Weekly Gardening Thread (Useful links) Vol. 11, March 16, 2012

Friday, March 16, 2012 | JustaDumbBlonde

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Previous weeks' threads:

Weekly Gardening Thread (Catalog Fever) Vol. 1 Jan 6, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Seeds) Vol. 2, January 13, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 3, January 20, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (U.S. Hardiness Zones) Supplemental Vol. 1
Weekly Gardening Thread (Soil Types) Vol. 4, January 27, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation) Vol. 5, February 03, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation) Vol. 6, February 10, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation?) Vol. 7, February 17, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Home Sweet Home) Vol. 8, February 24, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Soil Structure Part 1) Vol. 9, March 2, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Transplanting Tomatoes) Vol. 10, March 9, 2012

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Detailed State Plant Hardiness Zone Maps

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Colorado	Indiana	Minnesota	New York	South Carolina	West Virginia
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Delaware	Kansas	Missouri	North Dakota	Tennessee	Wyoming

International Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
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China
Europe
Japan

[rightly_dividing]

Good morning and thanks for the links.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Good morning! You’re very quick today!

[Jemian]

Thank you for this thread. Ahhh, the wonders of a garden! Temps >70F and the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming. Base of operations is outside and I am freeping in my hammock. Love warm weather.

Make an Easter Garden! I just came across this this week.

[Jemian]

I LOVE your tagline.

[MrB]

I figured out how to reimburse someone for mailing me the mimosa seeds I’m looking for -

I’ll donate $5 to FR!

Anyone that can come up with about 20-30 of them, let me know.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning! We're having unseasonably warm weather in Central Maryland. Several days ago, all of my Ice Follies daffodils erupted into bloom at the same time. My roses are in leaf and it looks like a good season thus far.



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[MissMagnolia]

I planted mesclun last year as opposed to a specific lettuce ... but I may try one of these different ones this year ... I have an aversion to iceberg:

Beyond Iceberg: Heirloom Lettuce Varieties Offer Color and Flavor

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Thanks for the link! We’re enjoying warm weather too ... a bit too warm when you factor in the humidity.

[metmom]

What a great idea to post links to previous threads.

[colinhester]

Please add me to list. Planting garden this year for the first time in my life. Could use all the help I can get......Colin

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Welcome, and please let us know if you have questions! You may want to look back through the previous threads to gather tips.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Thank you, metmom!

[tubebender]

I’m sure glad I planted a cover crop last fall because our rain has returned and is hell bent on making up the 9” deficit we have built up when it should have been here. Cover crops are a must in the rainy Pacific North West. Our local paper had a article from the AP on composting yesterday and I’ll post if I find it.

I went over to our Church and changed the oil in the little pavement sweeper yesterday but I had to make some changes to drain the old oil so it doesn’t run all over the motor mount and floor.

[Tatze]

[JustaDumbBlonde]

lol lol lol ohhhhhhhh.

[rightly_dividing]

We are planning on planting our maters tomorrow after last week's rainout. At two foot spacing, we have twenty-four vacancies to be filled with store bought seedlings of whatever she wants to plant. We are a couple of weeks late, but my seedlings really needed the extra growth time anyway.

[Arrowhead1952]

I bought two heat wave and two hot spell tomato plants yesterday and put them in the garden. I have about 24 other seedlings that will be in the ground by next weekend.

Cucumber seedlings are almost ready to transplant. Lettuce and spinach are doing great with the temps. Onions are growing well too.