What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

View attachment 4226179I am busy turning the soil, with a little help!

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Those are some great chickenpix.

 

[Rick589]

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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Nice

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

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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That is impressive!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I had all my baby pumpkins fall off this summer when we got our 9" of rain. Left my vines and ended up with 8 pumpkins. Not quite ready, but close! I'll can these into pumpkin puree for all the the things this winter! Long Island cheese pumpkins- SVB don't bother them.

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

@smokerbill: Those are some great chickenpix.

Here are some close ups of the earth movers.

They are currently digging through and loosening up a large compost pile. I just show up in a couple of days with my shovel and spread in on my garden boxes. It’s like shovelling potting soil.

 

[Bsmac]

Here are some close ups of the earth movers.

They are currently digging through and loosening up a large compost pile. I just show up in a couple of days with my shovel and spread in on my garden boxes. It’s like shovelling potting soil.

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Good looking birds!

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

Thank you. My tomatoes on the other hand …

 

[Bsmac]

Thank you. My tomatoes on the other hand …

I am a pretty good tomato grower! I also grow some varieties I bred from three different heirloom varieties. This year was a tough one for tomatoes here. To hot and humid! They don`t like to set fruit under those conditions! Blight set in early too. We still had a lot of tomatoes but would have had a whole lot more with better weather!

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

We still had a lot of tomatoes but would have had a whole lot more with better weather!

This was my first real year trying tomatoes. It wasn’t bad. I am in Canada and the season is short. I have a lot of green tomatoes that I picked today as frost is likely coming.

Any hints on how to ripen them?

I have 4 plants that I have hanging in my garage.

 

[CalgaryFarmer]

Any hints on how to ripen them?

Or is it fried green tomatoes?