2025 Gardening thread, whatcha growing or doing in the yard

[GTN]

Big storm is heading for you @Saltwater60
It just plowed through Avon and is heading NW weird!
Heavy rains and we had two lightning strikes right four houses down from us. It took this big branch out of my maple tree that’s 20 feet away and threw it in the backyard. Luckily it didn’t take out the vegetable garden.

 

[Saltwater60]

Big storm is heading for you @Saltwater60
It just plowed through Avon and is heading NW weird!
Heavy rains and we had two lightning strikes right four houses down from us. It took this big branch out of my maple tree that’s 20 feet away and threw it in the backyard. Luckily it didn’t take out the vegetable garden.

Thanks for the heads up but it appears to be missing me by mere blocks. I had a project to finish up that required painting a rooftop and exterior work so it’s enough to get me to say no and piss me off but not enough to help with the poor garden.

 

[GTN]

Just had a weird encounter in some mulch I was get ready to spread. I went to pick it up and it just laid there. All of a sudden it took off like a snake and fast. I grabbed it and it played dead.
wtf kind of worm is it?
I put it in a bucket of water

 

[Saltwater60]

Just had a weird encounter in some mulch I was get ready to spread. I went to pick it up and it just laid there. All of a sudden it took off like a snake and fast. I grabbed it and it played dead.
wtf kind of worm is it?
I put it in a bucket of water

Probably an Asian jumping worm. Not good. I have them and they are bad news. They eat all the nutrients from the top of the soil much faster depleting the nutrients for plants. Apparently they do a number on plant roots and strawberry patches. I think it’s why I can’t grow garlic. Look up Asian jumping worm. Only thing I’ll tell you is they say a telltale sign is the white band mine do not have a white band. It’s the movement that gives it away.

 

[GTN]

Probably an Asian jumping worm. Not good. I have them and they are bad news. They eat all the nutrients from the top of the soil much faster depleting the nutrients for plants. Apparently they do a number on plant roots and strawberry patches. I think it’s why I can’t grow garlic. Look up Asian jumping worm. Only thing I’ll tell you is they say a telltale sign is the white band mine do not have a white band. It’s the movement that gives it away.

I watched a video on them. Confirmed it is it. On Eddsmaps.com you can make a sighting report

 

[Saltwater60]

I watched a video on them. Confirmed it is it. On Eddsmaps.com you can make a sighting report

I do not make sighting reports becuase I don’t want anyone showing up at my house. There is no way to get rid of them so I figure what’s the point.
BTW read about their life cycle and I kill what I can. Last time I did a round of killing I had to put them in water with 50% laundry detergent to kill them or they crawled out

 

[GTN]

I do not make sighting reports becuase I don’t want anyone showing up at my house. There is no way to get rid of them so I figure what’s the point.
BTW read about their life cycle and I kill what I can. Last time I did a round of killing I had to put them in water with 50% laundry detergent to kill them or they crawled out

I better go check the bucket

 

[Saltwater60]

I better go check the bucket

So did it escape? Last time I did a round of killing I had a little bucket and they were racking out as fast as I could add them to the bucket. I did the soap and water mixture and tossed them in that by the handful from a little bag. I must have done 4-5 rounds of 10-15 worms each. Each time I dumped them in the soap and water mixture they would cause the water to appear to boil for a minute until they died. They are strong little worms

 

[GTN]

I went to dump the 5 gal bucket and there was a dead chipmunk in it.
It has a trap door lid on it so it should still be in there

 

[GTN]

I went to dump the 5 gal bucket and there was a dead chipmunk in it.
It has a trap door lid on it so it should still be in there

 

[GTN]

I went to dump the 5 gal bucket and there was a dead chipmunk in it and I just didn’t want to deal with it
It has a trap door lid on it so it should still be in there

 

[fresch]

I went to dump the 5 gal bucket and there was a dead chipmunk in it and I just didn’t want to deal with it
It has a trap door lid on it so it should still be in there

How many times you gonna dump it?

 

[GTN]

It’s dead

 

[GTN]

How many times you gonna dump it?

I just realized what you meant by this. No clue why