What did you do in the garden today?

[jxp]

Nothing whatsoever. I broke my foot 3 days ago so I'm housebound in a boot. I do have some help, especially with watering and harvesting things. I missed 2 days and the zucchini multiplies like they're rabbits. So happy to have lovely tomatoes this year, bound for the sauce pot, and BLTs. My son's sami on a center cut slice of sourdough bread. View attachment 4212449

Sorry to hear about your ouchie. Your son's lunch looks delicious.

 

[jxp]

One of my varieties of melons are notoriously self harvesting. This morning I saw that one came off the vine and was lying on the ground. I'm going to give it a couple of days to finish ripening before cutting into it. It was hanging on the fence and probably fell due to the weight rather than being fully ready.

While I was gathering it, I saw under all the leaves that a different variety melon was also coloring up nicely. A small tug and it easily came away from it's vine. Melon today, melon tomorrow. From the looks of the bed, melons all week long.

 

[WthrLady]

I ran away from home for 4 hours yesterday. I'm getting squirrelly sitting around here with contractors, and no one was here yesterday, so off I went. I went to my favorite farm store, up the valley about 45 minutes, and they had bags of recycled coffee grounds for henhouse mulch. OMG it smells so amazing in my chicken house at the moment. I'm hoping that it will help with flies. Since there is no real roof at the moment, when it rains the flies go to town. I had to take all the mulch out when it flooded so bare earth is a fly's dream.

I'll go back next week, when the roof is on, and load up the run with coffee grounds and pine pellets.

Garden is in the fall holding pattern until I clean it out for winter. The jelly is setting on the counter. I probably have another batch out there to go.

 

[jxp]

I ran away from home for 4 hours yesterday. I'm getting squirrelly sitting around here with contractors, and no one was here yesterday, so off I went. I went to my favorite farm store, up the valley about 45 minutes, and they had bags of recycled coffee grounds for henhouse mulch. OMG it smells so amazing in my chicken house at the moment. I'm hoping that it will help with flies. Since there is no real roof at the moment, when it rains the flies go to town. I had to take all the mulch out when it flooded so bare earth is a fly's dream.

I'll go back next week, when the roof is on, and load up the run with coffee grounds and pine pellets.

Garden is in the fall holding pattern until I clean it out for winter. The jelly is setting on the counter. I probably have another batch out there to go.

I miss the days when Starbucks used to put their used grounds in bags by the door for anyone to be able to take.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I use to add spent coffee grounds from a coffee shop
made the coop smell great.
Not sure why but since DH died I have not stopped there.

 

[dirkandlorie]

I use to add spent coffee grounds from a coffee shop
made the coop smell great.
Not sure why but since DH died I have not stopped there.

DH died? I'm so sorry. I thought he was still having health problems, I didn't realize. My sympathies.

 

[akroberts1085]

I use to add spent coffee grounds from a coffee shop
made the coop smell great.
Not sure why but since DH died I have not stopped there.

My sincere condolences on your loss. I hope you are doing ok.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

How on earth do you keep your peaches looking so perfect?

Thank you. I was surprised the peaches turned out so nice this year since I was only able to do one good spraying with neem oil. I actually think it may come with age (of the tree that is). I only use pellet stove ash for fertilizing.

 

[Smokerbill]

I planted some seeds today; watercress, baby bok choi and daikon radish.