What did you do in the garden today?

[TillyPeeps]

Poppies are blooming.
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Yesterday worked all day planting and working in the garden, more of the same today.

We got all 80+ pepper plants planted. Need more small tomato cages, but the cages are strangely expensive right now.. so might go with posts and string.

Today, we will focus on the other large bed, which was partially planted yesterday.

Someone gave my husband corn seeds, so now he wants to plant them. Uhhh…I can’t eat corn- regular whole corn is not my friend but cornmeal stuff is fine, so I’m not interested in growing corn. Plus, I hear that you need a stand of corn - not just a short row, or small area. And it’s tall. An Amish guy sells sweet corn for weeks and weeks a couple miles away, or there is the local farmers market where another Amish guy sells sweet corn too. I’m pretty sure I’d rather buy it than plant it. So, this was our disagreement yesterday.

A mean insect found my foot yesterday. After treating it, and taking ibuprofen for the swelling (which was getting worse a couple hours after the insect got me), I removed the bandaid a couple hours later, and it’s icky and oozy. Not sure what got me! This morning it’s sore/tender feeling, but I haven’t removed the band aids yet. Should be on the mend I hope.

I had sweet corn one year to fill a 4x8 raised bed. I was so excited when it would be ready in a couple days. Oh well, when I went to harvest them on the morning, I only found that raccoons had a party the night before and ate every single one of them and left a big mess behind. The raccoons were not interested in my garden until that day. I never planted any corn again.

 

[Swiss]

Should be fine. Got any of thse air activated hand warmers from winter left? Can put some in a old shirt for them to snuggle. Or a ot water bottle or ziploc w wam water and old shirt. I mean, if your worried.
Wouldn't worry about coop. Check in morning and keep building. Sorry about tree loss.

OH! I should have thought of hand warmers! When I was talking with my husband, I said, "What would we do? Me snuggling them all night is NOT an option because they are gross." I'm just happy that it seemed to stay in the woods!

I keep a full box of hand warmers for those fun times also
selling peeps.

Where did the rain come in?

Probably everywhere... here's a picture of the coop.

The boards aren't perfectly aligned, so water probably got forced through the cracks with the wind we got. I am planning on putting up plywood on the inside, so that would help at least block it from coming in through the walls. Most probably came in through the top ventilation. I'm thinking that adding a board across the front of the rafters would help to block some of that water without blocking the ventilation.

 

[Molpet]

I had sweet corn one year to fill a 4x8 raised bed. I was so excited when it would be ready in a couple days. Oh well, when I went to harvest them on the morning, I only found that raccoons had a party the night before and ate every single one of them and left a big mess behind. The raccoons were not interested in my garden until that day. I never planted any corn again.

This is what happened to me too. The next year I tried a radio. Worked for about a week and then the hungry hoard descended. I did get some at least.

 

[jerryse]

I had sweet corn one year to fill a 4x8 raised bed. I was so excited when it would be ready in a couple days. Oh well, when I went to harvest them on the morning, I only found that raccoons had a party the night before and ate every single one of them and left a big mess behind. The raccoons were not interested in my garden until that day. I never planted any corn again.

This is the reason I quit raising sweet corn years ago. They don't seem to bother popcorn. Not meaty enough I guess.

 

[chicken opey]

I’m just so proud of my squash

 

[Smokerbill]

I’m just so proud of my squash

Looks good! I like that there are zinnias mixed in. And is that a potato plant, or a potato leaf tomato plant growing there?

 

[Smokerbill]

Took a walk around the garden and all looks good. I laid the floating row cover directly on top of the little brassica plants I put in the garden yesterday.

I need to put up a simple framework to keep the row cover from touching the plants. Someday. Takin' it easy, enjoying the rain today.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I had sweet corn one year to fill a 4x8 raised bed. I was so excited when it would be ready in a couple days. Oh well, when I went to harvest them on the morning, I only found that raccoons had a party the night before and ate every single one of them and left a big mess behind. The raccoons were not interested in my garden until that day. I never planted any corn again.

I had this exact same scenario happen about 4 yrs ago. The next 3 years, I planted my corn inside my hoop house to keep it safe. It worked BUT I ended up with poor germination because the corn grew up into the netting over the structure. It wasn't able to spread its pollen normally. So this season I'm back to planting my corn outside the hoop house again. I'm hoping the boxed in nature of my garden will help deter any deer. As for coons, I'm considering putting an electric fence around it to act as a deterrent...

 

[chicken opey]

Looks good! I like that there are zinnias mixed in. And is that a potato plant, or a potato leaf tomato plant growing there?

You have a good eye! My DD germinated 144 tomatoes and she could not let any die so they are here and there throughout garden, and in pots

 

[chicken opey]

OH! I should have thought of hand warmers! When I was talking with my husband, I said, "What would we do? Me snuggling them all night is NOT an option because they are gross." I'm just happy that it seemed to stay in the woods!



Probably everywhere... here's a picture of the coop.
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The boards aren't perfectly aligned, so water probably got forced through the cracks with the wind we got. I am planning on putting up plywood on the inside, so that would help at least block it from coming in through the walls. Most probably came in through the top ventilation. I'm thinking that adding a board across the front of the rafters would help to block some of that water without blocking the ventilation.

That looks great!