Today's Pickings

Discussion in 'Fruit and Veg Gardening' started by Zigs, May 29, 2025.

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    Cheers Sjoerd :)
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    Pretty sure that this will be the last Strawberry of the year, I cut it in half and shared it with Tetters :D

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    But hopefully not the last pepper :)

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    Got the remaining ones under fleece in the polytunnel as the frost will be here soon.
     
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    Very cool that you are still pickin' peppers but, it's a shame that your name's not Peter. :(. :D
     
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    :D Ziggy picked a bucket of muddy spuds doesn't have the same ring to it :D

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    No, it doesn't but, "Tetters tucked a ton of taters into a trug" sure does. :p
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    She's got a Trug :)

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    I am happy to announce than “trugs” are way out dated, could you imagine the weight? Yikes.:smt103
     
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    There are all sorts of trugs. wooden ones, rubber ones, and I was thinking like this one, below. I have three of these in yellow green. :D
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    No trugging stuff round here . I plop everything on a tarp wrap , tie sides with bungee cord attach to tractor just drag the load and off the we go to our destination. Then undo bungee cord and pull off and pots , garden clippings, whatever. This system is much easier on my joints. If I can fit it on the tarp then it’s a go no matter what it is. For large trugging I use the front loader on the big maintence tractor or attach the wagon to the lawn tractor. You’d be surprised at the stuff I have hauled around here over the years.

    I’m not supposed to lift anything over 8 pounds …haha… then nothing gets done …. so .…I even use my garden tractor to move the huge trash can out to the road which is on big wheels. By tilting the trash can and setting the handle on the top side of the trash can on the back of the lawn tractor we merrily roll down the long driveway and plop the trash can down . Which reminds me today is trash day. When the trash can is empty, I can just hold the handle and up the driveway we go . The lawn tractor is really the work horse of the garden along with leverage and Mindfulness.

    If it’s snowing then the sled comes out and use that to transfer what’s needed. Nope … not really… no sled just checking if you all are paying attention. :rolleyes:
     
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    I got one of the trugs out today and told Tetters I wanted all the leaves picking up...

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    She told me to sod off :rolleyes:
     
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    This'll confuse "cook" :D

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    Calling on @Zigs….is Anniekay’s answer correct. I bet ya one load of my special compost and three lily bulbs she is correct :fingerscrossed: .
     
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    Close Ladies, it's a Leek bulb :D
     
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    I picked a trug load of Spinach yesterday...

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    While I made Tetters dig some more Leeks and Potatoes :)

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