What did you do in the garden today?

I think the bluebirds have eaten my swallowtail caterpillars. :(

I found my first spotted lanternfly this morning & promptly squished it. (seems early, but there was no doubt)

We were supposed to get a lot of rain last night, looks like it's completely missed us so I watered.

I can't believe how fast the zinnia sprouted! Wow. 2 days.
 
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I canned all 15 1/2lbs of cucumbers! 😅
Question re tomatoes - do you have to use a canner w a thermometer? Or can you put in boiling water canner for certain time? Tomatoes and anything that doesn’t have vinegar scared me - don’t want to kill us!

Also, almost threw away bottom to old tray and discovered chicks love it!! Not spoiled at all
 

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For those that stake yellow squash, does it help w moldy squash or is that something different?
Clearly I will need to set up my pickling!!! Cucumbers I got today!

I also found loofah growing on floor of green house 😂 (gotta clean that out)
 

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Even my husband commented on the price of seeds the other day! He was shocked thinking they were under a dollar a packet. He then understood why I went back a 2nd time when they were on clearance. :gig
I have garden centers that sell bulk seeds they have been my best germinators.! Paid 1.00 for a handful of green beans ... same amount from burpee was 7.99!!!
I saved castor beans of my last year's plant oh my I think everyone came up.
 
This is my life. 😂 I have lots of plants and no real places to put them.

We are almost finished getting rid of the goat heads... Been getting rid of them for 10 years.

That's a great idea!

We call them goat heads and devil burrs

Mine only want to eat tree leaves....

Everyone needs a hori hori! Best garden tool in my arsenal! Great for weeds, planting and cultivating.

We're back on keto. I live keto most of the time but took a month break last month. I went from 192 to 132 over a year. Before I had my son. After him I got to 170, now I'm hanging out at about 134. I work out a lot now, when I don't have something wrong with me... Which has been a lot recently. I feel like every time I get back into working out, something happens and I have to take it easy... It's frustrating.

Yup.... Fire season is going to be brutal this year.

I have had trouble with my bush beans as well. I'm going to go all out and plant a ton this weekend.
Hope you're feeling better. I've been doing keto too. I feel so much better on it. Lighter some how.? Sweating and doing garden helps me work out.
 

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