What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

I picked all the peppers this morning and pulled up 9 of the 12 pepper plants. The other three are habaneros, and I'm going to try overwintering a couple as houseplants and put them in the garden again next year.

 

[jerryse]

Got out early for groceries and a laptop. Slowly getting laptop set up. Getting DW to help set it up is like trying to get a kid to taste something. A big nope. I will likely have a repair guy do what I can not figure out. I need to transfer from this laptop.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Got out early for groceries and a laptop. Slowly getting laptop set up. Getting DW to help set it up is like trying to get a kid to taste something. A big nope. I will likely have a repair guy do what I can not figure out. I need to transfer from this laptop.

This may sound lame, but I would question Google what I can't figure out and then utube how to do it.

 

[jerryse]

This may sound lame, but I would question Google what I can't figure out and then utube how to do it.

Tried YouTube. I am not that bright with tech. Especially when there is no way to send or continue. A brick wall for me. Everybody knows how but I am not everybody.

 

[Sally PB]

So my question is - should I dig up the asparagus roots once they’re dormant, add soil and replant? Will that damage them in any way?

I would not dig them up. I tried to transplant two crowns, both died.

I would top off the bed with compost. I don't think it will hurt the asparagus to be deeper. They will be more protected from frost.

If someone else knows more/differently/better, please speak up.

 

[Appalachickens]

I would not dig them up. I tried to transplant two crowns, both died.

I would top off the bed with compost. I don't think it will hurt the asparagus to be deeper. They will be more protected from frost.

If someone else knows more/differently/better, please speak up.

Thanks, unless I hear otherwise, I’ll do just that.

 

[WthrLady]

Thanks, unless I hear otherwise, I’ll do just that.

I concur.

 

[WthrLady]

I rearranged all the tomato plants rows today, reset the cattle panels and posts, tilled and turned the planting soil and set loose the hens for grub duty again.
I replaced all the surrounding mulch.
Tomorrow I'll add alpaca manure I and gypsum and other goodies and take the tiller to it again.
SO MANY woolly bears! So many.
I also twisted off the dying rhubarb leaves, and cut the horseradish down to 5 inches. I'm not doing slimy, moldy leaves in the spring again. ICK.
I only planted 3 horseradish rhizomes, and I now have 9 clumps that grow 4 feet tall and almost 5 feet across each. I know it will make them spread if I dig them, but those are weaker and easier to kill back. So I'll do that, and move the divided bits to the roadside ditch. It'll love it there!

 

[jxp]

I rearranged all the tomato plants rows today, reset the cattle panels and posts, tilled and turned the planting soil and set loose the hens for grub duty again.
I replaced all the surrounding mulch.
Tomorrow I'll add alpaca manure I and gypsum and other goodies and take the tiller to it again.
SO MANY woolly bears! So many.
I also twisted off the dying rhubarb leaves, and cut the horseradish down to 5 inches. I'm not doing slimy, moldy leaves in the spring again. ICK.
I only planted 3 horseradish rhizomes, and I now have 9 clumps that grow 4 feet tall and almost 5 feet across each. I know it will make them spread if I dig them, but those are weaker and easier to kill back. So I'll do that, and move the divided bits to the roadside ditch. It'll love it there!

When horseradish finds its happy spot, it gets really happy. IMO it should be considered a slow invasive in some areas.

 

[WthrLady]

agree, and harvesting to use only makes it go even more wild. Luckily there are plenty of Germans, Poles, Czechs, and Ukrainians here that LOVE the fresh stuff, so we DO go through a lot of it.