What did you do in the garden today?

[cj2024]

What breed are they?

My old hens are F2 Cornish x crossed with an American Breese Rooster and the chicks are from a vendor on ebay claiming them to be Isa Brown, but I don't think they can legally say that. The roosters supposed to be white sex-linked, but one of the brown chicks has saddles and started crowing.

 

[cj2024]

I have 15 red star chicks on order for September. I will cross them with these ISA brown roosters when they grow up. I am going for eggs this year instead of meat. I want to try New Hampshires next.

 

[cj2024]

I'm mostly getting Tomato Hornworms.

I'm about ready to nuc them. What has worked for you all?

Like if they'd just eat one tomato they could live but they have to ruin every single one on each plant then top it before I'm ready. These jerks must die! I have never had them so bad, my old place had the wasps that killed them. I miss those wasps!

I hate using the "hard" stuff but they are killing off my whole crop. I pick at least 7 a day, none are small. Jerks!
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Wow, I must have passed this picture a few times and I just realize it's a big worm. I originally thought it was a folded leaf.

 

[jerryse]

I'm mostly getting Tomato Hornworms.

I'm about ready to nuc them. What has worked for you all?

Like if they'd just eat one tomato they could live but they have to ruin every single one on each plant then top it before I'm ready. These jerks must die! I have never had them so bad, my old place had the wasps that killed them. I miss those wasps!

I hate using the "hard" stuff but they are killing off my whole crop. I pick at least 7 a day, none are small. Jerks!
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Use BT on them. It is organic.

 

[Rick589]

Hey, sweet pickles are great. Dills are too.

I figured I’d get a wee bit of pushback

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I think I'll plant some more cucumber seeds for a later crop, but I have to figure out where to plant them. And I'm out of fencing for trellis so I'll need to figure that out too.

I planted my late cucumbers where I had the potatoes. They’re doing very well.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I don’t even know what sweet pickles are but they sound kinda good

Likely Bread and Butter pickles. They are a little sweet and sour.

 

[chicken opey]

Wait! You actually got limas to harvest?

Yes! And I was able to share w my family too there are still some on vines bc not filled out

 

[chicken opey]

Note to self - plant more than 3 okra plants

I was giving bags of okra away this time last year and the people are expecting the same amount- where’s the okra, they say!

 

[5.3acredream]

Ran outside to pick raspberries and that's about it! So hot, so humid, so much sweat.

In other news, Sprout, our splash silkie started crowing... loudly. We can't have roosters so he is being claimed by the same person who took our last two roosters. He originally got them to keep at his house for his grandkids... but now the grandkids are keeping them at their house with harnesses and the whole bit. Hilarious. I thought for sure those roosters were going to his freezer camp but they are beloved rooster pets. Can't beat that.