What's going on in your garden (2024)?

[Lullabelle]

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My vanilla orchids are loving life in their new location. And they are much happier planted together than in separate pots. It is easier to maintain constant and consistent conditions in the larger pots.

These 2 however prefer life in the dining room.

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I just moved them to get better photos.

I've got another that's needing repotting which I'll be doing soon.

Lovely shade of pink.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Lovely shade of pink.

That one has been in flower constantly since November when I bought it. It seems happy where it is.

 

[Herbaceous]

Potted up my pepper and tomato seedlings this weekend…they grow up so fast…

Some pots have more than 1 seedling in them (I had good germination rates this year). I’m going to give them one more week and then determine which ones to cull.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I’m going to give them one more week and then determine which ones to cull.

That's the bit I hate. I always feel like I'm committing murder!

 

[CookieMonster]

I had a 'hobby' greenhouse - sprouted more than a few kabillion vegetable seedlings. it sounds harsh, but fact is not every seed does it's thing to perfection. and if two-in-a-pot do . . . only one will thrive - so one of them has to go . . .

btw - long time organic gardener - age has caught up with me. I have a Troy built tiller that 'has to go' - anyone in pickup distance of Harrisburg looking for a well cared for tiller - I've got a deal for you.

 

[Herbaceous]

That's the bit I hate. I always feel like I'm committing murder!

I know, me too!

In the past I have had some success with cutting off the excess seedlings at the soil line, and then putting them in a cup of water and allowing them to grow roots. Once they’ve had some decent root growth, transplant to soil.

They need to be a bit bigger for this to work, which is why I’m trying to resist the urge to cull now. I might be able to get a few more plants out of it (and I already have way more than I have room to grow!)

 

[karadekoolaid]

it sounds harsh, but fact is not every seed does it's thing to perfection. and if two-in-a-pot do . . . only one will thrive - so one of them has to go . . .

That sounds like Darwin's theory: The Survival of the Fittest.

 

[Lullabelle]

That's the bit I hate. I always feel like I'm committing murder!

Don't like that either, doesn't feel right

 

[JAS_OH1]

Don't like that either, doesn't feel right

I'm committing mass sproutacide when I eat these (since they aren't herbs).

I started those Friday and just transferred them to the refrigerator.

 

[TastyReuben]

I like being able to see the flowers I just planted from the home office window:

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I like being able to see the flowers I just planted from the home office window:

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I was about to say that they appear to be handing in mid air rather than sitting on the ground. Then I realised that they are hanging in mid air!

 

[Lullabelle]

We have had this azalea for years, didn't do very well so my dad suggested we move it. The ground is not good and it is in partial shade but it is thriving.

 

[Herbaceous]

Norm, my backyard groundhog, is back!

This is the first time we’ve seen him this year. He decamped last summer when we put out the motion-activated sprinkler to deter him from eating my veggie garden (which was kind of the point) so we figured he’d moved on. Looks like he’s still around!

 

[JAS_OH1]

Norm, my backyard groundhog, is back!
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This is the first time we’ve seen him this year. He decamped last summer when we put out the motion-activated sprinkler to deter him from eating my veggie garden (which was kind of the point) so we figured he’d moved on. Looks like he’s still around!

They hibernate in winter! Ours (Stewie) has been around for 2 years. She's quite tame. Thankfully she doesn't like veggies, she likes peanut butter sandwiches, bananas, and peanuts. And grass.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I did find about 20 ripe raspberries in the veg plot today. Several apples from the apple tree were down, so I have those to the chooks because they had bird damage.

I need to plant the garlic out this weekend but it's due to rain heavily and we'll likely get hit badly because it's coming down diagonally NW to SE across the country and when it does that, we get lots of rain usually.