What have you done today in the Garden?

Plenty rain here Carolyn, grass gets higher just watching it. Normally the gardener has to wait to be paid but I had the cash ready last week..can't mow its too wet.
Yesterday we had gales to such an extent I thought the older Acer would surely break free.
Its supposed to be in the high 20C this weekend.
Toni, hand watering is hard work. I have a hose but only for the back garden.
K

 

Watering today specifically all my containerized plants on the back deck that are only partially out in the open.

 

Today I gave water in the greenhouse and gathered the last of the veg for a birthday gift. I am having a very reasonable harvest in spite of the less than optimal weather this season.

 

Had a farmers market. Unfortunately I brought home melons... oh my! I really thought they would sell better but it is the day of our county fair.... lots of people there and not at the farmers market. sigh!
Now I am working on raspberries. thinning out the old canes and clipping up the new on to the wires.

 

@carolyn - Wow - you're talking HARD work too re: your raspberries (but I'd do it as I LOVE raspberries - one of my favourites)

 

Things are looking good there. Sorry to hear about your melon glut. They will keep until next week won't they. I hope that you will be able to sell them.
Too bad you can't keep a couple on chipped ice in coolers to sell. I'll bet the folks would really go for that!

 

Island life, there were 3 rows to get done. Kevin and I got them all finished this afternoon. hooray! We look at them daily knowing we need to get them done, but we run out of time, energy and daylight everyday and today wasn't quite so hot so it was a good day to get it done. Now I need to clean up all the prunings and compost them.

S, We just bought a great sized refrigerator. Just delivered last week. We stuffed as much left overs in there as we could for the weekend. and another one comes on Tuesday of this week for the shed. A glass door one.

 

Nothing...
I tend to leave outdoors till its just going dark and the Insects have gone to bed. I really need to find a repelant, a good one next year. So tonight another 'do' at the pebble picking up. Maybe when they cut down the Leylandi It will Inspire me. I will give them till August 31st then pounce.
K

 

Sorry Kate... please come I could use another set of hands most days and you would be able to get outside and do something in a garden.. and when it is dark we are ready to come in... not go out. we go to bed.

 

Wow C--It sounds like you've got plans.

 

Cleaned the bird feeders I have out front and re-filled with new seed.

 

Thanks Carolyn, what a good idea

 

Deadheading the coreopsis.

 

Fall clean-up is beginning. Some plant debris is being removed from the flower harden. Green manure is being planted in the veggie plots.
Harvesting of beans, toms and courgettes.

The parsnip foliage is being bound up.


It is high and in front of the sprouts, but hopefully the sprouts will grow taller, giving the trunk more room for still more little green balls. We shall see. At any rate, since we tied the parsnips up like that, there ought to be better ventilation for both crops.

You can see beetroots still growing at the lower left-hand corner of the foto. I shall have to check the pantry list, but I believe that we have enough beetroot for this season, so what is remaining can go to the Food Bank.

Made 5 litres of tom concentrate. My hands smell of tomato.

 

Look what I did yesterday!!! New use for old tires the old fashioned way!!!! Yep Tomato and Pepper Planters!! And made my own little escape yesterday in 92ish degree heat and almost passed out..scored cheap plants that Lowe's considers dying..that Black-Eyed Susan was $1.00 (that's right $1.00) for the huge pot which you know that I will divide later on....lol....I bought speedwell for the bees because i need them for the maters and peppers..they were $3.00 each but fully grown they were for $15. 2 Pentas and 2 lantana ($1.00 ea) **Gonna have to change the settings on my phone!! Horrible pics but you get the drift~


This is when I first put them outside to their new area (7-5-16)





This is yesterday!!! 8-14-16

Oh and look!!! Baby maters!! Didn't transplant those plants because of the babies.



Still not finished...have to add a few things in those tires!!! lol