What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

Yep

Good one

 

[Finchbreeder]

I did some watering cause it is spring in Aust and that is 18C at 8.09PM in the dark.
I pruned the dead stuff off my reeds and binned it.
That was it - too much else to worry about away from home.

 

[Smokerbill]

I picked maybe the last 5 cucumbers of the season and started removing vines from the first planting of cucumbers this morning and gave them to the chickens. I'm going to try removing the rest of them today.

I believe I'll make dill pickle chunks from all the cucumbers I have and just keep them in the fridge. I don't feel like canning anything today.

I might pull up the 14 tomato plants in garden plot by the woods too. There aren't many green tomatoes on them but I guess I'll grind them up and make some green salsa.

 

[Sally PB]

I was planning to work in the garden today, really I was! My afternoon will be cut short because we're going to the bee club meeting, and going out to dinner first. It seems we're going to run out of milk this afternoon and not have enough to get through till tomorrow, so I'm going to the store after lunch.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Making pesto from all the basil in the garden. Freezing it in ice cube trays for easy use later.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Making pesto from all the basil in the garden. Freezing it in ice cube trays for easy use later.

I have frozen mine in a small jar never done the ice cube type.

 

[dirkandlorie]

I have frozen mine in a small jar never done the ice cube type.

I'm not the most graceful creature, lol.. have broken jars in the freezer before. I place the frozen cubes in a freezer bag and just pull out however many I need at the time. Safer for me, and ill never again have to clean out a whole chest freezer because I was clutzy

 

[pennyJo1960]

We only have a small standup freezer, both are fridges have freezers also.

 

[Smokerbill]

I got sidetracked from my gardening plans. I noticed the garlic heads I saved for planting and decided to break them up, sort them and plant them in the garden.

I got 90 good sized cloves for planting and another 1/2 cup or so of cloves for eating from 13 heads.

I used a 6 inch wide board marked in 6 inch increments to locate the planting holes, using a section of 3/4" EMT for the dibble. 15 rows of six, 90 cloves planted, 6"x6" spacing, 3 to 4 inches deep.

I sterilized/sanitized the cloves in 70% isopropyl alcohol for 15 minutes, but didn't do the soak-in-fertilizer step. Instead I soaked the bed really well with a lot of my 9 month old rotten weed tea fertilizer after planting the garlic. I'll topcoat the bed with compost later on too.
Thanks for this @Sally PB , https://keeneorganics.com/garlic-fertilization-soak/

I even strained and saved the pint of rubbing alcohol I used so I can use it next year.

ETA: The article also recommended using vodka for the sterilization soak. I would have saved that for garlic vodka martinis. LOL

 

[Squawkers]

I got sidetracked from my gardening plans. I noticed the garlic heads I saved for planting and decided to break them up, sort them and plant them in the garden.

I got 90 good sized cloves for planting and another 1/2 cup or so of cloves for eating from 13 heads.

I used a 6 inch wide board marked in 6 inch increments to locate the planting holes, using a section of 3/4" EMT for the dibble. 15 rows of six, 90 cloves planted, 6"x6" spacing, 3 to 4 inches deep.

I sterilized/sanitized the cloves in 70% isopropyl alcohol for 15 minutes, but didn't do the soak-in-fertilizer step. Instead I soaked the bed really well with a lot of my 9 month old rotten weed tea fertilizer after planting the garlic. I'll topcoat the bed with compost later on too.
Thanks for this @Sally PB , https://keeneorganics.com/garlic-fertilization-soak/

I even strained and saved the pint of rubbing alcohol I used so I can use it next year.

ETA: The article also recommended using vodka for the sterilization soak. I would have saved that for garlic vodka martinis. LOL

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Wow that’s so cool!