What did you do in the garden today?

[Nym]

Glass gardening

 

[Eagle343]

Picked a bag full of Cherry tomatoes, and a bag of Asparagus beans.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Glass gardening

At first, I thought this was at the glass blowing place in Oregon we went to last year, but this was in California.
My husband and sons know how much I love glass working, and they let me spend over an hour in their small retail shop. I had to inspect every single thing in the store and then went back through to pick out what I couldn't leave without.
Among other things, I picked out a glass blown jellyfish as our yearly ornament for the Christmas tree.
Also, I didn't find a float so a bought a small one that would fit in my luggage to travel home. https://traveloregon.com/things-to-...s/who-are-lincoln-citys-secret-float-fairies/

 

[OnlySympathy]

Tomorrow is the first day back to school. I am not happy. I would be much happier doing random stuff in the garden. On the bright side TSC is a 10 minute walk from the school so I get to be irresponsible with money then enjoy a 3 mile walk home, a mile of which is on the side of a main road! At least the tractor supply part should be enjoyable

 

[Minanora]

I was up at 3:30 this morning. I don't understand why it's so hot. Why.... Just why.....

Supposed to climb to 110 on Thursday. Hopefully it will cool down this weekend.

Watered today and picked a few tomatoes.

People keep catching things on fire. Got some cool photos today. 40 acre fire down the road from my office. They threw 4 fire planes, 2 choppers, 10 engines and 4 dozers at it in under an hour. Fully contained.



Gifford fire is almost out, 128,000 acres. 98% containment. Yay!

Anyway, I'm way behind. Someday I'll catch up.

 

[chickengr]

I'm not sure. I honestly thought the dead chick was the new one that hatched today. It wasn't until I got it out of the cage that I realized it was the first chick.

She seems very defensive of her baby. She growls and attacks every time I open the crate door. Maybe she killed the other one because it wasn't properly developed? Just seems weird that it didn't happen for 4 or 5 days after hatching. You'd think if it didn't absorb the yolk, it would have died within the day it hatched.

some chicks/ducklings live for a few days. I use incubator so they were not killed. a lot of ducklings had a small bump on the belly that didn't close well.

 

[WilderSkye]

@Minanora I am soooo sorry. The fires in CA and all of the southwest are sickening. Many days our skies have been hazy and pink and we can smell grass fires from hundreds of miles away. Know I am praying for you guys. I have always lived in and loved the southwest (CA, AZ, and now NM) but this decades long drought and nonstop fires are starting to get me down.

I don't know how you stand the heat. My husband is in AZ this week and it is supposed to be 110 tomorrow there and he has to wear FR gear as he is working in a high voltage area. I dread that for him.

As for here, major victory. We got the electric fence up and the chickens can go from their coop straight out into a nice big area, which I am hoping will be our new garden spot. If I have the energy and money....lordy....but happy happy happy here. They transitioned really well, the dogs got nipped and leave a wide berth around the fence. It all went way better than I had hoped for. And my silly husband, electrician that he is, HAD to touch it to see how strong it was. Judging by his language it is effective.

 

[Rick589]

I went out to let the ducks in their pen and give everyone fresh, cold water with big 2-liter bottles of ice in the trough. They all love it... So refreshing when it's 115 degrees outside. I also let the hose run on the ground around the water trough area. The chickens love to stand in the running water and cool down. The ground stays wet overnight and then they dig down in the moist, cool dirt in the morning the next day. It's worked well to limit heat stress but I will be very happy when I can quit lugging 5-gallon buckets filled with frozen bottles. I end up putting out between 9-12 of them. Then I have to pick them all back up after dark and refill them so they can freeze overnight. Labor intensive...

Anyway, checked on the broody again. Somehow the new chick was outside of the dog crate. No IDEA how it got out. The closest I can guess is through the tiny gap where the lock slides shut for the door. It might be be a half inch to three quarters inch wide? I put the little Houdini back in with mama. She was trying to attack me through the cage. Now I am left wondering if the other chick got out too? Maybe one of the hens dragged it outside and a crow got it? I'm stumped...

 

[Minanora]

@Minanora I am soooo sorry. The fires in CA and all of the southwest are sickening. Many days our skies have been hazy and pink and we can smell grass fires from hundreds of miles away. Know I am praying for you guys. I have always lived in and loved the southwest (CA, AZ, and now NM) but this decades long drought and nonstop fires are starting to get me down.

I don't know how you stand the heat. My husband is in AZ this week and it is supposed to be 110 tomorrow there and he has to wear FR gear as he is working in a high voltage area. I dread that for him.

As for here, major victory. We got the electric fence up and the chickens can go from their coop straight out into a nice big area, which I am hoping will be our new garden spot. If I have the energy and money....lordy....but happy happy happy here. They transitioned really well, the dogs got nipped and leave a wide berth around the fence. It all went way better than I had hoped for. And my silly husband, electrician that he is, HAD to touch it to see how strong it was. Judging by his language it is effective.View attachment 4199830

I empathize with you and your spouse. Most jobs I go to don't require the thick class FR, but one time I had to and worked on a rooftop when it was 108. I had my back to the sun and my pants were loose enough that my calves weren't touching the fabric. My pant leg would touch my skin and actually burn me. I try to avoid working in the field when it's hot like this. My boss does it a lot more than me, he's a trooper. He had to work for two weeks on a huge site in Blythe in the summer a few years back. Not fun. We don't touch high voltage gear but we're close enough sometimes that it's a little nerve wracking. I've worked in some DC combiner boxes and inverters that made me nervous. Working next to live conductors that you can't turn off is my least favorite thing, ever.

Congratulations on the chicken fence!

The fires can be bad but it still isn't a deal breaker for us. I just wish people would stop being stupid and causing the fires. Trailer chains, cigarette butts.... You would think people would care more about the risk.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well, the new chick was MIA this morning. I kicked mama out of the crate and looked for it. Couldn't find it. Found the other 6 eggs tossed haphazardly around the crate and buried under dirt and straw. Chucked those out. Mama kept trying to get back in the cage. I dunked her in some cold water and closed up the cage so she can't get back in.

Her broody days are over. She will not get a 2nd chance. I had hoped her being 3 yrs old would give her the maturity to be a good mama. Sadly that doesn't appear to be the case.