Posted on 06/06/2014 12:39:39 PM PDT by greeneyes
Peas are surviving in the pots of potting mix. This is the longest they have survived. Squirrels turned over a couple of pots, so I had to put them back - those may not revive.
Corn is at least knee high. New seedlings were only 50% germination which is better than the zero I got last time, so a combo of less than vital seeds and jiffy mix I guess.
Peanuts in a combo of jiffy mix and potting mix all germinatied 100%.
I have been processing Strawberries this week. Made some syrup/juice, jam, and will be dehydrating some fruit leather tonight. I love to eat fresh strawberries for breakfast and snacks during the day, so my taster is happy happy happy.
I have a sourdough starter going. Will be making some biscuits for supper tonight. About 1/4 of the flour is from wheat that I grew and processed in an extra coffee grinder.
Gardening chores have taken a back seat this week, due to my feankiplumlego. This involves the feet, ankles, hips, lumbar spine, and legs primarily on the right side.
Was not able to put any weight on the right foot at all. Last time it struck, it took a couple of months to get back to where I could walk well with a cane. Hoping it's a light spell this time. Seems to be. Am able to walk with the cane and about 50% weight on the carpeted areas, so progress has been better so far.
I got the rubber mats back down in the kitchen (spring cleaning went too slow) and dug out some slip on tennis shoes and added 3 way arch supports, and staying off my feet as much as possible.
I was planning on starting a weight lifting program to strengthen my body, but that's on hold, and the walking program has been discontinued for a while.
With all my chores taking longer, I have been off the computer except to search for washing machine repair. I'll be backtracking through the rest of last week's thread today.
Hope you all had a great week. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
do ya do hops, climbing roses, buddha belly bamboo, etc???
Dick.G: AMERICAN!
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Pinging the list.
This last winter has made it clear that one should only buy plants that can easily survive in the zone where you live. We have pulled out many conifers that just couldn’t hack it. Joe Bastardi is predicting next winter to be as bad or worse in our area (upper midwest). Meanwhile, down in Madistan, the big nursery has sales people suggesting that, due to global warming, you can easily go one or even two zones toward the warmer climes...idiots!
I do not personally do those, but I have seen mention of such by others on the ping list.
Personally I would advise going 1 or 2 zones colder. Since the new zone chart from the government has reclassed us as zone 6, and zone 5 plants bit the dust last winter.
Was not able to put any weight on the right foot at all. Last time it struck, it took a couple of months to get back to where I could walk well with a cane. Hoping it's a light spell this time. Seems to be. Am able to walk with the cane and about 50% weight on the carpeted areas, so progress has been better so far.
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I'm so sorry. I hope that you're better soon!
I am about to give up. Had a tomato plant that already had a baby tomato on it. All I had to do is water the thing. Muerto. My yellow squash, had 6 gorgeous plants. Over knee high and had beautiful flowers. No fruit. My 12 string bean plants yeilded a total of 12 string beans. Have a strawberry plant in the ground. Hasn’t gotten bigger in 3 months.
And on and on. Heck, I can’t even grow grass and that is with the no-fail kits. But everyone around me perfect lawns. Maybe I will put in zeroscape out front and just grow herbs. They are the only thing producing for me.
We couldn’t agree more.
Even though the charts claim that we are zone 6, I try to grow only those plants that are good for zone 3 or 4. I’ve had both zone 5 and 6 plants die here.
If we can stay away from the really hot weather for a few more weeks, I think this is going to be a good year.
I have lived on my current street in the Philly burbs for six years and this winter finally killed off a couple of fig trees in a neighbor’s yard that were well-established when I arrived.
Watching the Omaha Beach footage and the carnage was a very stark reminder of how costly that war was. I just want to say thanks to any of our remaining Veterans from then as well as all the wonderful people who have served since then.
It is a reminder of just how incredible things happen when we are united in purpose.
Sorry to hear about the health problem. Not being able to walk normal really puts a crimp in life.
I pray that you recover quickly.
Wow hope you can get over the little spell of attacks to your legs and joints. Bad time of the busy year to hit—well its never a good time is it. Surprised with all the rains recently in MO. you only had a little bit come your way.
Ever try cut strawberries directly into the pancake mix?
Yum yum....
Thanks, I am not sure what exactly it is, but I do know that walking around the basement without shoes and standing in the kitchen with out rubber mats seems to agravate it.
My practioner told me a long time ago, that there was a limited number of things that could cause it, and all of them would be treated with adequate orthotic support, so we didn’t really do any xrays or anything.
Whenever it strikes, I just get religious about wearing shoes and getting rubber mats placed in appropriate standing area in the kitchen.
Nothing is going to get done until I get better.
/johnny
Our tomatos are a bust for this year. Two don’t want to fruit due to extreme heat, the rest of the 10 plants were attacked by squirrels or birds while we were away last weekend and took half of our crop. We did get a few lemon drop grape tomatos to munch on yesterday.
My peppers are entirely different. Have lots of very large banana peppers and jalapenos, cayenne are doing good, chiltepins are covered with peppers, ghost peppers are doing well.
I am sorry for your discouragement. I would investigate the soil first. Have you tested your soil? Have you tried raised beds with good dirt and plenty of organic material added?
Our soil in the front yard does the same thing, but the soil in the back yard does great. Just because your neighbors are growing stuff, doesn’t mean that your soil is just as good.
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