What Did You Do In The Garden?

[Nyboy]

What did I do in the garden? I stood and watched it rain, hail, wind blow, lightening, thunder, and roof leaking. I mean the ground is soaked.

Ditto

 

[digitS']

Ditto, as well ... except I finished another fence panel and got it back up before things turned real stormy. Here, it was a little surprising the last few days how threatening the sky looks, and unpleasant the wind, without much rain falling between major "events."

Our storm a few days past is now tearing up the Great Lakes region! What is left of yesterday's storm looks like it is barreling off through Montana on the same route. That is, except for the clouds stalled in the Canadian Rockies that are dumping rain in the valleys and snow at higher elevations. I hope that isn't coming here!

What gets aggravating, besides the problem with getting into the garden, is when so much of this weather last right on through May and might ast waaay into June! @Zeedman talks about Whidbey Island. We set up a whole series of mountains to protect us from the so-called Pacific! What do I have to do, move over the Rockies into Montana or Alberta ... and lose @thistlebloom 's definition of a Westerner?

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

I thinned my beets and replanted those seedlings. Also hilled my 2 containers of potatoes. Planted cilantro seeds.

Sadly, I have no weeds to pull. Why does everyone else have weeds except me?

Mary

 

[seedcorn]

@ninnymary I'll send you some. Along with seeds for this fall.

 

[ninnymary]

@ninnymary I'll send you some. Along with seeds for this fall.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

Weeded the carrots portion of my hotbed experimental bed, checked and covered my peppers in their horse trough and my tomatoes in Their horse trough. I am using a used, clear tablecloth on one, and a white on white used shower curtain on the other, with windows on top to keep the plastic down. It's only in the 50's today and I wanted to keep their tiny leaves warm today.

 

[baymule]

I worked in the garden from 9 AM to 3 PM. I dug two trenches 32' long and 5' wide. I filled them with mulch, topped with the dirt I dug out, pulled out all the weeds I could and am now drinking ice tea. Me and Marigold had us a GOOD time today!

 

[Smart Red]

Rain, wind, and cool weather. I took a nap.

 

[Zeedman]

The first storm @digitS' mentioned came through today; an inch of rain here, but snow just a few miles West. Fortunately, I was able to turn over my home garden plots before the rain came. The way Springs have been recently, I count myself lucky if I can dig in April. It won't be drying out for awhile, another soaker headed our way.

Haven't had the heart to even look at the rural plot, it must be a swamp right now. Really good soil, really rotten drainage. Never even got the poles pulled out last year, due to Fall rains. It occurs to me that maybe the best time to clean that plot is in Winter, when the (usually wet) ground is frozen.

Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and Moringa are growing under lights, and doing well. I hope to pot-up some of the tomatoes this weekend.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I worked in the garden from 9 AM to 3 PM. I dug two trenches 32' long and 5' wide. I filled them with mulch, topped with the dirt I dug out, pulled out all the weeds I could and am now drinking ice tea. Me and Marigold had us a GOOD time today!