What did you do in the garden today?

[chickengr]

I always wondered where the saying, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." came from, so I did a little research and found out what it really means.


The saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" originates from the practice of evaluating a horse's age and health by examining its teeth. When someone gives you a horse as a gift, it's considered impolite to inspect its teeth, as it implies you're questioning the value of the gift. The phrase essentially means to be grateful for a gift without scrutinizing it too closely.

our proverb says teeth, not mouth. so we don't need to research, lol.

 

[chickengr]

I transferred pepper seedlings into larger pots, 6 jalapeno, 3 habanero, and 2 Hatch New Mexico chili peppers. No bell peppers this year.

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do you have any source for bell peppers? I cannot imagine summer without peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants and cucumbers.

 

[chickengr]

heavy rain, flooded coops, stuck in the house.

 

[jerryse]

What kind of trees?

For the cabin zone 3b. Pears Flemish Beauty and Pyrus Ussurenis rootstock as a pollinator. Most cold hardy pear species. 1 valiant blue grape. 2 Jefferson seedling hazelnuts. My grandson lives there and will plant them for me. For home zone 5b a Colett everbearing pear in hopes it will pollinate Sugar sweet and Moonglow. Ayers self-pollinates and blooms between these two. Very little overlap. I need a later ripening pear. August is fine but I want something later.

 

[igorsMistress]

For the cabin zone 3b. Pears Flemish Beauty and Pyrus Ussurenis rootstock as a pollinator. Most cold hardy pear species. 1 valiant blue grape. 2 Jefferson seedling hazelnuts. My grandson lives there and will plant them for me. For home zone 5b a Colett everbearing pear in hopes it will pollinate Sugar sweet and Moonglow. Ayers self-pollinates and blooms between these two. Very little overlap. I need a later ripening pear. August is fine but I want something later.

Oh man I love pears! I have had terrible luck with grapes and fruit trees though. I hope all are successful for you.

 

[Smokerbill]

do you have any source for bell peppers? I cannot imagine summer without peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants and cucumbers.

I could buy sweet bell pepper seeds but I think I'll stick to growing only the hot peppers this year. The Hatch chilis don't have much heat.

 

[Smokerbill]

That's weird- mine are nice super dark purple tomatoes. Your yellow ones look like Dr.Wyches with the way they are formed.

I found a picture of Dr Wyches tomatoes and you're right. Maybe a Dr Wyches seed got mixed into the packet.

 

[igorsMistress]

I didn’t do anything today except take care of the flock. I cooked some squash fritters for dinner instead of doing chores outside this morning

 

[TJAnonymous]

After being sidelined for 2 days with a sprained ankle, I couldn't stand it anymore! Ankle is not yet 100% but I managed to get it into an oversized boot so I could get some garden work done. I dumped 4" layer of dead leaves over the in-ground garden area and then covered everything with cardboard. Hoping that kills off any potential weeds over the next 6 weeks or so and helps "prep" the area for spring planting. We usually till it every year and I'm hoping to give the area a break this year and not till. The leaf matter should encourage worms and composting underneath which will help nourish my plants whenever I'm ready to start planting.

 

[ShesSoPecky]

I bought mine on Amazon last year and this year.

Have everything together for seed starting, everything works, light, timer, thermostat and heat mat. Waiting for new 2x2 start cells, be here tomorrow.

Nice. I started 2 small trays of fodder (Wheat/ barley/alfalfa/radish/mustard seed mix). First time, fun!