What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’m cutting up a bunch of tomatoes for freezing. I let some in the container sit for too long and they got all gooey and juice got all over the tomatoes on bottom so I just sorted out all the bad ones and now am having to cut up 2.5-3 lbs of cherry tomatoes

You don’t need to cut up cherry tomatoes before freezing. Just wash, dry and put in a freezer bag. Easy peasy.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Good luck!

Thanks

I thought that and now have a browse line 5 ft up the arborvitae trees

Unfortunately it's not really possible to put up a fence in a few hours...we have a motion sensor light we could put out there, maybe it would do something.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

You don’t need to cut up cherry tomatoes before freezing. Just wash, dry and put in a freezer bag. Easy peasy.

I freeze them on a cookie sheet so that they don't stick together

 

[OnlySympathy]

You don’t need to cut up cherry tomatoes before freezing. Just wash, dry and put in a freezer bag. Easy peasy.

I like it because it makes getting the skin off easier and saves a tiny bit of space in the freezer. And it gives me something to do

 

[Molpet]

I like it because it makes getting the skin off easier and saves a tiny bit of space in the freezer. And it gives me something to do

Oh to need something to do
Most of us are hip deep in things to do

 

[OnlySympathy]

Oh to need something to do
Most of us are hip deep in things to do

I have school but we haven’t really gotten much to do yet and doing stuff related to the garden is my outlet. I constantly need to have something to do or I just sit on my phone bored and waste my time doing something I don’t even enjoy

 

[akroberts1085]

I'm ready to go home and process all 4 cockerels. My husband sent me some pictures and the pullet that I really wanted to keep is gone. I lost 2 of them. I don't know if the cockerel took them out or if it was the heat. He sent me a happy picture too

 

[TJAnonymous]

I hope it works out for you. I've become allergic to all deodorant.
It took 3 weeks to completely detox my body so it wouldn't stink after over-the-counter deodorants.
I only use pure clear Aloe vera now. After the detox time, no matter how much I sweat I don't stink.
If I use even natural deodorant even one time, I have to detox again.
Detoxing means just me and everyone around me getting to suffer without any deodorants at all.

Well, a few observations...

Even though I put lavender and vanilla essential oils in the mix, I can't smell either one. However the mango and Shea Butter make it smell really, really good! So I'm thrilled with the smell over ANY commercial deodorant.

Secondly, I'm not noticing any gross BO smell, even after being out in sweltering temps... But I did notice that I felt a little stickier after coming inside from working outside. I just applied a little more afterwards and it was fine.

In general, I don't like feeling sticky but I'll put up with it if there's no smell. When I used commercial deodorant, I didn't have the sticky feeling but I did smell funky if I had been working up a sweat outside. Plus I didn't like all the toxic or sketchy ingredients in most commercial deodorant.

 

[Rick589]

I pulled up a few shallots and onions that had tops dropping over yesterday and have them drying on the rabbit cage. I think it's too soon to be pulling them out of the ground but I needed some to cook with. I grew these from seeds I started indoors last December. First time I had success with onion seeds.

I have some braising right now with a chicken, along with tomatoes and tomato sauce, garlic, herbs and spices and some lime juice for acidity. I'll taste it later, might need a half-teaspoon of sugar if there's any bitterness from the tomatoes.

And I have a loaf of bread baking to soak up the juice. I threw a Jalapeno pepper in the dutch oven to give it a little heat.

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[Sally PB]

I have a bed of Egyptian Walking Onions, and they're perennial. The bed next to it had either regular onions or garlic two seasons ago. I've planted beans in that bed and the just do not do well. Since I can't move the EWOs, I'll just have to not put beans or peas in the neighboring bed.