What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

One of my lilacs has buds swelling. An old fashioned white. I have French hybrids also. I have Good King Henry seeds sprouted. I was told they need stratified. Apparently they just need cool to sprout.

 

[jxp]

Today, the pups got elevated cots from chewy for Elly (2/19) and Connor's (3/9) sixth birthdays. We put them together and found 4 shady locales to place them - one on the patio, one on the north side of the coop, and two to the east side of the raised garden beds.

Elly chose the grey one near the chicken coop right away and laid down like the lady she is. The boys, OTOH, wanted to see how much weight one could hold without ripping or collapsing. Apparently, the answer is at least 300 pounds.

 

[chickengr]

chilly here. a friend of mine that was born here told me not to sow peas before the end of february. so I did it yesterday. most of brassicas and lettuce in my big (sunny) garden bolted. I need to grow them in my small backyard garden.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Finally warm enough outside for me to get a good peek at the newest litter. They are a week old now. 5 brown, 2 white, and 1 gray.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I found promix at home Depot last year when Menards stopped selling it. Promix is my go to, but I'm getting tired of finding HUGE sticks in them. So they better shape up. Let me know how well the Sunshine is screened.
I tried the silicone bottom pop out trays three or 4 years ago and ended up with a lot of root and stem rot compared to the controls in the standard trays next to them. Hope they work for you.
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Let the birds out for the first time since Thursday, they about bowled me over. Eagle flew over and everyone raced for the barn. They came back out.
Harrier flew over, back in they went.
They came screeching out clutching their skirt hems, followed by the resident cottontail, who must have had a holy hand grendade.
Rabbit ran into the garden.
Flock of snow geese went over, very low, headed for the lake, back in ran the chickens.
I'm sensing a theme out there today.

I started using black gold organic potting mix . So far I like it!

 

[jxp]

Finally warm enough outside for me to get a good peek at the newest litter. They are a week old now. 5 brown, 2 white, and 1 gray. View attachment 4304633

Much better looking bunnies than the previous picture.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Sooooooo much to do today and it's going to be a sweltering 80 degrees outside...

I picked up some cauliflower, broccoli, and kale starts. Also some onions and potatoes to get planted.

I need to spray the fruit trees ASAP. Some are already breaking bud.

Really need to get my garden area cleaned up and new compost put down. I think I'm going to add beneficial nematodes this year.

And lastly, I need to get another rabbit pen built for the boys and all my coops need cleaned.

That's a long list.