What did you do in the garden today?

[Dontworrybequacky]

I planted two fig trees that were dropping leaves from neglect. I moved a canna that was in a bad spot. I am raising artichokes from seed and, omg, they are thriving. I have never grown more than 4 or 5 plants but now I have about 45 plants. Every seed germinated! They need a lot of water because we are on a sand dune and the water just disappears. My ducklings are supposed to be helping me with the slugs and snails, but they have yet to figure it out.

 

[WthrLady]

I'm not talking

See I fully expected to buy the pre-cut but they wanted $45 for the pre-cut in box! I had him scan just to make sure the price on box was right! I looked online b4 I went too

about the precut squares that are meant for nest boxes. I'm talking about a 6 foot tall roll that is 8 foot long. Usually standing up in a box at the end of the row.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Traffic...rtificial-Grass-Rug-LHDTRFPEMEGRE68/318677708

 

[WthrLady]

I picked 3+ rows of sweet corn today and processed it by myself. I've always had help before. I got sunburned and I'm really tired, I had a ton of other stuff to do today too.
So far, I have 15 baggies with 3 cups of corn in each. And... I love the new tool I got for the corn! It works amazingly!
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OXO Good Grips Corn Prep Peeler​

A corn ZIPPER! I love mine too, although it's a slightly different style and going on 30 years old. LOL
Which reminds me, I need to dig out my corn pickin' hand hook.

 

[Dontworrybequacky]

Story about relocating wildlife. Illegal here. In the 80s I worked at a seed and hardware store. People were buying live traps for chipmunks and releasing them in a park. Soon people that lived near the park were buying live traps for chipmunks. It only moves the problem. Dispatching is the only solution. For chipmunks a wooden rat snap trap works well.

I'm one of those live trap people. I drove them 5 miles to a cemetery on the edge of the woods. Sometimes one of them would run out to greet me when they heard my truck. "Oh look! It's Uncle Chip!"

 

[akroberts1085]

Since I can't get the pictures to load here I posted on the easy garden and sufficient self. If anyone on here has them can you check out the strange looking squash I picked.

 

[Happy hen lover]

All of my winter squash have been killed by squash vine borers, even after using BT, injected, as a preventative measure.
Almost all of my cabbages were decimated by a groundhog - just as they were about ready to harvest, even though they were fenced and netted, with logs holding the netting in place. Stupid groundhogs! They got into my neighbor's garden, too.
Each sowing of peas and pole beans were thwarted by some kind of insect. I gave up after 3 attempts.
Our tomatoes are lack-luster. Very few fruits and they don't seem to want to ripen. I'm not really sure what's up, there. The plants seem otherwise healthy.
I coddled my summer squash along and got "some". Much more yellow squash than zucchini.
I had better results from my greenstalks. Not great, but better. Learned some lessons, there. Got lots of lettuces, cucumbers and bush beans. I'm making plans to improve results, next year.
My garlic did fantastic - but, garlic probably doesn't have a lot of pest-foes. I'm processing them for the freeze-dryer.
Overall, it's been a rather disappointing garden-season. I'd like to say it's because of something I could fix, next year. The pest-pressure was just too much. I couldn't keep ahead of it.
It may be time for me to give up on winter squash, altogether. I spent more trying to grow it than it would have cost just buying full-grown.
I'm hoping for a decent harvest on the potatoes and carrots. I have some celery growing, and it's looking puny, but not inedible. I replanted a couple of the greenstalks, so hopefully....

I agree my potatoes are a bust. I gave up on winter squash, and maybe zucchini after this year. I have decided to grow only the more expensive fresh veggies. Peppers, fresh green beans, beets, sweet taters, cukes spinach and fresh lettuce. Red onions. No carrots,potatoes winter squash cheaper at store. Local things grown here sweet corn, bulk potatoes.

 

[High-Hopes333]

Oh, he makes it blowtorch hot. The jalapenos are to cool it down.

Seriously, it's a couple of habaneros, jalapenos, tomato, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and vinegar run through a food processor, then cooked down to about 1/2-2/3 original volume.

Sounds yummy!

 

[Minanora]

I'm a tiny bit better today. It'll be a slow recovery. I was advised that the clot will likely reabsorb before I could get in to have it fixed. Honestly I'm fine with that I guess. I've gotten past the worst of it now I think.

I haven't done much outside. Painful to move much and it was 103 today. I watered and reset my gopher traps. This one is smart. I'll catch it soon enough.

I am letting my pole beans go to seed so I have a good seed stock for next year. Only had 12 plants this year.

I'm preparing for starting my fall plantings. Beets will be the first to go in. Need to start seeds for pickling cucumbers and more summer squash.

 

[akroberts1085]

I'm a tiny bit better today. It'll be a slow recovery. I was advised that the clot will likely reabsorb before I could get in to have it fixed. Honestly I'm fine with that I guess. I've gotten past the worst of it now I think.

I haven't done much outside. Painful to move much and it was 103 today. I watered and reset my gopher traps. This one is smart. I'll catch it soon enough.

I am letting my pole beans go to seed so I have a good seed stock for next year. Only had 12 plants this year.

I'm preparing for starting my fall plantings. Beets will be the first to go in. Need to start seeds for pickling cucumbers and more summer squash.

Happy you're feeling better.

 

[chickengr]

Has anyone had jalapenos that were totally lacking in heat?

I'm sure I planted the right seed. It was from the same packet I used last year, and those were hot. They are planted near sweet peppers and a habanero, with tomatoes near by. Just like last year.

I have. they were planted next to the other hot varieties.