What did you do in your garden today?

[frustratedearthmother]

Anybody ever grown golden zucchini? I'm giving it a try. Planted 4 hills this morning and "just in case" planted 4 hills of regular zucchini.

Our nighttime temps are staying a bit warmer so I'm putting seeds in the ground finally.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

And that, in itself, is one of the best reasons! I can't tell you how many times I've totally missed seeing a zucchini until it's baseball bat size!

Same!

 

[CrealCritter]

Rural King

Tomato seedling $4.98 each

Jalapeno Pepper plant $4.98 each

I looked at my wife and said, something I best not repeat here or I'll have to ask Almighty to forgive me again. My wife asked me if we'll be able to get seeds next year? I said I don't see why not. We are planting heirlooms and I've successfully kept seeds before, so we'll do it again and I'll teach you how.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[Mini Horses]

Planted Jumbo Pink Banana Squash

I bought some of those seed....we'll both have happy goats! although I'm sure I'll eat some, too.

 

[CrealCritter]

I moved two old nasty hay rounds into the garden yesterday for mulch. Today I'm tilling up about a 1/8th of the garden for two rows of cabbages and two rows each of spanish white and spanish yellow onions. I'm using the jerk a knot in your tail troy built pony tiller, phew...

The soil in this old cow pasture is nice and rich with earth worms.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[Mini Horses]

Yeah. Those tillers give a big, strong person a challenging workout! Me, they toss me around. I have a older, much smaller to use, 5 HP? 👍. That's why I wanted a rotary tiller for my tractor. BUT then ya can't get into aisles & spots during growing makes the expense pretty sad. And it's a big expense!!

I went over garden with disc a couple times today, shallower, just to break up some of the chunks. That's what a tiller does better! I plan to rake next, pulling out the grass clumps. I'm sure it will get some, break clumps, too. My rake isn't like the landscaping one you have there. It's called a pinestraw rake...longer tines which are finer. Bought to rake after mowing fields. It's quite strong actually.

 

[CrealCritter]

The Troybuilt pony tiller dug these up. Kind of funny, a tiller called pony digging up old worn out horse shoes. I was able to punch the nails out and drill larger holes to screw them to the garden fence posts by the gates.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[Hinotori]

Picked cottonwood buds for an hour. Only half a pound. I'll pick more tomorrow. These will go to Mom's friend. I'll get mine after. I only need enough for 1 quart jar even making salve for Mom now as we use other salves and lotions for specific things.

 

[Mini Horses]

Tractor still sitting at garden. I'm working next 2 days. Supposed to get rain Thur night into daybreak Fri. Depending on amount I may be able to work it again over weekend. 🤔. I plan to start a few bean & pea plants using this hay I got for mulch, to see if it's contaminated with a weed herbicide, before tossing it on my precious garden soil! Better safe than sorry. Hope it's ok because I have 14 bale's of it! I'd rather mulch than burn.

Beyond that, I hope to get some potatoes going. 😁. I'm also anxiously waiting to see sprouts or toss some old seed on wet paper towels, in plastic bags. seed cleanup/out.

 

[CrealCritter]

No more than 8" deep maximum. Lay them on their side in the trench and gently curve the stem up where you want it to come out of the ground. I tried digging deep holes and it stunted their growth. All the plants I pulled up later after they were dead from fall frosts had zero roots below 8" deep.

Thanks 👍 8" seems to be a gardening golden rule or something. Same applies to potatoes plant them in wide row hill/mound around 8" high.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸