What did you do in the garden today?

[Molpet]

or flowers. or green grass.

We're trying to list the positives

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

We're trying to list the positives

Well, List them faster cause I cant help it! Look around me!! All the life is ‘cooped’ up in that rather effective wind blocking thing.

 

[cj2024]

My very tiny Red Coral hybrid cherry tomato seeds from Hoss seeds were more viable than the larger sized invincible paste tomato seeds. I sprouted 6 out of 6 Red Coral seeds and so far, only 2 out of 6 Invincible paste tomatoes sprouted. I thought the Invincible seeds were going to be more viable, since they were larger.

 

[Molpet]

Well, List them faster cause I cant help it! Look around me!! All the life is ‘cooped’ up in that rather effective wind blocking thing.
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I hear you.
I'm tired of winter already too.

And a hawk got a pullet that had just started laying today. Over 40 hens and one of 3 that are laying has to loose her head.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

My very tiny Red Coral hybrid cherry tomato seeds from Hoss seeds were more viable than the larger sized invincible paste tomato seeds. I sprouted 6 out of 6 Red Coral seeds and so far, only 2 out of 6 Invincible paste tomatoes sprouted. I thought the Invincible seeds were going to be more viable, since they were larger.
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Holy Cow those tomatoes look happy and well loved. Kudos to you

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

I hear you.
I'm tired of winter already too.

And a hawk got a pullet that had just started laying today. Over 40 hens and one of 3 that are laying has to loose her head.

I’m sorry you lost a hen. Hopefully she went quick, ya know?!

 

[Molpet]

I’m sorry you lost a hen. Hopefully she went quick, ya know?!

I think she did but 6 were hiding

 

[cj2024]

Holy Cow those tomatoes look happy and well loved. Kudos to you

That picture is from the Hoss Tools website. I am trying them this year. I can only grow tomatoes with the TYLCV resistance. However, some do better than others in my environment, so I like to try different ones to broaden my horizons. Last year I grew a bunch of them and Princess Yum Yum cherry, Hossinator, Red Snapper, Purple Zebra, and Tycoon were the keepers. I like the taste of Brad's Atomic Grape, but I have a hard time growing them. I harvested a lot of black cherry tomatoes last year, but I don't like taste. Sun Gold and Sweet 100 doesn't do well in my yard, but I can grow Sun Sugar, it has the TYLCV resistance. However, they are small and it's a pain to pick, so I won't be growing them.

 

[akroberts1085]

I haven't done anything in the garden. With being sick, my husband being sick and the youngest daughter moving back in I'm just trying to get my breath. Gotta completely redo the chicken area and soon because something attacked Penny and now she will only sleep in the tree.

 

[cj2024]

I got a feeling that the fruit flies won't be attacking my tomatoes this year. I think they are attracted to the new UV Zapper that I hung outside. I saw a lot of dead fruit flies around the zapper. I think this zapper and cheap bait I got from amazon is way better than the expensive, and hard to clean Dyna Trap.

I can walk around my back yard without a shirt and without getting any mosquito bites, so I know it's worth its weight in gold. This brand is called AMUFER bug zapper, they have created a new type of UV light that really attracts mosquitoes.

I leave the bottom catch pan off and let the dead bugs fall into my fish tank. Once in a while when I am walking by, I blow on the electric coils to clean off the bugs and hardly use the small brush that comes with it.