What did you do in the garden today?

[chickenlover0805]

picked beans and tomatoes today !

 

[Minanora]

I am so tired. I got 5 hours of sleep last night. Somehow I still got up and worked out at 6am, and got my kiddo to school on time, with a full stomach. Then I went over to my best friends house. She's in Belgium for two weeks. I am taking care of her chickens in her absence. Today I went over there, let the chickens out, then I went and planted cucumbers and summer squash in her garden as a surprise for when she comes home.

Her garden has been kind of sad for the last few years. She almost didn't plant a summer garden this year, but I gave her some plants and kept the flame alive.

Something I noticed when I was in her garden.... there was not a single worm, bug, anything microbial in the soil. Just a mess of old roots, dry dead soil... It's sandy, but you can tell it has organics in it.... it wasn't compacted. I've never seen anything like it actually. She doesn't mulch. That's all I can think of. I'm going to do a simple soil test tomorrow to see what the pH is, at the least. I did bring fertilizer with me, and coco coir. I expected to use some of her compost.... but it's mostly her native soil in there. Totally compacted and devoid of .... I'm going to call it "Love". there was a good smell to it, but the texture was so wrong, it felt dead.

Anyway, I did what I could there. Then I came home and planted my cucumbers, harvested a TON of tomatillos, and jalapenos. I pulled out a bunch of the tomatillo plants. The soil under them was full of life, full of worms, decomposing organics. It was comforting.

I finally made myself a 3x3 composting cube. I wasn't able to finish filling it before dinner time. Tomorrow I will finish it!

I've taken over 14k steps today. I think I'll sleep good tonight! Sunburn is kicking my butt though.

 

[chickengr]

There's a gallstone cure of a shot of olive oil, apparently still painful and sometimes they get stuck

olive oil and juice of freshly squeezed lemon first thing in the morning. lemon will help to break stones.

 

[chickengr]

I added a small fence around one of my raised beds, to keep the feral cats out.
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I planted two types of lettuce in between the collards on one side:
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And planted beets and Swiss chard in the other:
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And set up a rain barrel for the gardens:
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my cats would be in your raised bed within a sec!

 

[Sueby]

Morning all. Another nice one out there. I will do some work in the garden & clean the coop.

My lettuce, spinach & carrots are starting to come up.

I decided to try a fall (late summer) planting of a bush type cucumber in the greenstalk & it's doing well, already has a decent sized cucumber. I wasn't sure how well it'd do in the GS. Not that I need MORE cucumbers...lol.

Speaking of GS, I got my sister & her husband one as a retirement present, they are totally stoked, they've been wanting one.

My not so little GS cucumber:

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Same weather here so far @Sueby. I’ve been plugging away in the garden these past couple of days. I just planted more lettuce and mustard. The kale I planted recently seems to be disappearing. I suspect the flock of sparrows maybe responsible for that. I watered the new fall garden plants and the strawberries. I’ve been picking tomatoes and black beans the past several days too. Grocery shopping today and cooking a butt roast for carnitas.

 

[WthrLady]

Heading for a feels like of almost 118' today and tomorrow. That's a hard, humid, NOPE for me. I'm almost done with outside chores and will retreat inside for the day, unless I'm checking livestock.
Ice all around and a sprinkler for the alpacas.
And of course it's the first full day of the state fair. Love to go, but NOPE.

 

[Sueby]

That would be a definite NOPE for me too! Holy sheesh thats hot!

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Picking the last of my Habanero and Cherry Hot peppers and cranking up the dehydrator for the Habaneros. pickle the Cherry Hots tomorrow. DW takes care of the rest.

 

[igorsMistress]

Heading for a feels like of almost 118' today and tomorrow. That's a hard, humid, NOPE for me. I'm almost done with outside chores and will retreat inside for the day, unless I'm checking livestock.
Ice all around and a sprinkler for the alpacas.
And of course it's the first full day of the state fair. Love to go, but NOPE.

Dang, sounds like our weather moved to your place. The fair would be a nope for me too!