What did you do in the garden today?

[Justagalwithchicks]

Can I NOT catch a break this summer?
Wind ripped the run roof off 3 weeks ago and I put up a shade cloth.
With our days of impending rain this weekend I put up a tarp to help keep it more dry in there.
It has 2x4 joists.
But the system @Justagalwithchicks mentioned stalled on my little corner of the county last night. We're at 5.5 inches and it's still raining. OC the tarp and 2x4s couldn't hold 480 gallons of water. the 2x4s snapped drenching the furious pullets and flooding the run, out the windows on the lower side. High water mark at 6 inches with the WOOSH. It took us 3 hours in the pre-dawn to get it all cleaned up and the shade cloth back up.
We have gone from extreme long term drought to way too much water in a matter of weeks.
The creeks are out of their banks.

Oh no! That's awful!! We didn't get that much. Ours was a slow rain but lasted for days and just stopped. Glad your pullets didn't get hurt. You really have had your fill this year and could use a break.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I was going to start cleaning up the tomato garden. Well.... The deer got in and ate all my green tomatoes for my salsa. And all the leaves off the butternut squash. The squash is ok. I picked them, ready or not, and brought them up to the house. The deer also ate everything on the grapevines that they could reach.

I pulled up all the tomato plants. I did find a few (5) green tomatoes, and some ripe ones. That's it for the year. Thank goodness I got my canning done. Hubby has enough to make salsa, I'll get a bit of green salsa, and I'll one finger wave at any deer I see.

Glad you got your canning done before this happened! The one finger wave! That made me chuckle

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Harvested some kale. Going to try making it into powder this time.

I've done that and threw it into everything. Haha. Put it where it's easy to see and reach and I bet you will be the same thing.

 

[akroberts1085]

Apparently I need to get some kale growing for the powder and then just put it in almost everything I cook. Maybe my husband will start seeming to appear healthier without knowing why. He doesn't like veggies and I haven't ever seen him eat fruit, unless of course grape jelly and juice, V8 and berry pies count especially with all the sugar they add to it.

 

[Smokerbill]

I was going to start cleaning up the tomato garden. Well.... The deer got in and ate all my green tomatoes for my salsa. And all the leaves off the butternut squash. The squash is ok. I picked them, ready or not, and brought them up to the house. The deer also ate everything on the grapevines that they could reach.

I pulled up all the tomato plants. I did find a few (5) green tomatoes, and some ripe ones. That's it for the year. Thank goodness I got my canning done. Hubby has enough to make salsa, I'll get a bit of green salsa, and I'll one finger wave at any deer I see.

Been there before and it's heartbreaking. Seems like the deer stand back and let you think they're going to leave the garden alone, then they decimate it overnight. That's why my garden is now completely fenced. BTW, deer season started today here. Maybe I'll get some compensation for the damage they've done. LOL

Didn't do squat in the garden today. I spent 4 hours spraying clorox water on the west and north exterior of the house and scrubbing off all the mildew and dirt. Prepping for painting the house, and hope to get it done before the tomatoes start ripening and I'm spending all my time canning salsa and tomatoes.

 

[Sally PB]

deer season started today here. Maybe I'll get some compensation for the damage they've done.

Get one for me too! Our firearms deer season doesn't start until November 15th.

 

[sourland]

Picked a bunch of tomatoes and made stewed tomatoes.

 

[Smokerbill]

Get one for me too! Our firearms deer season doesn't start until November 15th.

Every year, September 1, start of archery season the deer disappear and I don't see them till the season is over. Are they really that smart?

 

[Sally PB]

All of a sudden, there are some Monsters on Two Legs in their neighborhood. The Monsters look like they don't belong in the woods, smell weird, are noisy, and sometimes kill one of their friends. I think I might catch on and go hide too, were I a deer.

 

[ShrekDawg]

All of a sudden, there are some Monsters on Two Legs in their neighborhood. The Monsters look like they don't belong in the woods, smell weird, are noisy, and sometimes kill one of their friends. I think I might catch on and go hide too, were I a deer.

Yup. At our old house we were surrounded by woods and every year, we’d have all the turkeys and deer in our yard during the season lol