The Garden Thread - August, 2025

August 1, 2025 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

[Paul R.]

So far, I’ve not seen the black rat snake again, and I put our largest rooster in the shed / oversize chicken house where I saw it. That’s where I raise chicks (and I just bought some “Majesty Morans” @ Rural King, so, hopefully Mr. Rooster will do his duty if Mr.(?) snake shows up. He’s cooked, as in for our dinner, if he doesn’t!) (The chicks are in large dog cages the roo can’t get in to, until they get a little bigger. They are just about ready to “fly”, so, Rural King had them at half price. That roo is kinda old and slow, so, in another week or two, I doubt he could catch them.)

[Paul R.]

Happy Labor Day Weekend, All!

Don’t “labor” too much!!! :-)

[MomwithHope]

I used to make my own crust from scratch. Now I just buy Rhodes bread dough. 4 or 5 frozen loafs in a package. Less money, less ingredients. I take one loaf out the night before, put it in a food storage bag and leave it out on the counter. It thaws, and rises in the bag and is ready to roll out and put the toppings on. I sprinkle with granulated garlic first.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Not EVEN $10 if you’ve been saving chicken parts. ;)

Thanks for the reminder - I have two ‘spent’ chickens in the freezer and all kinds of veggie trimmings to use to make stock; soup weather will be here before you know it!

‘Mom’ introduced me to a seasoning called, ‘Vegeta.’ I’ve been adding it to my chicken stock and it really, ‘kicks it up a notch’ to quote Emeril Lagasse. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Dedicated to our new Mascot, Howard. And if you already have/had a loving dog (or two) in your life, you already ARE a Millionaire!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[left that other site]

Good Morning!

Tippy, The Wonder Dog Blue Heeler, Herder of Wild Turkeys, Deer, and Groundhogs, Empress of the Trailer Park, and Beloved Furbaby to Freeper LTOS, Welcomes Howard to the Fold.

Now, behave yourselves, or I'll unleash my Inner Dingo on Yo' A$$.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! :)

[Blurb2350]

It could be worse, Augie. She could kill the dog and take you to the pound.

[metmom]

Much cooler weather here. FINALLY, and some rain in the forecast.

I still have some seedlings to get out, hopefully in the next day or two, mostly cool weather crops but a few beans I don’t expect much out of unless we have a nice warm fall.

[Qiviut]

"Done" for the day. My 2 primary goal were to get the sickly lavenders transplanted to raised beds & replace them with the 2 new boxwoods. I had to go to the Farm Bureau for soil & compost, move pallets & get everything unloaded, then start digging.

Boxwoods (actually 3 gallon size) in their new home, lavender in a new raised bed home. This is the better of the two lavenders - looks ok, but it's dying off from the bottom. Better draining soil should help the lavenders, if they survive. It needs cutting back, but it's still got good blooms, so not quite time yet.

My best dahlia bloom to date - first 2 were missing petals. I have 3 other plants with buds & the blooms should be different. The lavender is my cheap plant from Walmart. It started blooming almost as soon as I planted it & has been blooming all summer. I wish I knew what it was - gorgeous color.