What have you done today in the Garden?

@Daniel W , I do not have a way to raise peeps here. I have no electricity to my chicken coop. Also, it is not snake proof (my old cage for them was snake proof, and one year I did have a 120 ft extension cord to my old coop and a heat lamp for some peeps.). I had to build a new coop a few years ago, and I have no snake proof or heated way to keep peeps warm. A friend was raising peeps for himself, and raised 2 for me. My extension cord is in use someplace else. The advantage to getting hens a bit older is that you KNOW they are hens and not roosters. I have a rooster, just do not want more at this time. Snakes are not usually out this time of year, but if we have a few warm days they show up.

Yesterday, I planted potatoes and have 8 short rows of potatoes. I planted some horseradish and rhubarb roots also.

Today, I planted 5 rows of Detroit Dark red beets. I scattered some celery seed in a few containers. I did get some more flower bed clean up done also, and a bit or raking, and worked on my ditch a bit more. I could not make up my mind on what else to plant, so I called it a day.

Awhile back, I found some giant popsicle type sticks (or medical tongue depressors if you prefer) in the craft section at Walmart, and got them for marking my plant rows. They look pretty good.

 

I found the saw attachment supplied with my Fiskars telescopic pruner. I'd never used it. I even took the bracket for it, off the business end of the pruner as it got in the way when I was using it. Anyway, I taped it to a long pole and using a ladder to get to them, cut off some more quite thick branches off the silver birches.
Only a couple of the very top ones hang over our garden a bit.




The blade was surprisingly sharp. There's three full bins of branches, ready for collection tomorrow.
Still a lot more to clear, including some quite thick branches, which will need the chainsaw, (when it gets a new blade).
I think another two weeks of bin collections should see the job done and we can leave the garden nice and tidy.

We're not sure if the owner will ever comer home from hospital, due to his disability. As he has no family, he might end up in a care home.