What did you do in your garden today?

[The Porch]

Finally picking peas.

Picked a bunch of narrow leaf plantain and dried it. Then picked a bunch of heal all. Picking the wild herbs before I mow

YES! I have a ton of it I need to pick too

 

[Hinotori]

Im picking the brachen fern today. It's invaded into where I mow so best just to pick what I need before going over the spot. That leaves the stuff along the fence line I like

 

[The Porch]

Oregano, ,thyme, are next on the herb drying list,
and I must get the bergamot { red blooms in pic} picked its in bloom, lemon balm is ready and yarrow


I forget so much anymor, I need to look up what part of wormwood I harvest, I just dont remember, but the plant in front of the potatoes is wormwood-- down the row a bit is mint about to bloom,
the potato grow bags are as full as I could get them with soil- the plant tops are so long, but they are doing good ,, I think,


I finally was able to pick enough romaine for a salad last evening,,

The corn is doing fine,, the acorn, pumpkin, zucchini and yellow squash all have flowers- its hard to see but the squashes are all next to the fence on the inside of the fence, 3 sides

Its hard to see but to the far left are older blueberries and a bit to the right of the are 6 more that I brought with me from the old house, they are not very big,
AND to the right of them are 5 elder berry trees
in the back far left outside the fence is a walnut tree- in the fence is an apple, middle is a plumb and right is a pear tree. Last year only the apple had fruit. We pruned in February, and used neam oil, so we'll see how it goes.

yesterday I got the mowing done around the garden and yard,
so today garden task is water the corn and blueberries, and get some of my Dave's Fetid Swamp Water out of my container it REALLY REALLY stinks
I want to try and feed as many plants as I can so I may need a 5gal bucket---this should take all day

 

[The Porch]

Im picking the brachen fern today. It's invaded into where I mow so best just to pick what I need before going over the spot. That leaves the stuff along the fence line I like

Is it just the heads or is yours all fanned out??? mines all fanned out??

 

[The Porch]

I really think Grandma needs a farm hand, or 2, I have so much going on,, and cant get to all I need on a days list
DS took all the family in his motorhome and 2 other families in tents- to Mt. Rainer, camping. They went to the Creation Museum and then back today, his eldest has a baseball play off game,,

BUT! after all settles and its not to late- I will ask DDIL if she and the kids can come forage ,
plantain, fern pine needle, evergreen huckle berry leaves, black berry leaves-- I havens seen wild raspberry but I do have a wild salmon berry

 

[Hinotori]

Is it just the heads or is yours all fanned out??? mines all fanned out??

It's fanned out. If I ever care to pick fiddleheads in spring, I have lots of it growing out there. The whole fronds work for my use.

 

[R2elk]

My chicken's are weird, they do not like cabbage, just lettuces,lol

I don't waste lettuce or cabbage on chickens.

 

[murphysranch]

Tell us about Heal All.

 

[Mini Horses]

Picked a bunch of narrow leaf plantain and dried it. Then picked a bunch of heal all.

I have plantain everywhere...narrow & wide. Tell me what you can do with it

What is heal all???

 

[Mini Horses]

So i googled plantain and got info on salve, oil and eating. Spinach substitute? I'll let you know about that after I cook it... But, will dry some and make salve. For skin irritation mostly, per articles. @Hinotori do you find expanded uses?

Now I'm gonna check mullein uses. There's a truckload of that along the abandoned RR tracks.