Recent content by Sueby

Morning all. A bit rainy, which is good - DH is officially now in charge of the garden, the dog & the chickens. I hope everything/one is alive when I get back. ☮️

Has anyone sliced, roasted & frozen eggplant? I was hoping to do this & then use it in lasagna (not breaded).

I have used cardboard & wood chip mulch in the paths since I first started the garden. It doesn't last long or keep the weeds at bay. I'm a bit neurotic about weeds in my garden, I wish I wasn't, but they bother me & I seem to waste too much time on them. I was thinking of slate stone with...

I agree. I have not bought Sungold starts in years because the volunteers just do so much better! But sometimes they cross with my brandywines & make funny catfaced little maters. 😆 So what does everyone use as mulch on the garden paths?

Everything is planted! :wee

I have edamame, borage & squash coming up, yay. I watered. Tomorrow the tomatoes & eggplant go in & then it'll just be reseeding what doesn't come up or what the squirrels/snails ate.

That's exactly what I was thinking - didn't seem to make much sense to me. I do, however, cut off seed stems if they show up early - I'll have to pay attention to that this year & see if it causes any problems. Thanks for the link.

Do any of y'all cut your onion tops back? I'm talking large sweet spanish bulbing type. I always have when they're little (couple inches) but have never done it when they're big. Seems like a lot of people are either YES, for sure or NO, don't be dumb. LOL. Opinions?

I can tell I did a lot of gardening yesterday, my legs are so sore from squatting. 😆

You never know what you might end up with, sometimes it's fun! I will let volunteer tomatoes grow just to see what they are, I've had some interesting crosses for sure. ETA: last year I had a very interesting volunteer squash cross, it was light green & looked very much like a yellow...

I don't because I always plant different kinds so close that they for sure cross pollinate. ETA: or I cross pollinate by hand pollinating if they're under cover.

I love johnny jump ups. I got all the peppers & flowers planted. Back still feels pretty good, I love my new spinal cord stimulator. It's chilly here, I'm sitting here hoping the pellet stove will come on. Have to bring the tomatoes in & cover the peppers. I leave for vacation in 4 days...

Oh I also reseeded some beans I think the snails got & some that just didn't come up. Planting the peppers now & am thinking about a cover for the next night or 2 since it's chilly (low 40s), not for frost but just retain a little warmth. Going to hang onto the tomatoes till Tues, then plant.

So I went out to get chicken food. Decided to swing by a family farm for starts. I went to school with this family, big name in my small town so I like to support them. Holy cow! $4 per 4 in pot of teeny tiny starts (literally an inch or 2). I had no idea they were that expensive till I...

I am SO mad - I slept thru it. Probably the first time in my life it was really visible here & I was asleep. I'm so mad at my sister for not waking me up too. :hit