What did you do in the garden today?

[5.3acredream]

We’ve had 3 weeks of rain

maybe too much rain then? Environmental stressors and all that jazz.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well... It's happened. I've officially joined your club. Canned peaches yesterday and had ONE canning lid fail to seal. It was a Ball. To be fair, it was a lid I was reusing... I've watched your posts about failures but never had one myself until yesterday.

Gotta change the lid and run it through again. Hope my peaches don't turn to mush.... Maybe I ought to just use them instead.

 

[Molpet]

Yeah he cut it on Thursday, raked on Saturday and baled on Sunday. They were large bales, but it was only 1/2 of the field, he went ahead and got them off the field because tonight we have a chance for rain. Our tractors are from the 80's but my husband told me that he has air in it. I didn't even know. However, the skid steer doesn't and that's how he has to move hay.

My cousin's tractor doesn't have a cab much less AC, it was his dad's.
Picture from today. Not very good but gives the idea

 

[cj2024]

I saw two bees today! So exciting. And look at my baby food
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This gourd can reach a huge size, but I’ll pick it tomorrow.View attachment 4155185
And this is my baby melon cucumber, I think it’s the West Bank variety, I planted three different kinds, and didn’t mark which is which.

That variety of squash are a local favorite in my area, and young squash which are picked half the size of the one in the picture can be seen in my local markets. You probably can grow other varieties like the Giant Bullhead squash and Chinese Winter melon (Wax gourd) in your area. However, Giant Bullhead squash can't be found in my local markets, maybe because it's too heavy and Chinese Winter melon can only be found near the new year, but the high ethnic specialty price is ridiculous.

 

[WthrLady]

Saw these kitchen towels at hobby lobby this morning. I actually laughed out loud.

My tractor is open cab too. If it's hot, I'm hot. If it's freezing, I'm frozen.

@TJAnonymous I bought a bunch of ball lids on clearance last fall just to use on dry goods with a vacuum pump. The D*^& things won't even hold a dry vacuum seal 20% or more of the time.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

At 100 F using the 56 F well to cool things down. Still a 100 at 4:00PM.

 

[WthrLady]

At 100 F using the 56 F well to cool things down. Still a 100 at 4:00PM.

Front just went through, and the heat snapped. It's trying to rain, but it is thundering.

 

[Jenbirdee]

Water water everywhere

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Real time temperature got up to 96F. Real feel / heat index 107F. OMG! This is New England. I used the sheet I had planned to use as a shade cloth for the lettuce to give some shade to the old hen’s chicken run. I had to run to TSC before lunch to pick up the chicken feed I ordered. I ordered a bit more than normal in case there’s any supply chain issues popping up due to crazy stuff going on. After I got the food stored into the buckets and had lunch. I took some time to find the roll of burlap I bought a few years back to use for shade cloth. The poor old hens were really struggling. I gave them ice water and moved the shade cloth so it wasn’t blocking the light breeze. Tomorrow may go over 100F with a heat index I don’t want to imagine. I did water the gardens again this morning and so far so good. Tomorrow I have no plans to leave do any errands so I can make more ice water runs to the chickens. On a happy note, my lavender and daylilies are starting to bloom.

 

[Sueby]

The weather today is just awful, isn't it @Wee Farmer Sarah? I put a fan on the girls at night, but I can't leave the door open because there are too many bears hanging around right now.

I saw the first Japanese Beetle yesterday, joy.

Garlic is starting to fall over (softneck), eyed a few small green beans, the cucumber plants are *just* starting to grow yet the spaghetti squash is totally out of control, tiny female summer sqush but no males yet, lots of peppers growing, potatoes are done flowering, june bearing strawberries are finishing up, everbearing producing well, lettuce will probably bolt with this heat. Garden is gardening!

Hope everyone is well!