What did you do in the garden today?

[FernwoodHollow]

I started cleaning the weeds from the garden beds today. The chickens are enjoying them.

I'm going to take it easy with the gardening this season and direct seed everything in the garden, tomatoes included. No seeds started indoors. I had three tomato plants last year that were direct seeded and they did well.

I'm the opposite this year haha I almost always direct seed and this year I'm trying starting inside and I think next year I may go back to direct seed unless I notice an incredible difference in harvest yields this season, as I am remembering now why i liked direct sowing so much while I do have a short growing season, I have always been very successful with direct seeding as well!

 

[Minanora]

Sorry for your loss. My brother's funeral is Friday also.

I'm sorry for your loss, also.

 

[chickengr]

Pulled weeds today. Trying to beat the seeding of the brome grasses and whatever the purple flowing curling tail seed plant is. I've cut down the population pretty good but I know I'll miss some.

Spent most of the day getting things ready for funeral processions for my DHs Grandpa.

We're going to Ridgecrest tomorrow for the viewing and funeral. The funeral is Friday, the day before DH birthday. We're taking our camper and going to camp with the family since we'll all be together. Try to make some good out of it all.

Sorry for your loss. My brother's funeral is Friday also.

my condolences for your losses.

 

[jerryse]

What is scarify? I haven't heard that term before so I am curious because if it's something that helps the garden produce then I want to learn how to do it. Thank you in advance for sharing.

Some seeds need it some do not. 2 types of scarification = manual and chemical. I manually scarified some persimmon seeds yesterday. I took a knife and scraped - cut through the seed coat. Not really needed on these. It allows moisture in on tough seed coats. Chemical absolutely needed on raspberry and blackberry. They pass through a digestive system so they must be tough enough to survive. So an acid treatment mimics what nature does. Wisteria needs manual. Some people nick squash and pumpkin but not necessary. You will likely never need it on garden seeds.

 

[Eagle343]

The 48 hours of soaking is done although I’m not sure why it turned the water green.
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It’s planted now anyway. It’s on the heat mat with the peppers but that 80 degrees might not actually be warm enough in the long term.

was the seeds treated? could be fertilizer or fungicide