re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Ended up with 6.39 inches for the day. Pond is full for the first time in a long time.

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I wish my wife would can this stuff.

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Do it yourself baw. I inherited my grandmothers and mothers canning equipment because my sister didn't want it. I've actually enjoyed learning how do can different things.

We bought a new (to us) place last summer. When I expand my shop I'm actually going to use some of that space as my "canning kitchen" so I don't destroy the one in the house when I can stuff.

Okay guys, something has been eating up my bell peppers. Leaves and fruit have holes in them. I have broken open the fruits and there is no insect/worm/slug inside them. Cannot find any insects in or around the soil either. Plants are otherwise healthy, but at this rate, I will never harvest any peppers. I sprinkled Sevin dust on them last week, and plucked off all damaged fruit. New fruits have holes in them now even after sevin dust.

Any ideas?

Looks fantastic
that rain all day and night has everything here supercharged. I swear the vining plants grew a foot overnight

You have way more tomatoes than i do…I have luscious plant growth but not many flowers

I have a can of beer I keep just for that purpose. Bar is open, you slimy bastards.

Thanks y'all.

About 3/4 of the potatoes are in. Didn’t want them to start rotting in h the ground after all that rain.

Man, I love some fresh beets.

My first tomato will be ready to pick in 2 more days. Cannot wait.

in other news, twice this week I have spied the prettiest little rabbit in my yard.

my cat has killed two little bunnies in the last 2 weeks.
he caught another one last night. The dog has noticed all the things he's killing every evening (birds, mice, rabbits, some weird mole looking rat) so he just watches him from inside and waits for him to catch something then he darts out the house to go steal it from him like a big jerk. So last night he darts out the house and i go follow and sure enough he's got a little baby rabbit in his mouth, not dead yet. I was able to get him to let it go and took it from him and held it a little while before going hide it in my cast iron plants against the fence, where i'm sure he lives. he hopped away eventually so wasn't too injured, but i'm sure he'll end up dead if he keeps hoping around my backyard.
Cat has been doing a wonderful job of killing mice, which have been a terror to my garden the last year and a half, but not anymore thanks to my killer cat.

I only have male flowers so far on Blue Hubbard and Zucchini. Still no sign of the red moth. Just started picking cucs, cherry tomatoes and jalapenos.