What Did You Do In The Garden?

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I went to bed late, around 1 a.m. and it was still 80, but I slept all night. Older cat slept outside on the patio. This morning there has been a breeze and I was outside doing things most of the morning and now have everything ready for the afternoon. Breeze has slowed down and temperature climbing. 96 and feels like 102. If we can get through 110 today then smooth sailing from now on. lol I have been hoping it will start changing and not get to 110.

 

[ducks4you]

Picked some English peas and lots more weeding then SPRAYED the H____ out of some Poisen Ivy! It has to go. (As much as I do not like chemicals in the garden / yard.) I just can't have it around. VERY allergic.

I sprayed poison ivy a few years back and it DID die for me.
We all have to remember, this is NOT a plant to burn. Better to throw it in the trash, which is what I did.

 

[ducks4you]

My friend put it best:
Roses are wet
Violets are wet
EVERYTHING is wet.
Please stop raining!!!

 

[ducks4you]

SO....DH fixed the pump for the cistern, right to the south of the house. We looked down into it (from the top of the cement pad) last week, and it was 2 ft below the top!!
If it would stop RAINING, I could start DRAINING it.
Still, could be worse. Many fields here are partially flooded.
Same fields, same problem, every year.
I wish they they would compost those areas before they replant, but who am I to tell them what to do.

 

[ducks4you]

Made the mistake of up potting the rest of my beefsteak tomato starts to a huge pot that doesn't drain. I have pretty much drowned most of them what with 4 inches/day--feels like it!--of additional unNECESSARY rain.
So...off to Menard's for stuff AND to check out their clearance tomatoes.
MUCH LUCK!!
50 cents/6 cell pack
I even bought one plant left in a cell pack bc it has a very sturdy stem AND I think I snapped one of mine already in the ground.
Gotta be brutal, tomato season is too short.
I put the Roma starts in containers that drain. THEY all look great.
Yesterday, I had to chop along the street, bc some of the stumps there didn't quite die last year.
I found that 4/8 cucumbers that I had bought and planted along the street side of the fence survived. I planted 7 more that had been patiently waiting to be planted, all potbound. Soaked them in a bucket ahead of time.
Thought there were 3 more.
Nope.
3 Cantaloupe, which went into holes on the Garage side of the fence.
I have up potted 2 cell packs of watermelon. Don't REALLY know where they will go, but I will figure it out tomorrow.
My new grapes look terrific!!
I Swear, had I planted them when I got them, they would have been goners.
Went shopping for rust remover and found a spray that bounds with the rust and turns it black, then you paint right over it.
Dry Friday, so I plant to use this stuff, and then spray paint metal fenceposts for my grapes.
They are all old and rusty. The whole 2 rows of supports need redoing, and this will be all I can do until I harvest and prune them back.
Got lots of nice looking grapes!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I sprayed poison ivy a few years back and it DID die for me.
We all have to remember, this is NOT a plant to burn. Better to throw it in the trash, which is what I did.

Probably dumb question here. But why shouldn’t one burn poison ivy?

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

good job gal!! 105 is hot

How hot is it where you are? We may be past the worst after today. It says 108 and feels like 110 on AccuWeather right now. I seem to be handling it better today and the cats too, and the rabbits. I turned the sprinkler on earlier and that might have helped the house more than I think.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Because, the oils get in the air, and you breath it in and get poison Oak and Ivy in your lungs and eyes

Ahh that makes sense. Thank you.

 

[Carol Dee]

My friend put it best:
Roses are wet
Violets are wet
EVERYTHING is wet.
Please stop raining!!!

Send it our way. We are still short. It spits and sprinkle on anf off for about 5 days and still only about 2 inches.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Got another inch today. Nothing like what was forecasted thank the Lord! I don’t quite dare complain this time of year but over 10 inches in a month is a lot.