Thread: In The Garden 2020

Maybe they picked up a hitchhiker

Planted Okra yesterday. I had started them indoors, and I just had to get outside. It may still be a bit early in Upstate NY, as it just may drop below freezing up here. I think I will be OK as I have a nice wall against the north wind and the temps look like they are going to be safe. Then again, it is upstate NY, you never know when the weather will turn on you..

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So you 'plant' the log and mushrooms grow out. Tim? I see you have a new truck?


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New truck since you and I have met. Broadsided a deer one morning at highways speed, Airbags went off so totaled.

I wanted to keep it but not economical at the time.

Planted the last of my mushrooms for the spring. A purpose built bit and an plunger type inoculator for sawdust spawn.

Each red spot in the pictures is a hole covered in beeswax. An organic red crayon was added to the wax to see what you have done easier.



No affiliation but look up Field and Forest mushrooms from Wisconsin and they have interesting tutorials.

Looking at the picture I can tell which log i started and ended with as the holes got farther apart.....

Man, you are an amazing dude, Tim!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So you 'plant' the log and mushrooms grow out. Tim? I see you have a new truck?


So as to birds, I have been leaving the jays alone, but a huge limb from the neighbor's tree fell on my lemon tree during a storm.
Fortunately, the nest was fine and momma was not around, so I removed the limb and straightened it up some.
My little lemons seem ok and the babies are fine.
Problem is....I now see 3 babies!! WTF?
2 eggs...
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2 hatchlings..
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But now, 3 little mouths!
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I read where blue jays have been known to steal eggs and hatchlings, but...........

Tom, I've seen many, many double yolk chicken eggs and in fact a hen I had laid a triple yolk once.

Here's a link on the event. Apparently the likelihood of the twins survival is very slim:

https://blog.lauraerickson.com/2012/04/normal.html

I dunno, Roy! Nature's surprises, I suppose!

Put the trellis in for the cucumbers.



They were grabbing ahold of the garlic and themselves. Already have a bunch of flowers on them.

Well our wrens fledged the other day. We noticed that we hadn't seen or heard them so we gave them a day or two before I climbed up and looked in.

Sure enough the nest was empty. I was a little concerned that maybe a snake got them because that seemed awfully quick, (my point of reference is chickens) so I checked online and what I found said they hatch in 16-18 days and fledge 12-18 days later so that timeline is about right. Besides, they looked near ready a few days ago which surprised me also but I guess that's what it is.

Cool, Paul-Another bonus if you're a fire-bug like I am: the old nests make the best fire-starters if you have a pit or chimenea. I keep a bin of that kind of stuff on my deck along with old candle stumps I can drip on to logs, drier lint, pine cones, etc. Then of course the ashes are great for planting beds!