What did you do in the garden today?

[OnlySympathy]

There is a chance of rain today!

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Looking at the ten day forecast and mentally because the lows are predicted to go down to the 40’s. Noooo! Stay away, my melons aren’t done growing yet!

 

[OnlySympathy]

Chipmunks won’t leave me alone. I just want to grow some plants why can’t they dig somewhere else

 

[jerryse]

Did you eat these together? Sounds lovely.

I know where you can get a couple slices of fresh homemade bread for a tasty onion sammy.

Yes, I did. Warm bread and fresh nut butter.

 

[Sally PB]

I'm still trying to figure out how to get onions to grow. I have a green thumb not black but there are some things that I would love to get growing in the garden and year after year I fail. I'm just not going to quit because I know that the only way to become successful is to try again. Eventually I will get it right.lol

Onions like a lot of nitrogen. The bulbs underground are a specialized form of leaves. Even knowing that, my success with onions has been so-so. The best year I had was 5 years ago.

At least she is no longer suffering.

Fly high and free, sweet girl.

Hugs for you.
It's always hard to lose the favorites.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

WOW that's a great haul to get. I'm still trying to figure out how to get onions to grow. I have a green thumb not black but there are some things that I would love to get growing in the garden and year after year I fail. I'm just not going to quit because I know that the only way to become successful is to try again. Eventually I will get it right.lol

When are you starting them? I didn’t find out until last year they’re supposed to be started really early - I started this year’s in February and they’re doing better than I’ve ever seen. Also my understanding is the bulbing kind are sensitive to day length, so you have to be careful how long your grow lights are on when they’re inside.

 

[Molpet]

That's both sad and in the end it had a happy ending.

Old hen, hatched 2017, with this year chicks.

Same chicks today with surrogate mom and another hen/aunt

3 Abandoned eggs chicks , 2 white and a black is hiding under mom

 

[Smokerbill]

When are you starting them? I didn’t find out until last year they’re supposed to be started really early - I started this year’s in February and they’re doing better than I’ve ever seen. Also my understanding is the bulbing kind are sensitive to day length, so you have to be careful how long your grow lights are on when they’re inside.

I started onion and shallot seeds early January this year and they grew slowly. When I set them out in the garden the stems were less than 1/8th inch in diameter. I'll soon be ordering the same varieties of seeds for next year's garden and probably start the seeds in December.

Edited to add:
I contacted Baker Creek and was told that the seeds won't be guaranteed to be packaged for the 2026 season until December, so I'll wait until then to order.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Chipmunks won’t leave me alone. I just want to grow some plants why can’t they dig somewhere else

I was planning on doing some forced natural selection today after school but the long awaited rain may be ruining that for now

 

[Rick589]

Well the material arrived for the new coop/shed and construction has begun.

My sentiments exactly, especially with the cockerels.

I was patient enough today to watch the nestbox long enough to verify which New Hampshire pullet is the early egg layer. It was the little blue-banded one.

She's been laying for around 3 weeks now, starting at around 19 weeks. The others, at 22 weeks, haven't started laying yet but some have began to squat so they'll start laying soon.

I decided today was the day to pull up all the onions and shallots. I didn't count but it looks like around 150 yellow onions and 60 shallots, all started from seed. They are all supposed to be good keepers that store well.

Around 15 of the yellow onions sent up scapes and hadn't fallen over. I'll use those first for salsa and eating.

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Shallots...
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Onions with scapes...
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It’s a bit disgusting that you have such good onion harvest I just may need therapy when I think of your success compared to my bad outcomes.