What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

The purpose of the buckwheat is to keep the weeds at bay. It sprouts quickly, has decent sized leaves right away, and thus shades out the weeds. If it flowers, that would be great for the honeybees.

It doesn't fix nitrogen, and doesn't tolerate frost at all, so I don't have to worry about it being a nuisance next spring. I'll leave the dead plants on the beds and cover them with compost.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’m mending quite well. About 98%. I got the summer squash, Brussel sprouts and cucumbers all planted. The temperatures cooled down for a few days but the down side is so did the humidity. Keeping the seeds moisturized for germination has been challenging. Fingers crossed the forecasted rain on Friday materializes. The berries on the hill are ripening but they seem to be a slightly different shape and more red than black. More raspberry than black raspberry? Hopefully they are juicy and tasty. My pole beans are climbing above the 6 foot poles. I thought they would follow the horizontal poles but not yet. I’ll take a picture when I get to them this morning. Apparently these are a long bean variety.

 

[chicken opey]

Explain Please.

The first step in the old fashioned sweet pickle recipe is to soak them overnight in a pickle lime solution to ensure crispness

 

[chicken opey]

I did very little bc either Im getting a cold or allergies acting up.
Could my sinuses miss the daily rain?
I sprayed tomatoes again and was trying to take a pic of the lil black worms to identify correctly but I squashed it. :/
The neem oil does seem to be keeping numbers down but if it is army worms, I could walk out one morning to nothing left. If that’s the case, I will release the chickens (evil laugh).

 

[chicken opey]

This is the pickling lime I use. Just be sure to rinse well. They suggest 3 times but I rinse more than that

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I just took photos of pole beans. Also took some photos of the raspberry bushes on the hill. I think the different shape is likely from drier conditions up there.

 

[WthrLady]

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Better than mine. They don't even sprout here.

 

[WthrLady]

It looked like some of my tomatoes are FINALLY starting to ripen. I’m going to tour a college so I won’t be home until Thursday night but hopefully I will have at least 1 cherry tomato ready to eat

Have a great time!

 

[WthrLady]

Is there something in the air? Everyone on here keeps getting hurt...

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Then I shouldn't mention the giant rips I put into both hands at the beginning of July then, eh? All healed now, can't even tell I did it. Behold the power of duct tape!

 

[jerryse]

Mowed some. It is tough out there. Very humid early or hotter and humid later. Heat advisory and 94 predicted. Planted some purchased yellow hollyhock seed single and I have some yellow double sprouted. I like yellow but you seldom see them growing.