What did you do in the garden today?

[Grandmas Coop]

Nettle— nettle and mint tea is WONDERFUL, it is a great lymphatic cleanser.

Parsnips- I love them!!
I got all the towels washed and hanging on the line.
I am in the garden weeding and pruning. I gave the chickens a bucket of herbs and weeds. The rest will go in the liquid fertilizer jug.

 

[Smokerbill]

The rest will go in the liquid fertilizer jug.
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Thanks for the reminder. I need to make a bucket of weed tea fertilizer myself now that there are lots of weeds growing. Might even drop a couple chicken turds in the bucket for good measure.

 

[SkyAJK]

30 yo? I would leave it alone.

Yes, it has been 30 years since I planted down, but it is older than that. I will just leave it as it is.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Lost 3 more lettuce plants... Going to have to plant more but it won't be in the same area...

Got my hugelkultur bed finally completed... I've got a mound of rotting pine tree, then a layer of compost, greens, and some soil. Tossed some sand I had on the pile, then some leftover garden soil on top. Here's the end result...

Afterwards, I planted some Cushaw, watermelon, pumpkin, and zucchini... Will let all of that spread over the area...

Irises are blooming everywhere. They are so pretty... I have literally hundreds of bulbs. Some came with the house. Others belonged to my mom. I took them from her house after she passed away.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Planted the largest (golfball-sized) potatoes today. I’ve got a handful of nickel-to-dime-sized potatoes left I’m not sure what to do with, I don’t know if I have enough space in my boxes for them and they’re chitted so I can’t eat them (and there aren’t really enough to make more than a mouthful anyway). Most of my unallocated pots are in the 8-10” range, and I don’t know if those would be big enough even for tiny potatoes.

I also planted most of my hot peppers in their hanging basket, which leads me to a question. What caused this:

(In case the picture is unclear, there are little raised bumps on several leaves in addition to the obvious damage.)

I suspect insects of some kind, it certainly wouldn’t be the first time bugs snuck in and I know I have fungus gnats already.

 

[TJAnonymous]

OK, this diagram of my hoop house is about 80% accurate on where stuff is... I marked the 2 beds where the lettuce is dying. I'm wondering if it's fusarium wilt? The whole plant just suddenly collapses/wilts. When you pull up the plant, the central stem is mush and orange/brown inside. I know fusarium is soil borne... So far none of the other beds are affected. I marked with an X the general location of the plants affected. Anyone ever dealt with that before?

 

[TJAnonymous]

Almost forgot, picked a small mess of strawberries today too

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

OK, this diagram of my hoop house is about 80% accurate on where stuff is... I marked the 2 beds where the lettuce is dying. I'm wondering if it's fusarium wilt? The whole plant just suddenly collapses/wilts. When you pull up the plant, the central stem is mush and orange/brown inside. I know fusarium is soil borne... So far none of the other beds are affected. I marked with an X the general location of the plants affected. Anyone ever dealt with that before?
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Is there any possibility it could be just root rot? If they all start dying then I would think that it is fusarium with the description.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Does anyone grow parsnips? I’ve never had them and I’m thinking about trying them in the fall. Wondering what they taste like?

I ordered lambs quarters seed because what grows wild here ends up as chicken forage or it gets trampled to death.

I’m thinking about an in ground garden in an area that would be used mostly in spring and fall. Looking through my supplies to see if I can swing a fence around it without buying materials. If I have enough I’m going to put the compost things in it and build the soil right where it sits.

If you roast them with a little olive oil and salt in your oven it makes the sugars come out to crisp up and caramelize the edges. They are yummy that way.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Lost 3 more lettuce plants... Going to have to plant more but it won't be in the same area...

Got my hugelkultur bed finally completed... I've got a mound of rotting pine tree, then a layer of compost, greens, and some soil. Tossed some sand I had on the pile, then some leftover garden soil on top. Here's the end result...
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Afterwards, I planted some Cushaw, watermelon, pumpkin, and zucchini... Will let all of that spread over the area...
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Irises are blooming everywhere. They are so pretty... I have literally hundreds of bulbs. Some came with the house. Others belonged to my mom. I took them from her house after she passed away.
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So pretty!