What did you do in the garden today?

[dirkandlorie]

Got all the cold weather crops covered and discovered 3 tuberoses blooming in my big flower bed! WTH!!! That's some confused flowers, apparently they don't know when they're supposed to bloom. Snipped them off and they'll smell fabulous in the house.

 

[Smokerbill]

I cleared all the weeds out of the patch of black currants I planted last spring. I think there were 16 plants originally, and 9 or 10 survived (barely).

I filled in empty spots with a couple of red raspberry plants.

I also put in a pair of little sage plants that I started from seed last winter. I'll move them somewhere else next spring.

 

[Sally PB]

I don't think I've ever been so excited to see rain.

The summer of 1988 was desperately dry. After that, I never resented rain again.

The sound of rain after a dry spell is one of my most favorite sounds in the world.

 

[akroberts1085]

The summer of 1988 was desperately dry. After that, I never resented rain again.

The sound of rain after a dry spell is one of my most favorite sounds in the world.

I love the smell of the first rain. It makes everything smell good and clean.

 

[Sally PB]

Our dog thinks rain brings out the smells in everything!

 

[Nomadicus]

We picked the last of the pepper and eggplant. Should see a frost within a week or two. I gathered a couple of quarts of pecans to shell also.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I cleared all the weeds out of the patch of black currants I planted last spring. I think there were 16 plants originally, and 9 or 10 survived (barely).

I filled in empty spots with a couple of red raspberry plants.

I also put in a pair of little sage plants that I started from seed last winter. I'll move them somewhere else next spring.

I'm jealous... I've tried to grow sage several times with no luck. It always dies and I'm not sure why. Even established starter plants.

 

[cj2024]

The black rice I sprouted in my plastic noodle bowl was turning off colored, so I decided to plant them in idol fabric pots. This is my first time growing them in fabric pots. Copilot said it can be grown that way. I just need to keep them moist and fed.

I put an orange tray like in the picture on the inside of my fabric pots for a small reservoir.

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm jealous... I've tried to grow sage several times with no luck. It always dies and I'm not sure why. Even established starter plants.

From what I've learned, sage prefers sandy, rocky soil with some organic matter/compost mixed in. Well draining soil is important because sage hates to have wet feet. Could that have been the problem with your plants?

 

[fuzzi]

First frost expected tonight: