What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

I’m behind on this thread!

This week I’ve planted all melon starts and seeds under “solar film” for warmth and weed barrier.

All squash planted, but I had to re-seed several this week bc several hadn’t sprouted, even after 10 days!

Tomato’s were already planted out, so today I smoothed the soil and planted carrots around them.

Planted some beans, and straw mulched a few areas.

 

[Smokerbill]

I got all the chicken wire installed on the deer fence posts today, and the wire poked only 4 or 5 holes in my skin. I call that a success.

It went up as I planned... I used rebar tie wire to secure the chicken wire to the posts, and when it was all up I wove a 1/4 inch poly rope along the top of the fence and stretched it tight.

One of the chicken wire panels that was protecting the peppers is now the entry door, with wire hinges and a wire latch. It only has to be secure enough that the wind doesn't blow it down.

My two rows of rattlesnake beans are looking great, but the one row of Provider bush bean seeds I paid cash money for are barely coming up, and they were all planted at the same time.

I might get around to hanging the 7 foot tall deer mesh from the tops of the posts tonight, and I might not. I'm kind of beat. It was hot for here today, 77 degrees.

 

[jerryse]

Took the day off and went fishing. Had a good day but tired now.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

It was over 90 today so I watered everything outside early. And since the Brentwood lettuce is in a nice moveable pot I moved it inside for the day.

 

[WthrLady]

Oh no! Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil smelled amazing back then... I was never one to worship tanning (thanks to my Irish & English heritage) but there were always older teens and younger people in their early 20s "laying out" in our neighborhood. You could smell that tanning oil everywhere!

I took after my dad and got the Sardinian skin. We both get/got SUPER dark in the sun. My sister, mom and the rest of the family are so pasty white they glow.
Oh ya, but even Hawaiian Tropic wasn't sunscreen, just tanning oil to cook yourself with. Man alive, it smelled good.
Bath and body works sunscreen wikiki smells CLOSE, I wear that daily.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Likely from Baker, I think. I haven't bought any new nasturtiums in at least 2 years and I was buying regularly from them previously. I can check and confirm later this evening.

I found them like you said on baker. They will look so beautiful in my garden next year, thank you. I always grow nasturtiums, for my salads and for chickens, don't care for the orange /red flowers commonly found on them, but grew anyway. Now I have good eats and beauty, thanks to you!!!!

 

[DemeterAD9]

I got my replacement seeds in the mail a couple days ago and finally had a day off that wasn't rainy so I went to town in the garden. First I went and bought some composted manure and cheap potting soil to enrich the top soil I dug out from the edge of the woods. Two wheel borrows full was plenty for the remaining grow bags, hanging baskets, half barrels, and 5gal bucket. Planted carrots, various leaf lettuces, swiss chard, egg plant and cucumbers in them.

Then I hoed about 1/3 of the garden that was already being overrun with weeds, also replanted all the seeds that the corn seed maggots got. Added half a row of snap peas and parsnips, gave the tomato plants their first trim and feeding, picked the asparagus, and pulled up the last of the winter rye that was among the walking onions.

All in all it took about 4hrs with short coffee breaks here and there. About halfway through I thought "I should probably put on sunscreen" but never did so now I have a nice sunburn. Still need to plant the English primrose I grabbed, I'm trying to collect all the colors and finally snagged myself a white one! Also need to spray the cherry trees which finally have fruit after getting the right kind of pollinator (been something like 10 years now). Soon I will need to do the painstaking task of thinning the carrots and dill. About halfway through planting I gave up trying to space the seeds and just sprinkled them willy-nilly in the furrows I dug. I'll regret that when the time comes.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I took after my dad and got the Sardinian skin. We both get/got SUPER dark in the sun. My sister, mom and the rest of the family are so pasty white they glow.
Oh ya, but even Hawaiian Tropic wasn't sunscreen, just tanning oil to cook yourself with. Man alive, it smelled good.
Bath and body works sunscreen wikiki smells CLOSE, I wear that daily.

I rarely wear sunscreen. However I make my own body & face lotion which has sunscreen properties in it. When I go on vacation to the Caribbean, I do wear organic sunscreen. I get mine from Butter Me Up Organics.

https://www.buttermeuporganics.com

 

[chickengr]

Need advice from an elder fellow, (or lady), do these type of tomatoes need to have the shoots/suckers removed?View attachment 4141305View attachment 4141306
Edit: the end of the branches look like flowers, but the package says “indeterminate”.

indeterminate tomatoes need to be pruned. I usually leave some suckers after 1 meter of height.

TY for your advice on your Aloe

I thought about prickly pear except I don't want to hurt myself either . I'm still leaning towards Aloe Vera since it's not a pleasant succulent to walk around yet not lethal like prickly pear !!!

My concern was whether Aloe Vera could tolerate our hot summer sun & wonder how fast it tends to spread. I have lavender rosea succulent ground cover that spreads fast where I have to prune it 3-4x a year so I wonder how fast Aloe would spread?

I need a succulent that requires little water or maybe an evergreen like a small juniper variety. It's so hard to find something stickery that takes full sun, requires little watering, doesn't grow tall, and doesn't spread out so fast.

We have Armstrong Gardens here & they have a lot of plants to choose from. Their educated advice has been pretty accurate so far on other foliage/trees we got from them. I just feel better talking w/ owners who have had actual experience w/ plants in their yards.

I had 1 aloe plant in a bucket with about 1 in of poor soil. brought it from my previous place and never had time to plant it in 2 years. it was shrunk and dry as I watered it 2-3 times a year. after 2 years I had about 20-30 baby aloe coming out of the roots. last autumn I finally transplanted them. if you want them to grow fast make sure they don't have much room for the roots. you can put big stones in the hole when you plant them. if there is a lot of space for the roots they will grow roots only till they reach the limit.

 

[Paz]

TY for your advice on your Aloe

I thought about prickly pear except I don't want to hurt myself either . I'm still leaning towards Aloe Vera since it's not a pleasant succulent to walk around yet not lethal like prickly pear !!!

My concern was whether Aloe Vera could tolerate our hot summer sun & wonder how fast it tends to spread. I have lavender rosea succulent ground cover that spreads fast where I have to prune it 3-4x a year so I wonder how fast Aloe would spread?

I need a succulent that requires little water or maybe an evergreen like a small juniper variety. It's so hard to find something stickery that takes full sun, requires little watering, doesn't grow tall, and doesn't spread out so fast.

We have Armstrong Gardens here & they have a lot of plants to choose from. Their educated advice has been pretty accurate so far on other foliage/trees we got from them. I just feel better talking w/ owners who have had actual experience w/ plants in their yards.

The prickly pear has edible fruit. They used to sell them ice cold on the beach and in the city park all throughout summer