What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

Me too but not vacationing but turning into bionic woman got my 2. new hip

Hope healing goes amazingly well & the bionic hips work great!
How is the healing process going? Are you down & out for a week or weeks?

 

[NanaK]

I just discovered an app, iNaturalist, and it identified this as American jumpseed. It also confirmed the other as Asiatic dayflower. And @NanaK was on the right track, it's in the spiderwort family!

Saw this working in the yard yesterday. I did not see a variegated one yet. It's a weed so I know it's coming.
Pretty blue flowers and there is my finger.

 

[Acre4Me]

Low in the 40s last night through Friday. Chillier than I’d like, but, it’s not too low for most things.

did not know that peppers like to be close to each other! I'm filing that bit of knowledge away for next year. I have them spaced out, the same as the tomatoes.

We space them out only enough to put small tomato cages around them. So the cages touch. They are that close together. In a raised bed, we usually skip the middle spot for a little more airflow. So three rows of 13-14, but that middle row gets one less plant.

 

[chicken opey]

My romas in one pot (3 plants) have bottom rot and leaves are curling. I read where it could be number of issues. I gave food w calcium and mulched around. Here’s hoping I solved problems.
We got a mess of long beans in and more cucumbers! I may be up to 10 lbs now - know what I’m doing on day off
Loofah under picnic table blooming! My snake bean plant is blooming too!

 

[chicken opey]

I’m having a hard time getting my vining plants to stay in their lane.
The butternut squash are more considerate but I can separate the watermelon and cucumber- next day it’s worse - like “I’ll show her”

 

[NanaK]

My lace cap hydrangea is blooming. Years with a late frost it does not bloom so I am very happy to see it this year.

More daylilies are blooming.

Datura smell so good. You can smell them across the yard in the evening.

 

[TillyPeeps]

Today I started digging out some grass in one corner of the garden. I kept finding Japanese Beetle grubs, so I put those in a bucket for the chickens. I must have collected 50-60 grubs. Free chickie snack today.

Yeah, that means I have a lot of grubs still out there, because I didn't dig up that much grass. I find it oddly therapeutic to do this; maybe it's the free chickie snack element.

I found Milky Spore is the best solution for Japanese beetles. When I moved in my last two houses, there were hundreds of Japanese beetles showed up the first year. After I apply Milky Spore, less than half amount showed up the next year and very few after that. I just caught these few by hands and drown them in soapy water.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Saw this working in the yard yesterday. I did not see a variegated one yet. It's a weed so I know it's coming.
Pretty blue flowers and there is my finger.
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Yep... I have those in my strawberry bed. Kinda pretty but also a bit invasive.

 

[TJAnonymous]

My lace cap hydrangea is blooming. Years with a late frost it does not bloom so I am very happy to see it this year.
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More daylilies are blooming.
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Datura smell so good. You can smell them across the yard in the evening.View attachment 3847167

I'd love to plant datura but it's so toxic to my pasture animals so I don't dare. I shall live vicariously through you...

 

[TJAnonymous]

Morning berry bowl breakfast from the garden