What did you do in your garden today?

[Dreamz]

@flowerbug seems you are right about the type of mint. I haven't have bees in the front of the house, no trimming,nothing. Put them on summer 2021 and today, oh! That smell,
I do not use it for anything but to look and smell them.

On another note, put some smoked ham hock and black beans on the crock pot all night and breakfast is ready,lol

I know many people do not have a stomach for something like this in the morning but I do,lol
I get up early so I need anything to keep going.

Did not watered barely yesterday because of rain in the forecast. It rained most of the night and still dripping some. If it is not because I have my tech guys coming this morning, I would go back to bed,lol

 

[JanetMarie]

interesting because that doesn't work here we have areas in the remaining lawn (what little is left) where the mints have taken up residence after escaping from whichever garden they were in.

if you keep pulling it out you can remove it, but it does take some patience.

there's at least four different kinds of mints so it smells good when we mow. Mom hates it because she reacts to the smell and doesn't like mint in other things to eat or in teas so i don't know why she planted it to begin with, but there it is. also the ground ivy, aka Creeping Charlie is a mint. pretty hard to get rid of completely, but if you keep after removing the vines and leaves when you see it then it can be eradicated. persistence is the key word with getting rid of mints since they will also come back from dropped seeds so you have to remove any new plants that start up when you see them before the roots can venture off on their vining journies.

I do love the smell of mint when I walk on it or disturb it. It's not worth having it though. I planted it at our last house, and decided I would never plant it again. However, it was already well established at this house when we moved here.

I love Creeping Charlie and encourage it.

 

[JanetMarie]

I thought about planting English Ivy in some of the mint areas, which is another invasive plant, but I could be sorry. I have some English Ivy planted on a hillside that cannot be mowed, and it hasn't gotten out of control.

Once the mint gets to the grass areas it stops, except one area the roots are underground and come up again, in my greenhouse (which I don't mind in the winter)!

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I love Creeping Charlie and encourage it.

me too, our yard is full of it

 

[Mini Horses]

@Dreamz I'm a person who'd have that type of food for breakfast! Dinner leftovers are often my choice. Just not a traditional "egg" fan...and I have about 40+/- hens

But excellent fertilizer if used correctly, or you burn the plants. My heavy feeding corn will love the composted stuff I'll use in a week or two.. It's great to overwinter the garden.....mine free range. So bug control and grass fertilized. I sell and give away eggs.

 

[Dreamz]

@Mini Horses Oh, nice. I can't have certain leftover. Pizza, if I do not eat it, it is my dog's or trash. Hub can warm it and good to go. I always get a small or if had not eaten all day a medium from pizza hut thin crust and can eat it anytime as long as it is not warmed in the microwave It’s like a cookie,lol

One of the therapist asked me to buy eggs from me and asked me for a prized. I said I did not know and would have to see what are they selling for. He offered 4 per dozen, so who am I to say no if God had put that in his heart! He comes every 3 wks and takes from 90 to 120 at a time. He is a gymaholic,lol. States he eats from 9 to a dozen a day.
I let mine out when I am in the back watching. I have been throwing stuff in a corner for 2yrs,lol but have no clue of the composting. Hub has not done my 3 bin compost area. I need a green, a brown, and one to mix it. That is as far as I had gone about composting,
I only have 11 and a roo. But the original 6 and the 3 rescued will not get along for over a year no matter how much I try. They do not let the roo come close. I think the do not like boys,lol. So the 2 tiny rescue sebrights married him so they are also separated after roo almost killed my RIR and make my leghorns bleed through their crest. I guess I am really running a troubled juvenile institution,

One of the sebrights have been sitting on 4 eggs laid by her younger sister. Should have peeps 4th July. Wondering what they would look like from a sebright and a cubalaya rooster.

 

[CrealCritter]

1st tray of baby Brunswick cabbages have sprouted. The other tray of Brunswick has a few skips, so I'll leave the lid on another day and check again tomorrow. The two trays of Long Island Improved brussel sprouts are up, but they also has some skips. So they need more time in warm humidity created by having the lid on the trays.

I found by trial and error, it's best to remove the lid once, at least one seed per cell has poked it's head through the soil. Else they tend to want to rot, I think this condition is called dampening off.

Now I'll continue to play momma to a bunch of cabbage and brussel sprouts seedlings.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Reneefolsom]

Oh my sounds very yummy .if you dont care I'd like the complete recipe.

 

[flowerbug]

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I love Creeping Charlie and encourage it.

if we didn't have so many formal gardens around it that i'd be worried about keeping it out of i'd not care at all, but it isn't just me here and Mom reacts to mints so letting yet another mint get going in the grass wasn't something i wanted to let happen. that i let it get as far as i did was already bad enough, i've knocked it back pretty good now so i just have to spot weed it. luckily it stands out both in leaf shape and flowering so i can weed it from the lawn. the rest of the minty areas i've not gone after yet much at all. one i could remove with a little effort but the others are larger and to remove them i'd be much better off just removing the lawn (which i'd love to do ).

 

[CrealCritter]

I'm officially impressed with victory seeds early jersey wakefield cabbage for zone 6b or 7. From experience, I'm very sure any other spring cabbage would have bolted with the weather we had over the last few weeks. But early jersey wakefield said ha... I'm going to go about heading anyways.

Not huge heads by any means. but still this year was simply a bad year for cabbages. Besides a few heads will make enough for several big ole gallons healing cabbage soup to eat and can. The outer leaves are plenty big enough for cabbage rolls, my wife made 48 of them to freeze.

I gave a head to my daughter in law and she made cabbage Jambalaya which she said it was delicious. I gave my neighbor a head and they made coleslaw. which they also said turned out great.

For me part of a successful garden is to find a variety and seed company that works, in my zone and soil. So many different varieties and so many different seed companies. When I find a winning combination, it becomes a regular in the garden.

Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage Seeds - Heirloom, Open-Pollinated, non-Hybrid Victory Seeds®

www.victoryseeds.com

Jesus is Lord and Christ