What did you do in the garden today?

[OnlySympathy]

Yeah, the slobbers can be deadly though. That's the main reason I don't have clover in my pastures....

The barn I go to thankfully doesn’t have enough clover to be of any actual problem

 

[TJAnonymous]

The barn I go to thankfully doesn’t have enough clover to be of any actual problem

It's not really the clover itself... The problem happens if the clover is infected with a fungus called Rhizoctonia leguminicola. Not all clover everywhere is infected... Thus it can be hit or miss. But living in the hot, humid, wet South is very conducive to fungal propagation. I've seen horses in Louisiana die from complications related to the slobbers. Given how expensive vet treatment is and my horses penchant for every kind of illness under the sun, I just avoid the potential altogether by keeping the pasture clover free. You CAN seed certain types of clover though which are safe because the fungus doesn't grow on them. I can't remember offhand which variety.

 

[OnlySympathy]

It's not really the clover itself... The problem happens if the clover is infected with a fungus called Rhizoctonia leguminicola. Not all clover everywhere is infected... Thus it can be hit or miss. But living in the hot, humid, wet South is very conducive to fungal propagation. I've seen horses in Louisiana die from complications related to the slobbers. Given how expensive vet treatment is and my horses penchant for every kind of illness under the sun, I just avoid the potential altogether by keeping the pasture clover free. You CAN seed certain types of clover though which are safe because the fungus doesn't grow on them. I can't remember offhand which variety.

I am pretty sure it grows on white and red clover although I could be remembering wrong. Some of the horses at the barn I go to get the slobbers but they have had horses live to 38 and the youngest was 26 living in the same pastures so I don’t think they worry about it much. They are super on top of the horses so if anything was wrong it would be noticed immediately. I wonder if there are different strains or something that cause more severe issues?

 

[Smokerbill]

The rattlesnake bean vines are about 5 feet high on the trellis so far and the Provider bush beans are starting to bloom. I gave them both a good shot of water this AM. Picked some kale too. Too hot for me to spend much time outside today.

 

[OnlySympathy]

I gave some of my thyme a haircut

 

[Smokerbill]

I picked my first two zucchinis today, blossoms and all. They were the first to bloom, and since no male flowers had opened I knew they'd just wither on the vine. Best to make use of them before they turned brown. I put them into my Dutch oven that has one of my chickens in it, taking a hot bath in tomatoes, herbs, onion, garlic and olive oil.

I checked for bugs inside the blossoms first, and there was one. Maybe a squash bee???

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Picked some onions that didn't bolt since we are getting more rain tonight -

 

[TJAnonymous]

Decided to make the homemade tomato soup from the recipe below.

https://www.spendwithpennies.com/fresh-tomato-soup/

Needless to say, I wasn't super impressed. We generally cook with a lot of spices though so I had to dress it up. Added way more salt, pepper and garlic powder (on top of the 4-5 cloves fresh from the garden). Also added the whipping cream, some red wine, Italian seasoning, and thyme. Oh, and some grated Parmesan cheese. I still feel like it's a little bland but much better than it was...

 

[Rick589]

Decided to make the homemade tomato soup from the recipe below.

https://www.spendwithpennies.com/fresh-tomato-soup/

Needless to say, I wasn't super impressed. We generally cook with a lot of spices though so I had to dress it up. Added way more salt, pepper and garlic powder (on top of the 4-5 cloves fresh from the garden). Also added the whipping cream, some red wine, Italian seasoning, and thyme. Oh, and some grated Parmesan cheese. I still feel like it's a little bland but much better than it was...

This is what happens when a recipe is cheaped on.

 

[Rick589]

Picked some onions that didn't bolt since we are getting more rain tonight - View attachment 4175340

I can only wish to have onions come out this well