longer available. So now we can't get anything else because it's too late. Not pleased at all... Guess we will just drive the 2 hrs in the morning to the river.

Meanwhile I decided to tackle tearing out and rebuilding the quarantine pen inside my bachelor coop. It was put together rather hastily a few years ago and it was falling apart. I have a rooster I keep in there because he's smaller than the others and they bully him really badly. Anyway, took me a good 4 hrs. Bachelor boys got to roam the farm with the girls while I worked so they were very happy. I got sunburned... So hot outside today. Wishing I had a pool...

 

[WthrLady]

That neighbor would be paying for my lost crop... There's consequences for being irresponsible like that.

The city sprayed Round-up along the curb and the drift nearly killed my Catawbas. Lost the crop that year entirely but they did bounce back and produce the following year. Now I have signs up indicating this area is an organic garden and spraying is not allowed. If they do it a 2nd time, they are toast...

Same guy who lets his dogs run wild and lets them chase calves. He's scary and I won't go near him.

 

[Dinogrrl]

Clearly I need to get out more, because I am now picturing a GIANT glass of champagne and orange juice sitting on the lawn.

lol if only!


I found the first ripened wild blackberry on my bush today! Definitely tart but really not bad. It'll be good mixed in with other berries for baking and such.

 

[chicken opey]

I wanted to go kayaking on the Mulberry River for my birthday. It's 2 hrs from our house so we decided to rent a cabin tonight near the area. I reserved it on the VRBO app. Well this morning we had to run to Kubota dealer because they forgot a part that we need to hook up the bush cutter. Stopped at the store to pick up supplies for our trip and I opened the VRBO app to confirm that the cabin had a grill on site.... Only to discover the owner canceled our reservation. Claimed they made an error on the calendar synch and that the cabin was no longer available. So now we can't get anything else because it's too late. Not pleased at all... Guess we will just drive the 2 hrs in the morning to the river.

Meanwhile I decided to tackle tearing out and rebuilding the quarantine pen inside my bachelor coop. It was put together rather hastily a few years ago and it was falling apart. I have a rooster I keep in there because he's smaller than the others and they bully him really badly. Anyway, took me a good 4 hrs. Bachelor boys got to roam the farm with the girls while I worked so they were very happy. I got sunburned... So hot outside today. Wishing I had a pool...

tell me more about your bachelor coop. I believe I have 12 cockerels out of 24. I guess 10 couldn’t live together peacefully

 

[WthrLady]

lol if only!

Right?! It's more like a massive sprawling shrub, with poof balls and DANGLING glasses of champagne and orange juice hanging from the branches.

 

[TJAnonymous]

tell me more about your bachelor coop. I believe I have 12 cockerels out of 24. I guess 10 couldn’t live together peacefully

It's a completely separate coop. Only about 5 ft x 6 ft inside the coop. I actually built it for Silkies but converted it to a bachelor coop when I got rid of all my Silkies. The attached run is about 10 ft x 16 ft. The end of the opposite of the run from the coop is where I have the quarantine pen. It's 10 ft x 3ft x 32" tall.

I started keeping extra roosters in there until we got around to butchering them in the fall. I never had more than 8 or 9 at a time in the Bachelor pen. I keep 6 breeding roosters in my main coop. They collectively share about 50 - 60 hens.

Currently I have 4 roosters in my bachelor pen. These are ones I hatched last year and decided not to butcher because they turned out with very nice genetics yet I don't have room for them in my main coop.

Everyone generally gets along just fine except for minor squabbles occasionally. The roosters in the main coops rarely fight. The ones in the bachelor pen started recently picking on the smallest guy. My roosters are easily 12 - 13 lbs. Big boys. The little guy is probably 8 - 10 lbs. They bloodied him up pretty good so I separated them by putting him in the quarantine pen. He still gets to hang out but the big boys can't hurt him in there.

 

[Smokerbill]

My marigold seedlings were getting cramped so I transplanted them into a larger container. I used the lower 3 inches of the box my new coffee pot came for the two dozen infants.



Zinnias are doing great since I up-potted them last week. Most are in little 6 section seeding cells. Big enough because I plan to put them into the garden next week.

 

[chicken opey]

Cleaning out freezer and chicks won’t touch last years okra
My gardenia bush smellls divine! Needs some attention this fall and lots of neem. The aphids have infested it - only bush the lady bugs haven’t conquered.
Whomever told me to harvest the eggplant so it would keep producing was right- new flowers!

 

[chicken opey]

All the plants are in except for a few luffa. Last year, I had about 33% germination, so I planted all 21 seeds in the packet. And all 21 grew. So now I need to find more places for them to grow and climb.

But the 60ish tomatoes are in. Whew. My back, knees, and legs are glad.

I have got loofah growing from last year seeds - every where! Including my table where we cleaned them - growing up through it!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

My marigold seedlings were getting cramped so I transplanted them into a larger container. I used the lower 3 inches of the box my new coffee pot came for the two dozen infants.

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Zinnias are doing great since I up-potted them last week. Most are in little 6 section seeding cells. Big enough because I plan to put them into the garden next week.

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I see your indoor gardening area is top of your washing machine in laundry room. I've been known to use the kitchen floor (potting soil on vinyl floor is ez to sweep up), the bathroom tub & the bathroom counter top. DH hasn't said a word about it, but I heard him mumble low, something about seedlings in the tub. (He mumble/grumbles a lot.) When I hear that mumble grumble, I yell across the house, "Are you talking to me? Is anything wrong?" He yells back, "Everything's fine sweetheart." Smart man!