What did you do in the garden today?

[TheFowlLine]

Watched the bees go wild on dragon fruit flower , they only bloom for one night and only during summer.
Okra i feed to the birds daily when im not cooking with them.

 

[OnlySympathy]

My zucchini, radish, beet, Swiss chard, gold beans, and leaf lettuce should be getting here in a couple days so I am excited to have some more variety for late summer and fall crops. I cleared out a section of one of one of the raised beds for a few zucchini plants.

 

[TropicalBabies]

Watched the bees go wild on dragon fruit flower , they only bloom for one night and only during summer.
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What variety dragon fruit do you have? Mine (red-red) are not even budding yet. I had to restart my yellow and just got some cuttings of white that strangely did not take.
Gorgeous photos!

 

[muddy75]

I picked a handful more of cherry tomatoes today

 

[TheFowlLine]

What variety dragon fruit do you have? Mine (red-red) are not even budding yet. I had to restart my yellow and just got some cuttings of white that strangely did not take.
Gorgeous photos!

This is a 25yr old plus common white. I have a natural mystic red that just gave its first flower and Apollo yellow ,no first flower this Yr and another one frankies red ;no flower this yr: that the skin looks orange in pics but red fruit. The latter 3 are new ,about a yr plus

 

[ChickenChick46]

Watched the bees go wild on dragon fruit flower , they only bloom for one night and only during summer.
Okra i feed to the birds daily when im not cooking with them.View attachment 4182638View attachment 4182639View attachment 4182640View attachment 4182641View attachment 4182646

So cool! We purchased a dragon fruit tree this year. I don't know much about them, but I read about them and repotted it into a larger pot with the recommended potting medium, which was a cactus/palm blend. It's growing so very fast! It has not bloomed yet, but I figured it might not in its first year and having been recently transplanted.

I'm in zone 8, so mostly warm, but we do have nights below freezing each winter, so I thought a large pot that I can move to our greenhouse was best.

Yours is gorgeous! I love all the bees. Supporting pollinators is and always has been one of my biggest goals with my gardens.

 

[Rick589]

Morning garden walk through - went and got the duct tape, came back and started removing SB eggs. Followed up with injecting BT in the vines for SVB. Going to fertilize my little corn patch and get ready for our crazy heat wave coming.

Explain the BT injection please, I ‘m curious.

 

[Rick589]

What is BT? I have tried squash one time and it was a fail but am going to give it another shot so excuse my ignorance

Naturally occurring bacteria that attacks, really well actually, cabbage loopers and worms. Different strains of it are for different pests I believe. Not even going to try and spell it..

 

[Rick589]

Watched the bees go wild on dragon fruit flower , they only bloom for one night and only during summer.
Okra i feed to the birds daily when im not cooking with them.View attachment 4182638View attachment 4182639View attachment 4182640View attachment 4182641View attachment 4182646

Your cat looks like my best pal Newt who was with from a new born kitten to 20 YO.

 

[OnlySympathy]

It is apparently not raining. I’m obviously hiding in the shed for fun