What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Already planning next years seed purchases. Well actually started buying.

I’m glad I’m not the only one looking at seeds! Just waiting on everything to get back in stock before I pull the trigger. Someone please talk me out of trying to grow ghost peppers next year!

(And good luck with the artery appointment!)

 

[Smokerbill]

Got another two pounds of green beans. I'll can them tomorrow. Picked 4 blushing Romas and two reddening Jalapeno peppers.

 

[Nym]

5.15 a.m. here and the icy westerly wind hasnt stopped all nite. Current reading is 53.7kph. I topped up kale bed and sunflower with collected rainwater to help minimise the impact. Sunrise will tell the story.

 

[Rick589]

I once (years ago) had a soil test at the county fair put on by the state Ag Uni. It was $3 for a quick onsite basic test or $15 for them to take your sample back to the lab at campus for the more indepth analysis. I opted for just the basic test.

The fella that took my money and my sample checked N on the paper before even opening the baggie. I asked him why he'd done that. His answer was along the lines of "all the plants use a lot of nitrogen and our native soil doesn't always have enough".

I told him the sample I'd brought wasn't native, it was a custom blend I'd spent time researching and putting together specifically for what I wanted to grow which wasn't leafy greens.

My brother thinks I'm sometimes quick to react negatively when I think someone is being dishonest or unfair. He may be right.

For a year or two I was taking samples to Agrolab, they’re local for us. Anyway the reports were fairly detailed and specific on what my amendments should be, particularly with regard to raising our Ph. I ended up hitting a Ph of 7.1 after following their recommendations, a bit higher than I wanted. All my fault because I never mentioned what I wanted my target Ph to be and they apparently recommend Ph amendments based on a default target of 7.0 Perhaps in the future my thinking will be more present, more in the moment, more attentive. Probably not but hope abounds eternal.

 

[Rick589]

Working on a batch of apple syrup as I write. Processed a portion of our apple overload into 24 cups of cider which is on its way to apple syrup.

 

[dirkandlorie]

I once (years ago) had a soil test at the county fair put on by the state Ag Uni. It was $3 for a quick onsite basic test or $15 for them to take your sample back to the lab at campus for the more indepth analysis. I opted for just the basic test.

The fella that took my money and my sample checked N on the paper before even opening the baggie. I asked him why he'd done that. His answer was along the lines of "all the plants use a lot of nitrogen and our native soil doesn't always have enough".

I told him the sample I'd brought wasn't native, it was a custom blend I'd spent time researching and putting together specifically for what I wanted to grow which wasn't leafy greens.

My brother thinks I'm sometimes quick to react negatively when I think someone is being dishonest or unfair. He may be right.

I don't think you were quick to react negatively. If you were paying for a test to be done, then a test should've been done...... Not just checking boxes based on assumptions.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I ripped the questionable kale up this morning and planted Burpee Vates curly kale in its place. Then I thinned the row of bok choy. I spot watered the summer squash and watered the little round bed again. Either tomorrow or Sunday I’ll add some compost to that little bed and hopefully I can get it to hold water so I can finally plant beets and lettuce. It’s supposed to be raining here right now. So far just a bunch of wind and clouds. Wah!

 

[cj2024]

I have been lightly stir frying my lettuce with thin slices of roasted/ marinated pork. I notice that I eat more lettuce this way because they shrink after flash frying. It's a good way to use up the lettuce that start to bolt.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I have been lightly stir frying my lettuce with thin slices of roasted/ marinated pork. I notice that I eat more lettuce this way because they shrink after flash frying. It's a good way to use up the lettuce that start to bolt.

You can also add excess lettuce to soups.