What'd you do in your garden today?

[bwhite829]

I can't believe there isn't a thread about this already! I thought it'd be just as common as the "what'd you eat from your garden today?" Anyway, I'll start!

on thursday, I side dressed all my crops. Today i was able to get the last of my spinach seed and lay it out where it was skipping in the spinach row, as well as putting a few short rows in between my grandfather's old strawberry hills(or what's remnant of it). It was my first time hand-tilling, and I enjoyed it. I also harvested some kale, cabbage, turnips, and mustards. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to eat all this

[rainbowgardener]

I started a thread like this early in the season.... it's buried in history now and I couldn't find it again. For most of the country, in fact most of the northern hemisphere, garden season is about over. There's a thread going on now Fall Garden Reports, that is people talking about putting their gardens away and what the results were. Some people's gardens are under snow already.

What I'm doing these days is collecting bags of fall leaves that people put out at the curb (brought home a dozen so far) and mulching everything. The left over leaves I use all winter to cover kitchen scraps in the compost pile.

Not much left in the garden but swiss chard, herbs and some fall flowers. I did make lentil soup last night with fresh picked swiss chard in it. Love that stuff! Most productive thing in my garden all season long. Made from scratch rosemary bread to go with it, with my own rosemary.

[gumbo2176]

It's Sunday and the weather guru's are calling for rain in our area today but I did get in the garden yesterday to harvest a 5 gallon bucket of salad greens that I shared with some friends. My Buttercrunch and Red Oak Leaf lettuces are not big enough to pick yet since the first planting didn't do well and they are 2-3 weeks behind the others.

I managed to pick Kale, Bright Lites and Swiss Chard, Arugula, endive, several other salad greens whose names escapes me right now, several ripe tomatoes and 2 heads of Broccoli. Also some herbs to share such as Sweet Basil, Chives, Parsley, Rosemary and Oregano.

I'll need to get out in the garden soon before the rain to take in some Collard Greens to smother down today.

[bwhite829]

I love the mild winters down here!

[tomf]

I never went out side, it is raining. I am going to till it up and plant a winter cover crop of clover.

[applestar]

I misted all the indoor plants. I picked a ripe Japanese Trifele tomato out of the cardboard box for my brunch sandwich to eat with olive oil preserved whole basil leaves from the fridge. Squished some aphids off of the two Jalapeno plants in the kitchen window and gave all the Rosemary plant pots in the Family Rm window a 1/4 turn. I need to do the same for the Avocados and the Mango in one of the bedrooms but that takes a bit more effort since they are now 2'~4' tall now, not including the containers.

I do have to go outside and check on my little kale and mustard greens. Pick some if they're still alive -- we had another heavy frost this morning -- or put floating covers on them to keep them alive. Maybe harvest the celery and the leeks now, or cover them as well. I also want to put another layer of mulch on the garlic and Egyptian onions.

[gumbo2176]

I love the mild winters down here!

Same here bwhite. It got so warm yesterday, I had to turn on the A/C to cool the house down. It was in the low 80's yesterday but it was muggy as a greenhouse due to this front coming in for today's predicted showers.

I took a ride on my motorcycle on Friday of this past week to go look at a home repair job and to go to a small town about 40 miles away for some of the best smoked Andouille Sausage you can get in this area When I left the house around 7:30 a.m., it was cool enough to wear a light jacket over my t-shirt. By 9:00, the jacket was in my saddlebag and is still there this morning.

Fall is nice but I haven't forgotten having sweat pouring off me like rain this past summer.

[bwhite829]

Yeah, this summer is really bad. I'm guessing there aren't many crops that handle our heat very good, so I'm expecting Fall and early winter to be busier out there than summer. I've got my 2nd round of greens cooking that i picked yesterday. Similar recipe, except a little less 'shrooms and onion, and this time i put 2 hamhocks in there to go with it!

[Gary350]

I cover my tomatoes and peppers with a blue tarp at night then uncover it in the morning. I picked 7 tomatoes Saturday. The plants are loaded with green tomatoes.

Peppers are producing lots of peppers some have turned red. I am waiting for red ones before I pick.

I move my plants in trays and pots outside during the day so they get sun light and bring them inside at night to protect them from frost.

I planted another garlic bed too.

[cherishedtiger]

Lets see, yesterday I turned the compost bin, had some rain so it needed a good spin.
Went and picked the last few peppers that were just barley hanging onto whats left of the pepper plants.
Pulled a few little odd weeds out of the garden, hand pollinated my poor little squash that still just keeps trying.
Checked on the nice growth of my spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, bok choi, lettuce, garlic, everything really seems to be doing quite well!
Next weekend I may work on a cover of sorts, something I can leave on permanently over the winter, but I can open to allow air and watering... yup that's the next project.

[soil]

i just walked around and ate some fresh food. toss some mulch here and there. some compost there and here. watched the birds peck bugs and dig through the mulch for pests.

[jal_ut]

Today in between rain, hail and a little sun, I planted some more garlic.

[bwhite829]

we had about a 76 degree thanksgiving, so i went out to the garden, got some kale and mustard and cooked them down w/ bacon and onion. to eat for thanksgiving

[soil]

pulled up all kinds of dead plants from the frost.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Went outside on the deck and took this picture, turned around kicking the snow and went back inside.


The whole time I was mumbling, under my breath, tomf better be skiing, mumble .....I want to work in the garden, mumble...people down south running around 76 degrees in their underwear, growing food, grumble....I hate this white shtuff, mumble grumble, feed the ducks and the dogs....mumble, keep the pipes from freezing, but first I'm having a second cup of coffee.

Eric