What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

Ever see a girl whip her wig off of her head & use it as a fan?

Again, I'm sorry for laughing but

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Again, I'm sorry for laughing but

Oh I was laughing when I saw people's eyes get wide & look shocked, funniest darn thing ever

I had a gorgeous wig, like my own hair but better as I Never Had a Bad Hair Day with it. So yeah, to see someone pull it off of a cue ball head then use the wig as a fan...I'm sure it was shockingly hilarious

 

[TJAnonymous]

We were cold & rainy for weeks, a few nice days in the 60s but over all, more like 40s on average, which is typical. Well, today we are nearly 90 degrees! What the heck happened to spring? I had a hot flash so bad, I had to peel my sweaty clothes off & take another shower. So, yeah, I am watering today. LOTS OF WATERING.

I've had hot flashes so bad that I was legit SERIOUSLY tempted to stand naked outside during a snow storm. . I told DH "it's snowing. No one will be able to see me..." His response "except your horrified teenage children..."

 

[TJAnonymous]

I picked myself a mini-bouquet this afternoon. I'm ready for all my newly planted summer flowers to be in full bloom already...

 

[akroberts1085]

This is Penny and now I'm wondering if her name needs to be Petey! Anyone who might know the difference between a pullet and a Cockerel.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Looks like a cockerel in that photo! So Petey!

 

[akroberts1085]

Looks like a cockerel in that photo! So Petey!

Thank you

 

[cj2024]

Yup. I test water weekly with multi parameter strips but test my minerals monthly with the liquid tests. About every 6 months I do a 30-40% change on the 75G due to the GH beginning to build up. I clean my canister filters on both of my big tanks pretty regularly so I can feed the mulm water to the garden.

I could see coral sand causing milky water. I'm not sure how coarse it is, but giving it a thorough rinse before use would solve that. I would be hesitant to use a fine crushed coral that couldn't be put in the mesh bag to easily remove when needed. The stuff I use is worth the cost for my purpose. I hardly ever have to replace it and it rinses easily. My substrate is pretty much neutral at this point. Though my 40G has a bag of peat pellets in the canister to buffer the pH down slightly for the livestock and plants in it.

I cycled a Rubbermaid trash bin filter for my 300-gallon plastic tank with pure ammonia. It completed the breakdown of ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate, but I didn't stop feeding the pure ammonia until the KH went to zero and the nitrification process went dormant. Baking soda kicked it back up, so I have been using it since then.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

trail cam saw this guy snooping around the chicken pen...hopefully it stays out of my garden.

 

[Smokerbill]

Baker Creek came through. My collard green seeds arrived today, so I need to be planting some seeds real, real soon.