A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat What did you do in the garden today? #12

Started up the new one...

barb--I have just been catching up---this afternoon (if it is not raining) I will attempt to take a pic of my tomatoes cages, and post it in here for you to see---right now toms are in the way---but you may be able to get the idea.

about my Hen & chicks--when my MIL moved into the assisted livng she gave me a "hen & chicks pot"-----the other day when my friend saw I only had 1 remaining plant in it, she gave me some replacements. As she gave me more thatn I need---- I am going to put the extra around my air-conditioner--esp now that you have told me i can do it--thanks

Are you talking about the little hens and chicks that people put in pots and keep inside? I didn't know they'd grow outside.

Mine live outside in zone 5.

I have hens and chicks that are outside. In zone 5 too! I have one that is called cobweb that is quite small and has little cobwebby things on it. I will try to get a picture to post later. I have some large ones which I got from my grandmothers which are very old and spread and spread all over. I love my Hens and Chicks. :ding:

I sure want to see them.. I have green ones and burgundy colored ones..Like them both....You do nothing to them and they grow.. Mine is in a spot which is mostly tiny rocks.

Maybe I will want some of yours???????????

I will try to get some pictures tomorrow. I would love to share some of mine, but how would i get them to you? i do nothing to them and they are planted around rocks.

We have a mail box...........

They are a funny thing......If they are like mine..........The little piece below the flower even an inch I think is all you need......
Show me first .........They have to be shipped dry......Like in newspaper, cause they rot in wet...

mine died, I think everythign I had died this year

Hens/chickens are cold weather lovers.......If you live in arkansas , it is most likely too hot........

Or they dont like wet either......They will rot......

well wet is one thing it was not this year...they say we are still in a drough

We got wet all day today..
Supposed to rain for 6 days out of 10.........However it is not cold .. We dont care......

cold here tonight, in the 40's but I bet you don't call that cold. I've been about to freeze because I got wet. Has rained here for 3 days now

I looked at the thermometer and it is 56 here right now at 10:36.......
At 32º we think it is cold..

Right now I think I am sleepy and must set my wet hair. If I am a good girl I migh t get to see Haley in the A.

Bye for now ......

I have some extra of the hen & chicks my friend gave to me--if you want some- the extra ones i heve seem to be green with a small bit of burgunday at the outer ring--how does one ship them?/

I only have 2 of the totally green ones---

Hey--Bali: (is that right??)
below is a view from the front of the tomato cages my DH made me-(welded)- from an old gate.
there are 2--- together they form a sort of 3-sided rectangle



here is a view from the back.------ The steaks holding them in the garden are actually roof bolts from a coal mine. dad retired from a mine, DH worked in one several years & BIL still does.

I see a little tomatoe peeking throught the bottom.

Yep from the front you can see alot of green toms--I can't wait to fry some. SIL did not pass his PT so he is on a strict regine so he can stay in the navy reserves--

you know--I was all excited to plant cherokee purple toms this year--I did not get to eat one--they go from green to rotten--in one feld swoop--not gonna plant any next year---it was a good thing i had others to eat--and thank goodness i had chery toms on the porch in a pot.

To ship hen/c Crumble up newspaper and put them in the middle .. Put news paper on both sides.
Or if you use a bubbler.....I would say just put in news paper and roll it over a few times.

b

thanks for telling me of how to ship hen & chicks--

these tomatoe cages are not new--DH made them for me when we were still on the farm--They work great--they are nice & heavey so the toms never weigh them down.---PLus I like it that he made them for me !!!

soemtime when they are "empty" I will show them to you again---
and I like these better--I can get to the complete plant & never have trouble with not being able to get to the inside---the first ones the DH made me were like the ones my father made --(round) --so when they wore out--my DH designed & made these--i love them---

a round trellis--hummmmmmmmmmm I am gonna have to design one---he will make me anything I want but I have to draw it for him first---

Great Idea, thanks for sharing......My roundones just kilted right over.. he is correct .Heavier is better..

All I did in my garden today was take pictures of the Hens and Chickens. I could not believe I did not have many pictures already

These are my cob web I was telling you about.

and these are the blossoms they have in the summer.
more pictures next post

Here is a picture of some i planted in a strawberry pot 2 year ago. Hope they will grow and spread over the pot. The middle is bare as the chipmunks ate some this summer Have to put more in next spring and get a pinwheel to put in pot to discourage my chipmunks.


and here are some different type that my grandmother had.

Let me know if you want some Dodge and I will try shipping you some.

Yes.........cob web only......The others look too much like mine ha ha.

Do you want some of my reds or something else like africian violets or house plants or seeds.

b

Look in your pm for the addy

Just put about 3 in a bubbler with newspaper around them .. that will be fine.

Ladyslipper--the cobweb hen & chicks are beautiful!!

Nice rock garden too!!! Good work!!!

This morning & went out onto my wet, drippy yard and planted the last of my hens & chicks, pulled up my morning glory, and watered (yes) my new flowers & my blackberries.

when I pulled out the morning glory, low & behold there was my hypernicum--() it is only about 5 or 6 inches tall but there it was--i am so happy--I just hope it does not freeze out the rest of the way this winter- I really like its pretty yellow flowers & pink tinged leaves---I hope I can nurse it back to health---
(does anyone know---should I cover it like one would a rose??)

today I finished cleaning out the veggie garden. Then I mowed and mulched leaves and bagged them. Hubby supervised as he can't do anything so the clean up is up to me. He sure can supervise though

Up here i always cover my gardens with mulched leaves, but to early to do that yet so have them bagged and ready.

This is the latest I have been still working in my gardens I think

i went in the garden today first time since i cleaned out the pond. i have to go back in the garden, it was nice today. did a little (very little) weeding, and took pictures. also dumped out some of the accumulated water from some pots. had fun just walking around

:ding: :ding:

Thats nice.......... It makes our day to run around the pond.
Ps.. i was up sisters to take photos of fish.
The camera died on me.

b

I gathered some seeds today. We had ran last week and I continue to be amazed at my tomato plants. Through this drought they have continued to produce without being watered and now after this rain they are loaded.

I am glad I picked yesterday..........I think frost tonite..It is so cold I froze the fingers out there using my camcorder to record the flowers that are left.
Why didnt I do that a month ago?

I froze my fingers ......
Staying inside and watching a camcorder movie of lil Haley and my husband.
It was so cute.....Now she is doing things ..

actually we had "rain" not ran.

I have been worthless today.

Your allowed to have a worthless day..Sunday is a day of rest.....
I am doing just that.

Trying to find a charging dock for a fuji s8000 camera.

I was watering my Liriope tht i have in my new flower bed-(1 on either side of the fird feeder ploe)- and I noticed that the birds had 'gone potty' on it quite a bit--so since it would be very difficult to move the bird feeder--I dug up the plants and moved them over about 15-16 inches away from the ploe--they should be safe now.

If I only knew what to plant directly under the bird feeder--i guess nothing, huh???

Fall is officially here in my part of Canada. My garden is cleaned up and so is my greenhouse, shut that down last week. I was sorry to see my pepper plants go but my heater had to run quite a bit to keep the heat up, so we cleaned it all up, ready for next year.

I still had a few green tomatoes left, waiting for them to turn then I'm making pizza sauce, last order for the year, everything else is done. It does feel good.

Why are your fingers frozen? I know that you have gloves. They may be garden gloves but they are gloves. Haven't I said this before???


Someone gave me hens and chicks years ago. I've never seen any in the stores. Where do you get yous?

I got side tracked. The reason I came to this forum is because today I raked some leaves, millions left to go, pruned a few plants, threw a few in the compost pile and checked out the tomato plants. I was going to clean them up but ended up bringing in some tomatoes instead. I'm going to leave them as long as their producing. The beets I planted in pots are coming up fine. I put out some late squash too. The plants look good but no squash yet.

Hens /chicks ..............I got my first ones from my sisters.Years ago.
DOnt know where they got theirs.

Are you wanting some???????

b

I was putting away the pots for winter.Pullin more seeds.White dahlias..
I had my garden gloves on .Tee hee..

i worked on my "green house" today. the one i posted about in the old forum. i think i'm going to try to find that post and make one here like it.