What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Yesterday was cold and windy so all I could do was fence the new raised bed to keep my crazy Chloe dog out of it. Sunny and warm today so I can get back to garden work.

 

[swampfox440]

I have some horse radish poking up and looking good!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I can't use wood when I redesign my next nest box. I hate when I see termite eaten wood, it freaks me out. I am thinking about using metal Unistrut with heavy duty milk crates...............However, both Unistrut and milk crates are expensive. It cost $69 for 4 milk crates on amazon.
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at the cabin, ( i have pics on my thread) I used milk crates. I just cut the front out leaving a lip so the nesting stuff and eggs dont come out. I screwed a thinker slat with the edge up to the wall- set the back edge on the slat and screwed the crate to a 2X4-- I stacked them- found you a pic-- I was standing up on the roost to take the pic, my coop was smaller. It worked great

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I tried something new today. Picked a handful of young horseradish leaves, sliced them thin and stir fried them. Ate them on top of some rice with a little soy sauce. They were good. A little spicy but not much, and they're a brassica so healthy eating.

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I have done that, they are good!

 

[igorsMistress]

Just thought I'd post some pictures of the puppies.
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Oh my, the wee baby faces

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I think that I need to read more about the cukes. They sound delicious. I have had mool kimchi, and I love it. Hanguk umshik is a real labor of love.
Also: those Japanese cucumber vines are lovely. They remind me of water lilies.

ETA: my grapevine is recovering, finally, from being trimmed back last fall. I'm trying to train it to an espalier form. I've never done it before, but it was here when we moved in, and it was a big bushy mess, so I wanted to try and keep it. The fence post was all that was supporting it, and I've driven many fence posts, but I don't know how to remove one. Lol.

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HDepot sells the most fantastic tool we have ever owned--a fence post puller!!! now if you dont have one and do have a length of chain, and another poste you can rig up a leaver deal pop it out

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I may have to get one. Is it difficult to use?

NO! its easy, and I LOVE it!! best tool ever, well worth the $

 

[Bockbockbaboq]

HDepot sells the most fantastic tool we have ever owned--a fence post puller!!! now if you dont have one and do have a length of chain, and another poste you can rig up a leaver deal pop it out

Thank you! I'm going to look for that!

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning all. I thought I killed one of the beds of sunchokes. I must’ve forgotten to water that bed and they looked so wilted and forlorn. Nope, watered them really good and they are back to beautiful. Yay! I’m watering big stuff today so just need to remember to move the hose each hour to a new bush or tree.

 

[Growley Monster]

Pollinated tomatoes, like every day. Definitely improves yield. Bees and bugs don't do a very good job of it. I tap the back of the blossom but some people use an electric toothbrush. Picking my first peppers for the year, in a few days.