What did you do in the garden today?

[baymule]

Today I pulled ragweed out of the garden. Where I have thick mulch, there isn't many weeds. But other areas.....I pulled them up and took them to the sheep. They BAA-BAAed at me for more, so I took them quite a few armloads. The garden looks a little better and the sheep were happy.

I picked zucchini-the baseball bat type. For shredded zucchini, I like the big ones best. Last night I made zucchini bread and zucchini brownies. Delicious! With what I picked today, I think I'll shred and freeze it.

 

[tortoise]

I noticed the neighbors have been mowing over two rhubarb plants. The previous owner had garden, new neighbor is gone for weeks at a time, and the garden is now weedy dirt bike race track.

DH asked the new neighbor for me if we could dig the rhubarb plants. He said yes! I dug them up. Big massive roots I split into four before planting. I will have to take some rhubarb BBQ sauce and a rhubarb dessert over to the neighbor next time he is home!

I spied some stray strawberry plants and wild columbine in the old garden / current race track. I may ask if I can dig those next time I see him.

Funny-not-funny, I ordered four rhubarb plants and 25 strawberry plants last week. We're leaving open the possibility of a market farm or pick-your-own farm for someday, so I suppose I can't have too many of either.

 

[Beekissed]

Never! What a wonderful find! I'm hoping to score on rhubarb that's being mowed over too, if my brother will be proactive about it. I can't imagine having that rhubarb goodness and just mowing over it!

 

[Beekissed]

Picked up a flat of Candy sweet onions at a nursery today, along with a three pack of asparagus and a potted peony. I've not had any success at all in growing sweet onions in this BTE but I'm going to give it another shot...one last shot.

Going to disperse them among the tomatoes and then plant some in a block/row. They are extremely healthy looking, so I'm counting on this good growing year to see them through to the end.

 

[Chic Rustler]

I hauled 5 wheel barrows of wood chips to the garden for mulch. So far we are a little more than half way mulched. Ran out of light so we will pick back up tomorrow after work

 

[baymule]

I hauled 5 wheel barrows of wood chips to the garden for mulch. So far we are a little more than half way mulched. Ran out of light so we will pick back up tomorrow after work

 

[tortoise]

@Beekissed , what has happened with your previous onions in BTE? Did other varieties fare better? Onions are one of "my" vegetables, so any garden area I commandeer for no-till gardening methods will have to include onion.

 

[Beekissed]

@Beekissed , what has happened with your previous onions in BTE? Did other varieties fare better? Onions are one of "my" vegetables, so any garden area I commandeer for no-till gardening methods will have to include onion.

Just no growth at all. I've planted seeds....hundreds of 'em, and had some seedlings come up but never thrive or make it to fullness. I've planted the plants....hundreds of 'em...and nothing happens. Just a spindly little onion that failed to grow in any way, then died off quietly.

I've never tried other varieties, though just plain ol' green onions seem to do just fine in my garden.

No worries....I've seen other people's vids on growing sweet onions in wood chips and they all seem to do just fine, but this soil of mine here never would grow onions and it still won't. This year will be the final time I try with the sweet onions to see if the wood chips have made any difference over time....whether I've planted in traditional tilling or no till wood chip, I've not been able to grow the sweet onions here in this soil yet.

 

[tortoise]

I tried growing Stuttgarter onion from seed. Failed twice, seed from two different lot numbers. Thankfully I found Stuttgarter sets instead. My Red Welsh onion seeds came up well and transplanted into the garden fine. I lost some because I started them in peat pots which decomposed too fast and the soil eroded, taking onion seedlings with it.

Are onions generally finicky to grow from seed?

 

[Beekissed]

From what I gather, they are. Most people start them in flats in late winter and nurse them along into plants, then harden them off before setting them out.

Folks in warm states with mild winters grow them from seed in August...