Topic: Today in the garden I...Part 2

[duh]

It rained again last night so my beds are looking better than they have all year.  Funny right?  The banana peppers are starting to take off and I have several small peppers on each plant.  And the zinnia's may even stop crisping.  The mum and the wheat that I transplanted seems to be happy which is a good thing. 

It's very humid this morning so I think I will by pass turning the compost.  Although it is tempting to get out there and at least do some of it.   Next week it is suppose to be cooler so I'm thinking of holding off until then.

[patches]

Well, we got some additional rain overnight.  I can't say my beds look better than they have all year; but, at least, now they don't look dead!   

Since it not too bad outside I put down some more mulch on some of my beds.  I like to add it gradually, instead of all at once. 

[patches]

We had some great weather today, so I mowed the weeds that started growing again from the rain.     Then I dug up one of my tomato plants that is certaily done for the year.    I also filled the bird feeders and washed the bird baths and got them filled.   

[duh]

wow you got a lot done.

It rained here last night so I didn't have to water.  Instead I moved about a third of my compost and added some dirt that needs rejuvenation. 

I also got into the poison ivy.  So my hand is all read and swollen.  I've got to find my gardening gloves.  I don't know where I put them.

[patches]

Well, Duh, I don't know if it was a lot,  but it was certainly more than I've been doing the past couple of weeks. 

Boy, isn't it great how we can take the lousy clay soil and turn it into wonderful "black gold".  I love it!!!

Duh, I'm really sorry to hear about your poison ivy. I hope it's not too bad.   I always try to avoid that stuff like the plague, because I really got it bad many years ago and it was NOT fun!   

[patches]

We had another beautiful day here to work in the yard.  So I cut all the new runners off the Strawberry plants again.  Geesh, if I had as many strawberries as I've had runners I could have made a fortune selling strawberries.  I also weeded around my Honeysuckle and trimmed it back a little.  Then I discovered some strange plant growing on the fence near the Honeysuckle and it had pods.  I don't know  what it is because I've never seen anything like it before.   

[Dianna]

We had a cloudy evening after the sunny afternoon. I spent some time hoeing around the gazebo to fight some of the weeds that have taken over. Gotta get ready to lay some mulch down there and want it ready for delivery....

[duh]

I love your gazebo Dianna.  Patches are you going to put a picture of the plant in mystery plants?

it rained again last night. 

The mum and the two latest petunias have settled in as if they were never planted anywhere else.  So I feel good that I can leave them there without worry.

The banana peppers have put on a burst of growth and are doing great.  I'm very pleased. 

The paparika peppers are still barren except for the one and it has only put out 1 ripe pepper and 1 that is still growing.  They have been very disappointing this year. 

The wheat that I spread isn't looking great today but it is still green.  We'll give it a few days and see if it settles in.

I still have to weed and turn the compost but it's too wet today.  Although I did get a few of the weeds that were right around the ornamental grass.  I need to give that a chance to grow not get choked out by weeds.

[duh]

Woohoo I marked the horseradish, the peonies, and the hostas.  That way I'll know where they are.

[patches]

Patches are you going to put a picture of the plant in mystery plants?
 

Yes, Duh, I already did that yesterday.     It's nothing I planted, and I'm sure it's probably some kind of weed. 

[duh]

one of my weeds turned out to be a volunteer cleome lol.  Maybe you will be equally lucky.

My garden was still damp so I didn't have to water.  But I did turn about another third of my compost.  It's amazing to see how much finished compost I have in the pile.  If I still had a screen I'll sift it but when I thought I was moving I got rid of my screen. 

[patches]

Duh, I don't think I will be so lucky as to have it be something I would want.    Besides, anything that grows that fast after it rains, surely can't be good!   

[Dianna]

Jim and I pulled up the tomato plants out of the garden today. We took them down to the back fence where we have been putting the grass clippings in the long, low spot. When we mow, we will be able to bush hog that spot so it can be tilled in again...

I potted up the datura that was on the end of one of the tomato rows. It sure is pretty in its' pot!

[Dianna]

Today I watered all the outdoor plants again. The poor datura looked like it was wilting from being transplanted...

Had to fill up the hummingbird feeders again. I think we have some babies out there. Some of the ones we have seen look smaller than what we have been seeing...

[patches]

Well, all I managed to do today was soak the back beds and one side bed really well.  I also got all the feeders filled, cleaned the bird baths, filled them and put some of my giant ice cubes in them.   

Dianna, are you still getting a lot of Hummingbirds?  My Hummingbirds don't seem to be emptying the feeders as they much as they used to, so I'm wondering if they are tapering off now.   

[Dianna]

We still have hummingbirds, Patti! While we are in the pool, we can watch them at the feeders. They sometimes zoom overhead. It seems like a hummer airport out there...

The other night while on the porch swing, we noticed a bat skimming low over the pool. I told Jim that he was probably thirsty. Hope the chlorine in the pool didn't hurt him. Bats are my friends as long as they are outside...

This afternoon, Jim and I will start mowing again. He did the trim work with the push mower last night. I hope it doesn't rain. If we don't mow soon it will look like a jungle outside...

[duh]

I love hummers.  I don't have any here.  I don't think the chlorine will hurt him.  The Ducks in my mothers pool never seemed to mind the chlorine. 

Today I turned the rest of the compost.  Now I need to water but I've caught a cold and energy is at zero level.  Hopefully I'll get at least half done this morning and then I can do the other half this evening.

[Penny]

no watering for me today.......mother nature finally helped me out there!!

[barleychown]

No rain here! I will spend today watering, deadheading, and maybe even pull a few weeds.

[Tamara]

Pouring rain here today, almost everyday it seems. Can't do anything out there again.

[patches]

Geesh, I can't believe all the rain everyone is getting and we can even get a drop.    I'm glad you are all getting your gardens watered and saving on your water bill.   

[duh]

I had to water today.  But I can't really complain.  It's been a while since I have had to.

I checked the banana pepper to see if it was ripe but I don't think it is yet.  I like to harvest the seeds so the pepper has to be ripe before I pick it or the seeds won't be anygood.

One of the blackberry lily pods is starting to darken so it won't be too long before I can start harvesting those.

I got out the fall seeds for planting and guess what I found...yellow blackberry lily seeds.  Isn't that cool.  I can't wait to add some of those to the garden.  That is depending on where I end up. 

[Penny]

No rain here today....we got enough the other day.....cut the grass lastnight and watered everything well.

[patches]

This morning I got the rest of my beds throughly watered and now I'm just trimming up a few things.    It's a really nice day out so I'm getting a lot done.  I think I'm going to take out another tomato plant since it looks like it done for this year.    Still NO rain in sight for us!!!   

[Penny]

  I forgot that somtime this weekend i need to go out and hand pick all the sunflower seeds out of my one bed, i had some pretty sunflowers growing there and the squirrels have shredded them