What did you do in the garden today?

[Iluveggers]

I planted some Black Seeded Simpson leaf lettuce seeds a few weeks back and it handles dry, hot weather surprisingly well. I haven't been watering it much and I've never seen it wilt during hot afternoons.

Will have to try that! I think my farm store still has some seeds available

 

[OnlySympathy]

So far I have staked a small tomato plant and need to tie up another. I’ve been lazy

I have now been rained on

 

[cj2024]

The new 2025 hybrid variety of grape cherry tomato called Coral that I got from Hoss tools gave me a volunteer. It looks and grows like the original hybrid Coral. It supposed to be indeterminate, but it doesn't grow straight and tall, each branch seems to stop growing and send out a new side shoot, creating a sea coral appearance.

 

[OnlySympathy]

I have no clue why I am still propagating more tomatoes I am out of tomato space

 

[Smokerbill]

I got rid of all my kale plants and gave them to the chickens. I pulled 3 up roots and all, and cut off the other 4 leaving the roots in the ground to add organic matter to the soil.

I pruned the underside of 6 Roma tomato plants so that no leaves are touching the ground. Trimmed off a few more zucchini leaves too. I need to start tying them to the poles and training them up toward the sky.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Have a question for you about this, would you message me so I don’t clog the garden thread? Thanks!

Oh no, not private message! I'm sure there are so many of us that would like to know about this! Please share with all of us!

 

[jerryse]

Oh no, not private message! I'm sure there are so many of us that would like to know about this! Please share with all of us!

So what do you want to know? My wife and doctor do not know I take it.

 

[Knobby]

I made sure I watered the tomatoes, okras, radishes, squash, and whatever else was growing out there; I really couldn't tell since the rain was pouring down so heavily.

 

[cj2024]

I am really impressed with this Devil tree eggplant graft. It's easier to spray and prune when the branches are a distance off the ground. In addition, I am able to wrap a grafting tape around the stem and insect glue around the stem and support, so the ants can't mine aphids. I wonder how big the Black Beauty eggplant tree will get.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Try white clover in your yard, too. Not only does it draw the honeybees, but it crowds out the crabgrass and doesn't need constant mowing, like grass. Plus, the chickens LOVE it!

It also gives the local bunnies their preferred food so they won’t bother with your garden.