fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[fuzzi]

Thursday Updates (forgot to post)

Tomatoes are taking off, I need to string them.

Harvested 4 turnips, yum!

Lawnmower clippings...

And Friday

Coop dirt... not hot, but the composted stuff underneath the straw.

Side-dressing the berry area.

Progress!

I spent just over three hours outside this morning. It's barely 80° but the sun is hot. After digging out old soil from the main coop, spreading it around the gardens, mowing the ditch area by the road last night, and then the side yard today...I'm done.

Tomorrow is another day...

 

[Baymule]

Summer heat, get an early start, take lots of water breaks, quit at 11 or 12 noon.

 

[fuzzi]

Summer heat, get an early start, take lots of water breaks, quit at 11 or 12 noon.

Yep. I quit just after noon.

 

[fuzzi]

I didn't think I would be able to work outside today, I had the sweats on and off all night, which is the precursor to heat exhaustion. After going to the farmers' market I watered all the gardens, fairly deeply as we've not had any rain in 2-3 weeks!

Then I decided to water my house plants on the front porch, which led to me setting them on their stands, which led to me sweeping the porch...and I wound up cleaning, decluttering, and arranging things. Since I wasn't working in the sun the heat didn't bother me. I made fresh potting soil for the annuals using compost, peat moss, and a little of last year's soil.

Annuals are all planted now.

While I was working on the porch I had the hose set to trickle, and watered the hydrangeas, Japanese maple, and gardenia bush.

I took the remaining load of chicken coop litter and dumped it on the bare dirt by the berry area. It can start working magic on that mess of clay clods.

Amaryllis are about to bloom.

Water lilies are blooming!

Hello frog!

Hello to you, too!

 

[SageHill]

All looks so pretty. We are slowly moving to the brown season.

 

[fuzzi]

All looks so pretty. We are slowly moving to the brown season.

Thank you. We get an average of 48" of precipitation annually, that's why it usually looks green here. If we have a dry period during the heat of summer the grass does get crunchy.

 

[murphysranch]

I loved your photos!!

 

[fuzzi]

I loved your photos!!

Thank you!

Six days after sowing, pumpkin seedling is up.

As are cantaloupes!

Tree frog

 

[Baymule]

Sprouts are so exciting! I love little tree frogs.