What did you do in the garden today?

[BirdsBeesTrees]

My cucumbers, peppers, and pole beans are looking like a jungle with all this rain.

These sunflowers are crazy, either 15+ heads or 10 feet tall or both, lol.

The Zinnias are blooming too.

 

[Minanora]

Just how much energy are you pumping into that fence? Do you have it hooked up directly to substation transformer or are you tied directly to the high tension transmission lines?

Tapped all three phases? When a deer crosses it they get 2000A at 480v. Lol!!

 

[Minanora]

It was too hot to be outside. I watered the clover, set a bunch of traps, packed for my trip. Planted nothing. Watered those pumpkins so they won't die while I'm gone. Broody didn't break. She's back in the jail.

 

[Rick589]

Tapped all three phases? When a deer crosses it they get 2000A at 480v. Lol!!

That’ll do it. How much time does it normally take you to find and remove the pieces of the animal after the deer explodes?

 

[5.3acredream]

Staked up some of my sunflowers since their taproot seems to be limited by the rocks in my garden bed and they are flopping, oops. I potted up some jersey tea seeds after doing the boiling water method, so we will see how they do. Started the 9 month process of germinating winterberry seeds- put them in some moist perlite in the fridge. 90 days in, 90 days on a heat mat, followed by 90 more in cold. My husband thinks I'm crazy and he isn't wrong.

I did some weeding and deadheading, although I think that goes without saying in gardening. Harvested some green peppers so I could add them to my tomato sauce, basil, oregano, thyme etc. I planted some bush green beans.

I cursed raccoons and their jerk ways when I started my drip irrigation and I saw that my 3/4" mainline had been chewed on like a dog toy and was now a sprinkler. They have access to water 24/7 as I'm on a freshwater marsh. This is just shenanigans of raccoons. Just like pulling up freshly transplanted seedlings (never eating them) and digging out my pots. I'm at war, people. I'm at war. I will be relocating these jerks with my marshmallow traps!

 

[5.3acredream]

The tomato support t-posts are all in place. I'll use the Florida weave to support the determinate Roma plants and the indeterminate tomatoes will be tied directly to the posts, with height extensions added as needed.

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I just had bad technique with the florida weave. It seemed like once my plants got big, they ended up flopping no matter what. I ended up moving to a cattle panel attached to 9' tposts where I prune to 1-2 leaders and tie them as they grow. The severe pruning helps me in my area because the humidity breeds disease. Now my biggest issue is getting ahead of the indeterminates when they try to grow a new leader.

 

[Holly O]

Pulled out some Nettles. (Insert a few curse words here) Pruned some cedar bushes. (More curse words) I'm allergic to them. Harvest some strawberry happy husband. I do not like strawberries. I really am happy thought. Spent time withy babies .