What did you do in your garden today?

[CrealCritter]

Kinda looks like young Johnson grass, but I'm not expert - especially in your part of the country.

Weed Gallery: Johnsongrass--UC IPM

Photos and descriptions of Johnsongrass

ipm.ucanr.edu

It's young but I'm pretty sure it's not Johnson grass. If it were I could'nt pull it up by it's roots, I would need a shovel. Johnsongrass is wild stuff. It almost looks like you could make a broom out of it when it's mature and it gets tall like 7 ft tall.

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[Trying2keepitReal]

watered, weeded and plucked of strawberry flowers.

 

[CrealCritter]

What kind of grass is this?
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Found it...

It's officially Echinochloa crus-galli. But it's common names are Barnyardgrass, Barnyard Millet or Cockspur. Just another grass for the cows to graze on. Can't say I like it much in my garden though. Easy to pull, roots and all. leave on top of the mulch to dry out and become more mulch

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[flowerbug]

very little of what i planned on doing. i thought i was planting beans, turns out i was really going to mow instead. so that did get done along with a few other puttery things.

when pulling a wind-blown potato chip bag out of the trees i found some fragrant bedstraw plants and removed them but they had plenty of seeds at sticker stage - i didn't want to move the plants anywhere because i didn't want any of those seeds to fall and spread so i took the plants and ran over them with the lawnmower out in the middle of where i was mowing so if any try to grow next year i'll see them and make sure they're removed then i turned my gloves inside out and put them in my pocket. i knew i'd have to remove those seeds later on and found out a few moments ago that they're not nearly as annoying to remove as forget-me-nots.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Hoping to see some sprouting soon. Maters and peppers bounced back after the heat and the storm.

 

[Dreamz]

After 2 wks of excruciating pain on my left side of face [trigeminal neuralgia] and right knee [could be some type of neuropathy as well as per pain], I have worked as much as I could outside. Neighbor came and tilled a big area for me. Then hub made my herb raised box, a real raised box I do not have to bend at all.


So, the cilantro is in.

The basil and Italian parsley seeds are in.


The Greek oregano is in.


One part of the box is ready waiting for me sister to send me "recao" or also known as culantro or Vietnamese culantro. I really love it. The smell and the flavor is stronger than cilantro.

Planning on planting the tomatoes and the bell peppers on the gound but it is hard. Work 15 min and sit for 25 to rest my knee.


The girls have been out but not helping. They decided to munch on leftover frozen blueberries from last year,lol

So, this kind of what I have been working on for a few days.

 

[Mini Horses]

saw 3 rows of beans sprouting all along! Contender bush.

Too hot for much out there now but, the eggplants get transplanted when sun drops some. Hoses and water buckets filled and waiting. A tub of goat compost...row is marked, carboard cut to go down and I'm ready.

 

[flowerbug]

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One part of the box is ready waiting for me sister to send me "recao" or also known as culantro or Vietnamese culantro. I really love it. The smell and the flavor is stronger than cilantro.

pain is no fun, i hope it will moderate for you soon!

never heard of that herb before and won't be able to try it but eventually i may so i'll try to keep it in mind.

Planning on planting the tomatoes and the bell peppers on the gound but it is hard. Work 15 min and sit for 25 to rest my knee.

it's hard to work around issues, i have to do that too. sometiimes i garden by using a groundpillow to sit on or use it to kneel on which saves the knees added irritation. ultimately though it helps me a lot to keep moving instead of not so i do what i can and rest the times i can't.

i've also done some weeding by laying on several groundpillows, though at times it is also tempting to just lay there and watch the clouds go by.

So, this kind of what I have been working on for a few days.

the tomatoes are hard for me to plant too because i put them down deeply plus i also have worms/worm compost from heavy buckets i want to use in those holes so i have to dig them down pretty deeply (a shovel and a half). it ends up being worth the effort but it is hard on my back to lean over those holes and to get those buckets out to the gardens and to scoop things into the holes. once planted half way (i put the plants down deep enough to begin with and i select taller plants too from the greenhouse) i put enough dirt in the hole to cover the root ball and then water it in good to make sure the soil is compacted enough, then i go back another round and add more dirt and water it all in again so they're well situated. i don't lose my transplants this way and they do much better in the hotter parts of the summer because they have deeper roots. i just have to remember to keep enough water on them because our heavy clay soil doesn't percolate water down easily. the deeper putting down of the worms and worm compost acts as the nutrients but also as a reservoir for more moisture if needed.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Haven't done it yet - but have plans! I'm going to do something I've never done and prune my okra. I used my tiller to make rows this year and I haven't perfected the technique. As a result - some of my rows are too close together. Yesterday, while trying to pick okra I could barely walk between the rows. I read up on it and it seems that it's perfectly ok to remove some leaves. I'm going to remove the ones that are on the inside area of the two rows so I can harvest easier.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Plot update:
The maters and peppers are thriving in the sunny and 70s weather. After Thursday night's rain, ground was still moist, so no watering.

None of the seeds have popped up yet, but we're on the cusp around when they should be.

The church did plant 90+% of the section I am in with corn and beans, so the ground is not going to waste.

Thinking about a third plot for fall veggies, we'll see.