What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

I have a great granddaughter turning 6 this week. We will have to go see her. Thinking of a swing set for her birthday.

 

[Rick589]

We got about ...

... 1 tablespoon of rain.

Is that a standard measuring spoon tablespoon or a regular eating tablespoon?

 

[Rick589]

Yesterday I pruned tomato plants. Today I will water the gourds.

I try to prune tomatoes but no matter what I do they end up beating me down and run everywhere.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Supposed to be hot again today. For now I just made sure everything was wet but I expect I’ll have to water again this evening.

 

[chicken opey]

Since we had a month of rain, I forgot I had to water my plants in pots and containers. I spent the morning watering those. My knee is aching so I will just help dh w a trellis he is working on and keep knee elevated and iced rest of time

 

[Sueby]

My sister frequently gets vertigo & the Epley maneuver helps her within 30 minutes every time.

Garlic is drying, it's disappointing this year - most are pretty small & so many are deformed. It's really weird. I've had this garlic for like 8 years & I've not seen anything like it.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Today I harvested zucchini, pruned tomatoes, clipped up the tomatoes, watered the clover, played with the chickens, and used the hedge trimmer to cut the grass that was growing over the sprinklers.

My corn is starting to tassel! I can see the beginnings of the ear nodes now as well. Not as many ears as I would have hoped for but anything is better than nothing. I didn't give it enough nitrogen on the last feeding before VT phase.

I also put the cover back on the pool today, cleaned the chlorine generator plates for the pool, picked up dog doo in the yard, pruned the grape vines to feed the leaves to the chickens, smashed two black widows, cleaned up our decorative water fountain that was pretty much just a spiderweb tree. Got the fountain at Costco last year; its the one with the brass colored cups. PITA to clean, but DS and I made quick work of it. Helps that I've only ever used soft water in it.

I played guitar out on the patio for a little bit, went inside and oiled the fretboards on my electric guitar and dear sons electric guitar. Ordered the solar fly trap from Arbico Organics finally today. Been wanting to pull the trigger on that for months. Today is my birthday, so I finally pulled the trigger.

Happy birthday!

 

[TillyPeeps]

My sister frequently gets vertigo & the Epley maneuver helps her within 30 minutes every time.

Garlic is drying, it's disappointing this year - most are pretty small & so many are deformed. It's really weird. I've had this garlic for like 8 years & I've not seen anything like it.

I have the same problem with my garlic too, except for elephant garlic (which is actually leek). Not sure what's the cause. I'm thinking cold and raining spring?

 

[C Siena]

Nice day here, high of 73 or so and sunny. Just finished mowing the front yard.

Who was talking about purslane???

I have quite a bit in my garden and was thinking about trying some purslane cooked with peas, potatoes and dill tomorrow. Does that sound edible? With extra virgin olive oil, I think.

Yes. You can eat it raw in salads or added to soup or saute with other veggies/weeds . I'm dehydrating some today for use in the winter. I will discard the larger stems in the compost after giving some to the chickens.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Remember how I said I've been trying to get dandelions to grow around here? Well today I found these growing in the pasture in just a few spots... Not the type of dandelions I was going for... I think God has a sense of humor. This is what is called a Texas False Dandelion.