What did you do in the garden today?

[Justagalwithchicks]

Except the ragweed, OMG. It's so thick!
I did see a hummingbird this afternoon.
I need to change the feeder out again.

It's awful right now!!!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Just finished experimenting with making apple cider. It was going to be a test run but once I made that ‘clean spot’ I was all in and ended up with three gallons of raw, nothing added, cider. A guesstimate, given all the apples this year, is that we could probably make about 12 to 15 gallons.But only if I lie and tell myself I’m just going to run a test batch.

WOW - raw cider sounds amazing! Definitely lie to yourself. You are just running a test batch. Nothing more....

 

[cj2024]

I’m pretty sure my cucumbers are on their way out. Disappointing since I only got about a cucumber and a half off of them, but I don’t think I can blame the variety (Marketmore) given how rough the early season was. I think I’ll give them another shot before I try something else.

I can only grow cucumbers from November to March; it doesn't snow in the tropics where I live. May through October is too scorching hot.

 

[cj2024]

I agree with this lady about how to raise roosters.

 

[Molpet]

I agree with this lady about how to raise roosters.

Yeppers
worse when a Tom thinks you're just another turkey.

 

[Smokerbill]

Just finished experimenting with making apple cider. It was going to be a test run but once I made that ‘clean spot’ I was all in and ended up with three gallons of raw, nothing added, cider. A guesstimate, given all the apples this year, is that we could probably make about 12 to 15 gallons.But only if I lie and tell myself I’m just going to run a test batch.

You were asking about a press earlier. I guess you got one, huh? How did you crush/grind the apples?

 

[Rick589]

You were asking about a press earlier. I guess you got one, huh? How did you crush/grind the apples?

No I didn’t. Because this was suppose to be a test batch I used my food processor to grind them down and used the old flour sack twist and squeeze routine. Worked surprisingly well but still think I’ll get a press and grinder.

 

[Smokerbill]

No I didn’t. Because this was suppose to be a test batch I used my food processor to grind them down and used the old flour sack twist and squeeze routine. Worked surprisingly well but still think I’ll get a press and grinder.

I just dug my old fruit press out of the shop. I remember thinking it was cool sitting in my grandpa's cellar when I was a kid, and 50 years later it was mine. Used it once, need to clean it up and use it again.

 

[TropicalBabies]

More wicking beds and some cheap fancy metal beds from Amazon. Since they wont be wicking beds, I filled them with cardboard, shredded paper, bunch of logs, mulch and more mulch. I picked up 3- 3.6 cubic ' of Pro potting soil and a couple of bags of compost. Time to switch gears and get the wicking beds sarted so I can pick up some 50/50 mix from a nursery and top the mulch and mix in potting soil. Think i will be ready for fall planting.

 

[chickengr]

picked bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants and bush beans.

only 2 hull-less pumpkins. the other 2 varieties I planted had only male flowers for about 2 months. no time to ripen the fruit so I picked vines and gave them to ducks.

is there any reason why pumpkins have male flowers only?