I have tiny green flower buds on my zucchinis. Won't be long until I'm inundated with squash and making relish.
I need to trim off some more lower leaves and start training them up the poles. First year of growing vertical zucchinis for me.
I plan to leave as many leaves on as possible though...
I'm planning out how to build exterior nest boxes for the chickens. I'll have to cut holes through the hardward cloth of the secure run, which I've really been hesitant about doing but it's the only way so I'll do it.
I have the little chicks with the old barred rocks today, and the New...
I watered the peppers, beans, tomatoes and some onions with the hose this morning. It's supposed to get up to around 90 degrees today with bright sunshine.
You know, like the mesh version of rebar. Reinforcing mesh for concrete.
I have remesh that's old, old, old and yeah, it's rusty but it maintains its integrity and strength. Maybe your blowing dust and sand wears yours away.
That's what I'm thinking about doing instead of the Florida weave, but I'm thinking remesh instead of cattle panels. Lighter weight material, easier to transport and cheaper. And plenty strong to support tomato plants. I already put the t-posts in the ground while I was deciding what I'd use to...
Hot and dry. It's watering weather. I soaked the butternut squash and the patch of shallots and onions today. The remaining snow peas aren't doing much so I'm going to leave them until the vines dry up and save the seeds for next year's garden.
The garlic I hung under the roof of the back deck...
I decided to put the not-so-little chicks with the teenagers and hens. The chicks feel comfortable around the old hens but the teenagers still act a little aggressive toward them. Just a little pecking and chasing, nothing too bad so I think they'll figure things out.
The little cockerels, one...
Maybe that plant had some damage to its roots when it was planted, or it's a genetic issue causing failure to thrive.
Why not pull it out and replant new seeds. I'm sure there's plenty of time left this season for it to grow and produce something.
Easy day for me too. Picked a head of cabbage, hand watered the onions and remaining cabbages and turned on the drip irrigation for an hour to water the zucchinis, cucumbers and 6 tomato plants.
Yep, I remember. My barred rocks had lots of problems starting out too. Lots of shell-less and soft eggs at the start. I hope the new ones have a better time when they start laying.
I watered part of the garden today.
Ahh, thanks for the clarification.
I was really missing my morning scrambled eggs with salsa and cheese so I broke down and bought a few dozen large eggs. I would be embarrassed if I had chickens that laid eggs that small. I guess I got too used to having extra large and jumbo eggs.
I picked my largest head of cabbage which was nearly the size of a soccer ball but doesn't weigh much, maybe close to 3 pounds. Not a compact head for sure. Nice, cloudy and cool here today, might hit 70 degrees.