What did you do in the garden today?

Good morning gardeners. A quick peek at the garden this rainy morning and I see the Bok Choi seeds I planted are coming up as are the carrots. The pinto beans are starting to germinate too. After this rain system moves out early tomorrow it looks like a warm and dry spell ahead. Time to get caught up on the mowing and prep the last 2 small garden spaces. On adding a little sugar to the dough @cj2024, the sugar feeds the yeast for a jump start. If you want to get a better rise without over proofing, just add a little more yeast. Also, unless your kitchen is cooler than 60F, you can let the dough rise on the kitchen counter. Actually, pizza dough will rise in the refrigerator. It’s slower but produces a better crust.
 
Is that a black Australorp @Swiss? I have 6 of them and I’m not sure if they’re cockerels or pullets yet. They’re about 10 weeks old and depending how the light is hitting them I can’t tell what they are.
I have one, pullet, I thought was a cockerel. You can look at my thread about her to see photos. She's always had a pretty red comb and waddles.
I've had pitifully low germination from the carrots and cilantro.
For your flower seeds, did you check to see if any needed to be cold stratified? Some seed companies don't keep their seeds cold enough, and so you have to pop them in the fridge for a week or so. Depending on the flower. MiGardener seeds are pre-stratified, in my experience.
I have this one onion walla walla sweet I never pulled.
Darn thing is a year old.
I have one left as well! 🤣 Over a year old now.
Not sure when to plant for my Fall garden?
Depending on variety, pumpkins are usually 90~day crops. They do not like their roots disturbed during transplanting in my experience.
I didn't check the nitrates, they're always about 5-10ppm due to the plants
That's how my 40G is. 75 creeps up over the year, too may guppies and snails.
The tops might look great, but the bulb is bleah. These were planted as sets last year.
I planted sets last spring and didn't get to water properly, however we don't have our ground freeze, but I'm just pulling the last of the onions and mine did good until most bolted.
 
Hey, I just finished mowing my yard too, but I didn't pull out the weed eater. Minus the garden, buildings and areas under the trees I think I have about a half acre to mow.



Thanks. I planted onion sets this spring. If I remember I'll leave a few and see what they do next year. I didn't know rabbits would eat onions.



Those Kuhli loaches are cool-i! For some reason they make me think of those poisonous sea snakes.
I have chocolate loaches in my 15 gallon tank. I can't find a decent photo, so here is another picture of the Kuhlis from a year ago. I recall losing one.
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okra does better if direct seeded. be very careful when transplanting.
Thanks. Yeah, I read that somewhere. The big problem here is the temperature. It's still too cool to be direct planting okra seeds. Too cool, the plants go dormant and are more susceptible to diseases. So if the seeds I planted in the garden don't work out I'll drop in the potted plants... if they grow, that is.

Projects today: up-potting a bunch of seedlings (just bought a big bag of potting soil) and improving the setup of my front porch diakon bucket, which is growing really, really well.

And I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on setting up a drip irrigation system for my garden, so I need to do some more research to determine what I need to buy.

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I'll watch for your report.
Their response. About what I expected... I haven't replied yet.

Dana Calkins (Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co)

May 16, 2024, 09:10 CDT


We are sorry to hear you have had trouble with your seeds. We take our seed program very seriously, and we want our customers to get the best possible seeds.

To that end, we practice strict adherence to the Federal Seed Act, which requires that we test the germination rate of all lots of seed that we sell. While different crop types have different minimum germination rates, all must test at or above the minimum standard for that type, or be clearly marked otherwise.

Most of the seeds that we sell are tested by SGS, the world’s premier testing, inspecting and certification company. We have approximately 4,000 lots of seed that must be tested regularly. Our staff is responsible for sampling the seed lots and coordinating with SGS. Our staff records, tracks, and logs the results internally. No seed is packed without a valid germination report.

We try not to sell seeds with germination below the minimum federal standard, but it is sometimes unavoidable due to extenuating circumstances such as low inventory or customer demand for an exceedingly rare variety. In these cases, all seed packs are labeled as “overpacked due to low germ" and the rate must be declared on the label, along with the month and year of the test result.

Additionally, we regularly grow most of the seed varieties we offer in our trial gardens and greenhouses to assess their essential qualities such as flavor, hardiness, growing profile, and whether they grow true to type.

There are many variables outside Baker Creek’s control that may affect your seeds’ performance, including weather, soil composition, light, and pests. Additionally, seed packages may be subjected to irradiation by the postal service or be exposed to excessive weather conditions during shipping.

Baker Creek is committed to customer satisfaction. If you are unsatisfied with our seeds for any reason, we will cheerfully replace them with more seeds of the same variety, a different variety of your choice, or issue a refund. Please let us know how you would like us to proceed.

Dana Calkins
Customer Care Representative
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
2278 Baker Creek Road
Mansfield MO 65704
www.rareseeds.com
 

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