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Got the sprinkler set up for the grapevines. Gave them a quick drink. Rain forcasted for tomorrow morning. If it doesn’t happen I can do the watering. This afternoon I got started on the last garden area. The wild grass in there grew to around 2 feet deep. I picked a small head of loose leaf...

I finished weed whacking a path so I can set up the sprinkler for the grapevines tomorrow morning.

Nothing in the garden today. Medical appointments this morning. We did get some welcome showers earlier. Now it is steamy muggy. Ick! My best advice on canning @chicken opey is to invest in a good canning book. There's several editions of the Ball canning book available or you can go to the Ball...

I’ve noticed lower germination rates as well. I’m slowly moving to obtaining more heirloom varieties so I can save the seeds. I’m also working on harvesting more chicken compost and plan on experimenting with weed tea fertilizer as well. I finished watering the winter squash and watermelon bed...

The rain earlier didn’t do much. I watered the big garden and the green beans on the slope and everything else. The okra seeds I planted a few days ago have germinated already. The flower seeds and tarragon that the grandkids planted on Saturday are germinating as well. I’m hoping to get the...

Good morning gardeners. We’re getting a light shower right now. Well timed because I was planning on giving the garden a little drink of water. Hopefully it’s enough. My sage bloomed for the first time a couple of days ago @Sally PB. I snipped the flowers and put them in a 1/2 pint canning jar...

I tried out my new weed whacker. It’s awesome! It eats through poison ivy without splattering the plant juices everywhere.

So apparently my sugar snap peas are a bush variety. They’re barely 2 feet tall but they’re blooming already.

Sorry about your back injury @Minanora. I hope you have a speedy recovery. I harvested more radishes, put down a little fertilizer then watered everything. I mowed the front yard before lunch. I’ll leave the trimming for another day. I’m doing laundry and working on the “Spring” cleaning.

I added strings to help the grapevines find the metal arch. Then I snipped off a couple of “branches” to discourage growing in the wrong direction. I did a little more weed pulling but that’s all the garden work for the day. Time to do a little Spring cleaning.

Yes. I plant in the ground and it usually overwinters well. I had to replant after that minus 15 degree plunge the winter before last. The lavender I planted with the grapevines did very well and one plant is getting ready to bloom already. Potted or container plantings will likely not survive...

I opted for unfrosted cupcakes. Portion control. Lol!

A side note. I know I mentioned it here a couple of months ago about leaving my gardens intact and no clean up after the growing season. I learned that this was a method of “enriching” the garden soil. It seems to have worked. I haven’t used any fertilizers yet and the plants are thriving...

I’m not sure if you want to go through what @Sueby did to get those special “electronics.” Last work in the garden today. I finally planted the clematis. I put it where it can grow on the lattice around the grandkids little garden. Then I planted a pot of marigolds. I think that’s enough for one...

The grandkids came over for a couple of hours. I got some weeding done around the big potato garden then put down more straw. I put the kids to work planting flowers, mint and tarragon seeds in pots. Planned for leftovers for dinner so I’ll have time to make a chocolate cake.

Which variety are you planting? English lavender is more cold hardy. The French lavender I had in containers did well as long as I brought onto my front porch to overwinter. Those plants were drowned from all the rain last summer but one of them is actually coming back to life. The lavender I...

Good morning gardeners. Yesterday was mowing and trimming the little chicken yard then the same on the backyard. I worked on weeding the early pea patch in the rock garden. I’ll work on clearing the rest of that garden area before breakfast today to prep for lima beans and a couple of pumpkin...

The rain didn’t stop until after 1 pm. I did get the cages secured around the summer squash then planted the parsley, thyme and basil in the herb garden. There’s still room to tuck some onions in there. Perhaps tomorrow. Rainfall total was over an inch.

Good morning gardeners. It is pouring outside right now. It’s supposed to clear out of here by noon. Fingers crossed. I’m hoping to get the herb garden finished up today.

So I planted the okra seeds in containers and cut the bindweed off my azalea in the front yard. When I let the chickens out to stretch their legs and do some digging I worked on one of the herb gardens. A lot more work than expected. Showers and cooler temps in the forecast tomorrow. I’m making...