What did you do in your garden today?

[FarmerJamie]

Picked our first radish this morning

 

[Mini Horses]

Good for you -- harvesting already! I'm waiting to see if any radish from old seed germinates. Just planted to fill out a row, get package gone & if they sprout -- great. If not, that's ok.

Since no garden last yr, I'm just excited to be back at it and anything is a bonus. Still ground to plant, although a lot has been. It's that "size" thing.

 

[tortoise]

1 hour in the garden this morning. It's looking so much better!

I weed whipped half of the perimeter before I ran out of string. DS17 worked on repairing the electric fence. I think he was able to re-hang the bottom wire? I wasn't paying attention.

Chard is popping up!

 

[FarmerJamie]

Got my last three garden beds assembled before the heat arrived. Now to get the cages built and the last things planted.

Bought some red corn seed. Not making mash. Lol

 

[Mini Horses]

Plus, it's pretty in a wreath in the Fall

 

[flowerbug]

weeded the top part of the North garden. it was long overdue. i thought it would only take a few hours, but it was such a nice day it took me four hours.

with the onions planted and the creeping thyme starting to bloom around the edges it will look nicer than it was that is for sure. with all the daffodils dying back though it doesn't look nearly as nice as i would prefer, but them are the breaks.

then i picked some strawberries and buried a few banana peels and other veggie scraps in a garden. while i was there i had to get a baggie and weed some bedstraw so i could throw it away - so far only that and poison ivy are weeds i toss.

 

[CrealCritter]

FB wanted raised beds, so I said get some raised bed then. I assembled these 3x6 and 1 2' diameter yesterday. Took tank and I a little over an hour to assemble, mainly because tank was carrying off my tools . Plan is line the bottom with some heavy duty landscape fabic, then top off with compost from around the hay rounds as soil. Probably will add some barn gold also . I have a soil PH meter and will amend as required. Being 3x6 it should be easy enough to cover with a sheet of plywood over winter, if needed. Looks like enough room for 4 tomato plants to me, but I thinks she's planning on growing herbs and medicinal herbs in them.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[FarmerJamie]

FB wanted raised beds, so I said get some raised bed then. I assembled these 3x6 and 1 2' diameter yesterday. Took tank and I a little over an hour to assemble, mainly because tank was carrying off my tools . Plan is line the bottom with some heavy duty landscape fabic, then top off with compost from around the hay rounds as soil. Probably will add some barn gold also . I have a soil PH meter and will amend as required. Being 3x6 it should be easy enough to cover with a sheet of plywood over winter, if needed. Looks like enough room for 4 tomato plants to me, but I thinks she's planning on growing herbs and medicinal herbs in them.
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Jesus is Lord and Christ

Looks great. For the depth of the sides, consider the herbs and how they might spread if they get under/past the side walls. Those look a little shallow to me. You might also consider compartmentalizing those to keep things under control.

I am going to use a completely self contained raised bed for my wife's herbs. I am a little miffed I can't find terra cotta pipes anywhere. A nice 18/24 inch depth would control unwanted spreading.

You do you, just my 2 cents worth, half a penny after taxes

 

[CrealCritter]

Looks great. For the depth of the sides, consider the herbs and how they might spread if they get under/past the side walls. Those look a little shallow to me. You might also consider compartmentalizing those to keep things under control.

I am going to use a completely self contained raised bed for my wife's herbs. I am a little miffed I can't find terra cotta pipes anywhere. A nice 18/24 inch depth would control unwanted spreading.

You do you, just my 2 cents worth, half a penny after taxes

3 cents with inflation.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[FarmerJamie]

Beds all planted. Kale, green beans, bok choy, red corn, more red beets, and carrots. Not so much to put up, but testing what backyard veggies the wife can eat without issue.

Still need to assemble one more anti critter cage. Storms rolling in and dinner is ready. Everything put away. Ready to watch the thunderstorms.