What did you do in the garden today?

[TropicalBabies]

I am glad I bought an electric air blower for the ion batteries I purchased by mistake for my Makita drill. I am making good use of it. I use my air blower to clean my mosquito zappers. This zapper cost about the same as replacement bulbs for my Dyna Mosquito trap and it's easier to clean. I like this zapper because it also kills other things like fruit flies and flying termites.

I haven't had a mosquito bite in a very long time. I think the mosquito dunks also helped, this was my first year trying the dunks and I notice the difference.
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I had no luck with the dyna the first time I used it. Not sure why. Plugged it in again 6-12 months later and it has worked well ever since. Also purchased a few zappers at 1/4 the cost of the dyna. All worked themselves out of a job for awhile. Thanks for the good tip a few years ago. Do you have a link for this one?

 

[akroberts1085]

congrats!

most kids here get from their parents what they want. when parents cannot buy all they want they start stealing. after that some end up in jail and some become politicians, lol.

Not much difference between the stealing and politicians.

 

[akroberts1085]

I heard this a long time ago: You shouldn't steal because the government hates the competition

 

[TropicalBabies]

Im still cautiously working on my fall garden in my new beds. They get sun from 7-4 and our temps have not dropped below 86° yet. But i can see my micro climate happening!! Absolutely awesome. Yesterday I filled in bok choy, lettuce, pepper and Mizuna from pugs under my more established plants along with gazanias, gaura and coreopsis in a new bed of papaya, surinam cherry and arugula for ground cover. Well, expired seeds tossed ground cover...

We had a beautiful heavy rain last eve, so perfect timing for the starts. Bad for me on my motorcycle lol. My established basil needed to be steaked up this morning, established arugula is flat, marigolds now cascade over the garden bed (going with that). Zinnas are still upright

Wicking beds have been amazing. Absolute game changer for gardening in zone 12b. Established plants just suck up the water and thrive. Planted butternut and zucchini in the new beds. If the dreaded pickle worms dont get to them I have high hopes. Different part of the yard and away from the mango forest.

Sour sop trees are loaded. Starfruit has enough fruit to share and a second season bloom happening now. Orange tree fruit is ready to start picking though, the tree needs some heavy composting and more water.

Enjoying getting all my greens from my garden now. Waiting on peppers and tomatoes.

Traded established red dragon fruit cuttings for established white df cuttings. Need to make a a stand but we are deep into greatroom remodel. So, not going to happen for a few months.

Happy aloha Thursday all!

 

[Molpet]

Went to prompt care and got meds for cold. Picture of the pair of rabbits I got. Doe is spotted and was bred to a California looking buck. Black one is a buck. Doe should kindle about 11-1-25.View attachment 4229444

Glad you went in and found out it was pneumonia before it got worse

 

[TropicalBabies]

Glad you went in and found out it was pneumonia before it got worse

X2!

 

[Smokerbill]

I picked just about the last of the tomatoes from the Roma vines. There are still a few greens left but not many, maybe 30 or 40 smallish ones.

Picked the last of the cukes too. Because of the cool weather they haven't grown at all in the last couple weeks so they'll probably be bitter. Still need to make dill pickles with what I have on hand.

I think the BT killed off the cabbage worms which is good, and the Blue Lake pole bean vines are still trying to grow more pods.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Tell ya last time I had pneumonia thought I was going to die.
Been a few years now. @jerryse

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Stripped the leaves off my tomato plants. Yesterday it was 40 ish and you could see your breath in the morning to let the chickens out. Hence, let's try and get the tomatoes that haven't ripened a boost.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Picked some peas, brought in some of the pots, currently debating doing the same for the ones with kale and root crops in them while I wait for the WD-40 to soak into the hose threads and swear at the YouTube videos advising taking a hack saw to it. I don’t own a hack saw YouTube! And I would prefer not to destroy the hose!