What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

Out of all the pepper plants I had that I planted in the garden I only have about 6 of the ones that I started from seed. On a good note I did get the garden watered today. I'm going to try to help my daughter in law start gardening. I don't know what she does wrong or if it's just the chaos of life but she doesn't have a green thumb.

I don't have a green thumb either but I am stubborn and love healthy food.

 

[Rick589]

I planted some tomato seeds directly in the garden a week or two ago and they're popping out of the ground today. Just another experiment, to see how well direct-seeded tomato plants grow and produce compared to the same variety of tomato plants that I started indoors.

Always wondered why direct seeding was not recommended.

 

[Rick589]

Well, we have about 25 sweet potato slips ready to go out, went out yesterday and made my mounded rows to het ready for them. I’m thinking within a week to have them in the ground. I anticipate harvesting about 200 lbs this year.

 

[Sally PB]

Always wondered why direct seeding was not recommended.

In our climate (similar to yours, I think), our growing season isn't long enough for tomatoes and peppers to bear unless I start them inside about 6-8 weeks ahead of our "safe to plant" date.

I start my frost-sensitive plants around April 1 in the green house. This year, I started hubby's hot peppers on a heat mat mid-March. The plants are about 6" tall. The peppers I planted in the green house are about 1" tall.

The green house is only passive solar heat.

 

[Apis mellifera]

I just start tomatoes indoors. Besides a shorter season here, I can't always find my favorite varieties at local greenhouses.

 

[Rick589]

I know this is off topic but I posted this concern on another thread and received a very limited response. My one hen is walking around with her feathers fluffed up and clucking. She did have a wad of dried poop on her which we cleaned, she was not plugged up. She seems to be behaving ok otherwise - eating, laying, running, etc. I have not seen any indication of being infested with mites or other but I could have missed something. I’m concerned and have no idea what is going on. It’s the hen to the right.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Put together a rickety compost bin next to the garden and moved all the old, dirty woodchip bedding into it from one of the chicken runs. The girls are living in style now on clean straw.

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very nice bill

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I know this is off topic but I posted this concern on another thread and received a very limited response. My one hen is walking around with her feathers fluffed up and clucking. She did have a wad of dried poop on her which we cleaned, she was not plugged up. She seems to be behaving ok otherwise - eating, laying, running, etc. I have not seen any indication of being infested with mites or other but I could have missed something. I’m concerned and have no idea what is going on. It’s the hen to the right.

She's broody.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I know this is off topic but I posted this concern on another thread and received a very limited response. My one hen is walking around with her feathers fluffed up and clucking. She did have a wad of dried poop on her which we cleaned, she was not plugged up. She seems to be behaving ok otherwise - eating, laying, running, etc. I have not seen any indication of being infested with mites or other but I could have missed something. I’m concerned and have no idea what is going on. It’s the hen to the right.

She is broody,, she is letting everyone know she wants to build a nest

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Always wondered why direct seeding was not recommended.

I direct seed as much as I can. We dont get heat so peppers and tomatoes okra etc. dont come up early.
So,, I seed for my area, very PNW.

I do buy plants from territorial seed, jalapenos and tomatoes