What did you do in your garden today?

[frustratedearthmother]

I like the chiogo beets.

I tried to look up chiogo beets. Google kept giving me "Chicago Bears," lol! SMH.....

I don't do beets anymore - they tried to kill me once so I leave 'em alone now. Thought I was doing good healthy stuff by having lotsa fresh beet juice - but oxalate poisoning is no fun at all.

 

[flowerbug]

almost done weeding and planting the North Garden. got to get out there and finish that up this morning before going to get some other plants in the fenced gardens before it gets too hot outside.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Just heard it's "National Weed Your Garden Day!" I've been waiting all year for this - Woo Hoo!

National Weed Your Garden Day

It’s National Weed Your Garden Day. Time to head to the garden and pull out those pesky weeds!

nationaltoday.com

 

[CrealCritter]

With just over an inch of rain for the month and it hasn't rained for almost a week and this I'm going to have to water the garden this evening. Green beans are suffering. I was out there just a little bit, picking cabbages and I'm soaked from head to toe in sweat. You all PLEASE be careful out there, it's cooking hot

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[flowerbug]

With just over an inch of rain for the month and it hasn't rained for almost a week and this I'm going to have to water the garden this evening. Green beans are suffering. I was out there just a little bit, picking cabbages and I'm soaked from head to toe in sweat. You all PLEASE be careful out there, it's cooking hot

i definitely drink a lot of water when it gets to be this hot, humidity is tough on Mom so the AC comes on and she can do things inside once it gets too hot outside. i am a wimp now too so i'll siesta.

not too bad today so far, but i'm done for the day now, i got an early start so i could finish before it got too hot out there - tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday will be much worse:

• Monday
  Chance T-storms
  High: 81 °F
• Tuesday
  Chance T-storms then Mostly Sunny
  High: 89 °F
• Wednesday
  Hot
  High: 96 °F
• Thursday
  Sunny
  High: 89 °F
• Friday
  Sunny
  High: 81 °F

 

[Alaskan]

Just heard it's "National Weed Your Garden Day!" I've been waiting all year for this - Woo Hoo!

National Weed Your Garden Day

It’s National Weed Your Garden Day. Time to head to the garden and pull out those pesky weeds!

nationaltoday.com

You mean you only have to weed your garden once a year???

 

[Alaskan]

I tried to look up chiogo beets. Google kept giving me "Chicago Bears," lol! SMH.....

I don't do beets anymore - they tried to kill me once so I leave 'em alone now. Thought I was doing good healthy stuff by having lotsa fresh beet juice - but oxalate poisoning is no fun at all.

I spelled them a bit off... but there they are.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

With just over an inch of rain for the month and it hasn't rained for almost a week and this I'm going to have to water the garden this evening. Green beans are suffering. I was out there just a little bit, picking cabbages and I'm soaked from head to toe in sweat. You all PLEASE be careful out there, it's cooking hot
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Jesus is Lord and Christ

We are also in a heat warning--rained this morning so it is nice and steamy this afternoon. My oldest works in the fields for her summer job and they are having them come in at 6 am tomorrow so they can end early. The week is hot and humid with highs in the 90s--same what what you have above lows in the 70s

When I got up at 5:15 am this morning it was 66F and 93% humidity

 

[CrealCritter]

We are also in a heat warning--rained this morning so it is nice and steamy this afternoon. My oldest works in the fields for her summer job and they are having them come in at 6 am tomorrow so they can end early. The week is hot and humid with highs in the 90s--same what what you have above lows in the 70s

When I got up at 5:15 am this morning it was 66F and 93% humidity

The humidity is the worst part of this heat, it's like a steam bath out there. We didn't get any rain and it's still very humid.

Cabbage rolls are in the crock pots. Cabbage soup is on the stove. Cows got the fat vains from the center of the leaves. My wife said rinse and repeat tomorrow. She said we can freeze the heads, I only have a few in head, so I might cut, bag them and freeze them this evening. We are making soup and rolls with the leaves. They are pretty good, slightly sweet and heavy on the cabbage taste. If I could have gotten the cabbages set out 4 or 5 weeks earlier or if the weather would have stayed cooler longer, I would have more in head than I do.

Going to try 90 day Brunswick for fall/early winter cabbages. I'll have 6 rows open, once the cabbages are gone and the onions sense the equinox and fall over and bulb. Also thinking about broccoli, califlower and brussel sprouts for this fall.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

Anyone else use Clyde's Garden Planner? It's very handy and a time saver. Spring is on one side, fall on the other. It's kind of like a slide rule, set the last frost for spring or the first frost for fall and it tells you when to sow seeds indoors and set out or direct sow

Jesus is Lord and Christ