What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Crushing sorghum cane is a LOT of work. We have a festival here that showcases the harvest, crushing, gathering and boiling of the liquid down to sorghum syrup. We grew it two years in a row. The seed went to the hens and the cane we gave to the festival in exchange for the syrup.
Mules turned the crushers/crimper extractors.

 

[NewBoots]

That’s it for me. The tomatoes are flowering and the lemon tree is still putting out new flowers; it sounds like a bee hive out there after it warms up

Ah, you give me hope. That all just sounds lovely. We're supposed to have highs in the 50s and 60s and no rain till Tuesday so I should be able to get some work done outside. Buying a few 6packs of veg has also been a good impetus to get more of the beds cleaned up and ready for planting.

 

[TaylorGlade]

I have been adding compost, but will look for the Kellogg organic raised bed soil. Thanks for the tip!

Yw. It's cheaper than miracle grow and we only add a few bags to the top of the raised beds.

 

[jerryse]

Planted the persimmon seedlings. Easy with the bulb auger on a cordless drill. I noticed skeeter wigglers in a neglected bucket. Scooped them out with the aquarium net. Fed them to the guppies. Glass top on aquarium so no escapes into the house.

 

[Smokerbill]

I planted snow peas and set out some kale seedlings in the garden this morning. And watered my tomato and pepper seedlings indoors.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I picked up the baby chicks. I think these chicks are close to a week old. They already have feathers growing on them. I suspect they were kept under a heat lamp because they seem really confused and don’t want to venture out from under the brooder plate. This little girl got lost coming home from the food dish. Lol!

It finally warmed up a bit but the wind is too much to try to work outside. Fingers crossed, it will improve tomorrow.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Can you grow sugar beets where you live @itsasmallfarm.

 

[WthrLady]

Still warming soil
Still putting up fencing
Sprinklers set out for the seed that's down

 

[Sally PB]

I dug dirt today. The stuff to the left of the fence.

The plan is to make a grape arbor there, and I needed to get ahead of the grass. The grape vines are just to the right of the fence. Since they were just planted last May, you can't even see them in this picture.

The plan had been to dig out the weeds by the grapes, and put spoiled hay there. Did that, then realized the grass was invading from outside the fence. We will put another set of posts out there, and some supports (TBD what) between the two areas.

Once I got digging, it was hard to stop and go dig the weeds that I had planned to dig. I did get a couple of buckets' worth for the chickens.

 

[igorsMistress]

That's fair. I wouldn't shoot on public land without a permit. However my first instinct is "oh look, food!" We eat them here, but we shoot them on private land and shoot them because of the horses, cattle and goats that they make sick or kill if they get bit. We eat anything we shoot. We can't shoot ground squirrels, can't eat them and I'm not paying for lead free 223 to protect the big birds in the area. So we set up raptor perches and plant trees for them to hunt.

You have a reason for sure, I totally understand! I think it’s cool that you eat them and don’t just toss them in the bushes. I would try it, but I don’t have a clue how to clean and cook it.