What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

90+ weather coming. DW is getting on my nerves. She comes up with the most unworkable ideas sometimes. Then I have to explain it to her. Careful not to talk to her like she is a child.

Gotta be careful or you’ll be mansplaining.

 

[Rick589]

New shed (10x16) well under way

 

[SkyAJK]

Today the wind has eased down a great deal so I will continue with pulling out weeds in my garden. They are just everywhere and my grass are disappearing.

Weeding
Weeding and more weeding.

 

[WthrLady]

We're into the humid 90s again. I am not a fan.
Lots of outdoor work.
I got the steel and trim picked up today.
The blackjack is on the run roof, maybe I'll work on that for a bit tomorrow, we'll see.
Either that, or I'll paint the barn door.
Chipping away at the 'to do' list

Tractor is paid for, I'm hoping for a Thursday delivery. I'd like to get the contractors out of here first.

 

[Smokerbill]

Ditto on this. However, I just use salt and cabbage. Never had a need to add brine.

I add water with 2.5% salt concentration if the cabbage is too dry. I like the liquid to be an inch or so above the cabbage.

New shed (10x16) well under way

Beautiful!

 

[jxp]

I was going to pick our first ever grapes. The birds got Every. Single. One. of the green grapes!

I will be watching the red ones and picking them as SOON as they taste sweet-ish. I'll add some honey to the juice if I need to.

When I was in an area last month that has a number of vineyards, everyone had row upon row of netted vines ripening.

 

[jxp]

To hot for me.

 

[jxp]

Chipping away at the 'to do' list

Now if only more things would stop jumping onto the bottom of the list.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I picked two pounds of Jalapeno peppers this morning along with a couple New Mexico chiles and a habanero. Combined with tomatoes and onions I made seven pints of salsa.

I played it safe adding just one habanero pepper to the batch but it wasn't nearly enough, though there's a little heat in it. I should've added 4 or 5. I processed the peppers and onions to a fairly fine chop so the salsa would be spoonable instead of chunky.

I didn't have a lot of ripe tomatoes. Half of them were just partially ripe, so it's a semi-green tomato salsa.

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It looks delicious

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Now if only more things would stop jumping onto the bottom of the list.

Hear, hear.