What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

I tied another strand of electrical wire around the raised bed Romas to support them another 6 inches higher. Gave them 75 minutes of drip irrigation to make amends for the abuse.

Trimmed off one upper side of the pallet chicken compost bin so the butternut squash vines can more easily drape over the side to the ground, then pruned off a bunch of the butternut leaves so there's more airflow around the plants.

Pulled up three cabbage stumps and gave them to the chickens along with the squash leaves.

I definitely have some fertilized cukes and zuchs on the plants. Looks like my dill and pickling cucumbers will be in sync for making pickles.

 

[WthrLady]

There is not one Gosh Darn thing I like about haying, NOT ONE. Not the worry about the weather, not the worry about the equipment working and not breaking down, not the heat, not almost tipping over multiple times, not the contour of my property, not the bugs or the sunburn, not the dirt, not the time involved, not EVEN the equipment. I LOATHE IT ALL.
BUT, it's mowed, and spread and drying in the sun. That was 6 hours of my day.

Carry on.

 

[cj2024]

The Orange Marconi pepper that I grew got stunted in a gallon pot and started fruiting early. Next time I will cut off all the buds until the plant gets bigger and I will tone down the fertilizer to 4-4-4. I let one of the peppers ripen and saved some seeds.

The Orange Marconi pepper seeds that I placed in a Petri dish all sprouted and I planted them in pots today. I am using an inert potting mix and will top it with pelleted chicken manure this time around. The last time I used Alaskan Bloom thinking that it would be good for the roots, but it flowered to early, so this time no Bloom.

 

[z3lda3]

It’s a humid dead heat here. Absolutely no wind for days and under a heat advisory. (Again). I had to gently shake all my tomato plants by hand and water of course. It’s so pitiful, just tiny green stunted tomatoes.
Pulled a couple of watermelons for the chickens. And then I melted. So hot!!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Spent most of the day at our town parade with family. Mowed and weed whacked when I got home. I dug up three buckets of soil where the chickens kick it through the fence to the garden side. Put it back in their run and boy they were happy gals! Picking tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and all the things now. Our heat index for the next couple of days is supposed to be 118. I'm so grateful we got rain this last week. My tomatoes and peppers dropped a lot of their blossoms in our last heat wave. Hoping they hang onto them this time.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

My husband and I finished butchering the last 18 meat chickens today. Me with one hand ,thank goodness we splurged on a Yardbird plucker, which helped a lot or we wouldn't have gotten finished. It was so hot and humid like usual this year.

My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday, and they're supposed to do another x-ray to check on the progress of my thumb fracture. I normally heal pretty fast but I'm getting older, so I guess we'll see.

Oh btw, the processed chickens weighed approximately 7 pounds each.

 

[z3lda3]

Spent most of the day at our town parade with family. Mowed and weed whacked when I got home. I dug up three buckets of soil where the chickens kick it through the fence to the garden side. Put it back in their run and boy they were happy gals! Picking tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and all the things now. Our heat index for the next couple of days is supposed to be 118. I'm so grateful we got rain this last week. My tomatoes and peppers dropped a lot of their blossoms in our last heat wave. Hoping they hang onto them this time.

I feel you! Our heat index is 112! Last week we also got rain but all that did was make it soo humid. I’m over this summer thing!

 

[z3lda3]

My husband and I finished butchering the last 18 meat chickens today. Me with one hand ,thank goodness we splurged on a Yardbird plucker, which helped a lot or we wouldn't have gotten finished. It was so hot and humid like usual this year.

My doctor's appointment is on Tuesday, and they're supposed to do another x-ray to check on the progress of my thumb fracture. I normally heal pretty fast but I'm getting older, so I guess we'll see.

Oh btw, the processed chickens weighed approximately 7 pounds each.

I’ve never processed a chicken before. Is 7 lbs a good weight? I’m thinking..the turkey I buy for the holidays are 18 ish pounds..so 7lbs for a chicken..wait my biggest rooster is 12 lbs so 7 lbs is…wait my smallest bird is 1.5 lbs..ok it’s obvious I have no idea. Is 7lbs a good weight?

 

[chickengr]

I always wanted one of those when I first saw them at Cosco, but my local Cosco stop carrying them. It wasn't the same as the one in your picture, it was a metal canister, but they don't carry it anymore. Now my Costco sells avocado oil in spray cans. I still have a can left. It comes in handy.

I don't think we suppose to use high quality olive oil for cooking. Expensive extra virgin olive oil is often prized more for finishing than for cooking at high heat (Co-pilot).

Refined avocado oil is better for cooking, it has a smoking point of 480°F to 520°F, which is higher than most cooking oils—including extra virgin olive oil (375–410°F)

I am currently using a squeeze bottle for my oil.

tell your co-pilot 375 f is plenty.

 

[chickengr]

I’ve never processed a chicken before. Is 7 lbs a good weight? I’m thinking..the turkey I buy for the holidays are 18 ish pounds..so 7lbs for a chicken..wait my biggest rooster is 12 lbs so 7 lbs is…wait my smallest bird is 1.5 lbs..ok it’s obvious I have no idea. Is 7lbs a good weight?

yes it is. especially for the backyard free range/roam chickens. most of mine are less than that. we have hot summers so heavy chicken breeds are out of question. I sometimes buy a few meat chicks in september and butcher them before summer.