What did you do in your garden today?

[CrealCritter]

Do I see some aphids and aphid damage on the peppers? Still going strong though, look great!

Took me awhile... to figure out that old glory meant the flag... not old morning glories... since we were talking gardening, and they love to climb on fence posts. the flag though..... as long as it is up there sturdy... so it doesn't fall over etc.. I see nothing wrong with sticking it up all over.

Flea Beatles - common around here they attack the lower leaves. I never treat for them because the plants always outgrow them. The flea beatles can't get to anything but the lower leaves. Now if I plant egg plant the flea beatles would devour the young plant in a day. But peppers and tomatoes always out grow them. The only treatment I know of for flea beatles is seven and I don't like to use seven at all. I don't even have any seven, so I can't use it

More info https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/flea-beetles#using-insecticides-3089113

Morning glory, they grow wild here and are basicly a weed for us, same with passion fruit. Yes Old Glory --->

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[FarmerJamie]

Would it be wrong to fly smaller old glories from the corner posts of our garden? I don't know much about flag ediquiate.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

Technically, unless you take the flags down at night or during bad weather, each should be illuminated. A farm nearby puts small American flags on each fence post lining the road for July 4th. My personal opinion is I am not a fan of this approach, feels more like "decorations" to me, almost like bunting. I prefer a taller lighted flagpole with a 3'x4' flag. I have seen some newer models that have a circular LED light at the top really cool. To each his own

My personal volunteer time with this has me more concerned with proper flag retirement. The proper flag retirement is ceremonial burning. So many flags these days are no longer cloth. Really generates some nasty smoke.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

All 50 strawberry bareroots have leaves! Spinach, lettuce and onions are up

 

[flowerbug]

Huh?

What kind is that?

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this is a picture from a few years ago where i've enhanced the colors to show it more clearly, they really can be quite a bit more green than the above link shows.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Just picked a couple zucchini. One gold - one regular green. I went into the garden to pick the golden one because it was very visible. Almost tripped over the green one that I hadn't even noticed until right then.

I'm going to try to keep track of how much I actually get out of the garden. I've tried before and eventually I get tired of weighing everything. I'll try to do better this year! Of course it won't cover all the stuff from the fall/winter garden. Oh well, better late than never I guess.

Gotta start working on trellis for the climbers. Gathering fence posts and had to do a search for the pounder. It was exactly where I left it the last time I used it, lol.

 

[flowerbug]

Just picked a couple zucchini. One gold - one regular green. I went into the garden to pick the golden one because it was very visible. Almost tripped over the green one that I hadn't even noticed until right then.

I'm going to try to keep track of how much I actually get out of the garden. I've tried before and eventually I get tired of weighing everything. I'll try to do better this year! Of course it won't cover all the stuff from the fall/winter garden. Oh well, better late than never I guess.

Gotta start working on trellis for the climbers. Gathering fence posts and had to do a search for the pounder. It was exactly where I left it the last time I used it, lol.

what i've done to make the amount tallying easier is take a certain size bucket and fill it so full and then weigh that and then i know. like for a 4.75 gallon bucket that if we fill it full of tomatoes it weighs about 22lbs and gives us about 7-8 quarts when canned.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

It's hot! By running outside for short stints I've got 6 t-posts pounded in the ground to start the trellis building. I want to make them taller so I'll attach some PVC to the posts and then figure out how to hang the trellis netting. I've used that netting before and it does a good job - but I remember telling myself I'd never use it again. But, I can't remember why I didn't want to use it again so I'm giving it another shot, lol!

 

[Mini Horses]

For me, the clean up of stuff off the netting was killer!! Bring you any memories?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

For me, the clean up of stuff off the netting was killer!! Bring you any memories?

By golly - I think that was it! I wanted to use them again but that was a horrible idea. They're cheap enough to toss at the end of the season. But - I know me - I'll try again to clean 'em up and re-use 'em, lol. Then I'll get frustrated. Then I'll swear to never use 'em again. And then I'll forget why and get some more....see where this is headed?

I ended up picking three more zucchini from the volunteer plant in another area. Hmmm... I'm already looking up zucchini recipes. Anybody ever heard of zucchini butter? Might be worth a try!

Zucchini Butter with Fresh Herbs

This zucchini butter transforms pounds of zucchini into a luscious, spreadable paste that's delicious on crostini or tossed with pasta.

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This one sounds pretty good too!

Canning Week: Zucchini-Pepper Sweet Relish - Simple Bites

Relish has always been the squeeze bottle I avoided on the condiment table. With its iridescent green chunks and watery pea-green liquid: Non, merci. However, today’s recipe for homemade Zucchini-Pepper Sweet Relish is an entirely different garnish from that one. Once again, I put my pickling...

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[tortoise]

I tried making zuccini butter. Either goats or chickens ate it.