Weekly Gardening Thread – 2011 (Vol. 48) December 9

Free Republic | 12-9-2011 | Red_Devil 232

[tubebender]

Are you thinking along these lines for your dream greenhouse? This is what I wish for when I think of a Green House. It is 50 ACRES UNDER GLASS growing fresh cut flowers for wholesale to large store across the country. This operation is in the town of Arcata Ca which is 5 miles north of us plus they have 2 other operations in the U.S.

Do a search for Sun Valley Floral Farm for more information. I'll post a photo of my latest green house later

[tubebender]

The Bender & Bender greenhouse.This is my "temporary green house"and is 8 X 8 and cost less then $300 from Lowes delivered… The seedling flats are 1/3 of the flats of flowers Lady Bender starts every year.

[tubebender]

This was my greenhouse for almost 30 years until wood rot caused it to cave in. It was 13 feet in diameter and was glass with a extra plastic cover and It grew thousands of seedlings over that 30 years…

[JustaDumbBlonde]

The rainfall in the area has been non-existent and, when hubby and I came through there in Sept., everything was on fire. Smoke was choking us in the vehicle.

What was stark and confusing is that you could almost draw a line at the Louisiana border and it was much greener. Don't get me wrong, we have been classified as drought and extreme drought, but obviously there had been rain at critical times in Louisiana.

I don't know if the Sabine River has anything to do with it, because there are so many times that rain will be coming at us from the east and it gets to Vicksburg and never comes across the border. I've watched it for years and years. Granted, the Mississippi is larger than the Sabine, but it would seem that the river has something to do with it.

[satan69]

South FL Gardening Pictures!

I worked for 2 hrs this morning in the Garden, Feeling funny so I am going to stop for the day, Sorta warm today in South FL... I found these while out playing in the Garden.. The Green one is a Burpee Original Hubbard. Yes it’s really that big and it was hiding under the leafs. I am in the garden every day but I missed these!

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4646/1000355a.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4626/1000356u.jpg

[trisham]

Very nice!

[trisham]

Does it affect the taste? I wonder if it would make tomatoes sweeter?

[greeneyes]

Oh My! Nothing so ginourmous. We only have a one acre lot. Double car Garage size would be great, but I’d settle for an 8 by 8 that could with stand tornados.

I actually have a patio that is 10 by 22 feet that would make a great sun room/green house combo, if I ever win the lottery. Then I could walk directly from the basement office/computer and family room into the sunroom and harvest my tomatoes in the winter with out ever going out into the cold. LOL.

[satan69]

Not that I know of, My dad taught me to do that long long ago, There again they used to mix DDT with the Lime.. Kept the bugs away for years, Perfect cabbage heads! :-}

[greeneyes]

Now that I might be able to save up and get since we have a social security cola next year. Depends on how much everything goes up. LOL.

[trisham]

LOL! How things have changed. :)

[afraidfortherepublic]

I woke up in the middle of the night, and I’m watching Crazy Christmas Lights and they are featuring the lighted tractor parade from Ferndale. (Humboldt Co.) Do you ever go to see that? It looks like a blast.

[tubebender]

Ferndale is just a few miles south of us and our daughter and family go every year but we have never been. Ferndale also features the tallest living Christmas tree in their community parks. My SiL grew up in Ferndale where his father was a history teacher in the high school. Very interesting town. We enjoyed the lighted truck parade last night just a few blocks from the Vast Bender Estate...

[satan69]

LOTS OF SEED CATALOGS!
Perfect for the winter weather...
ENJOY

http://www.rickharrison.com/texts/info/seedsources.html

[tillacum]

Thank you for volunteering, so thoughtful and you are so busy too. A Great Big Thank You!

[tillacum]

We went out to the chicken farm, and inquired about the chicken manure. The owner pointed to a pile by the chicken houses and said, “take what you need”. Now, I’m asking my hubby to help me blow the oak leaves from the berm onto a tarp to be put into the compost pile, plus pot ash, plus chicken manure, then come Jan or Feb, disk up and plow the area I have selected for our garden enlargement..oooo weee, I’ll just watch the steam and compost break down and into the garden area.

Oh, I need some prayers if ya’ll would mention the community garden. Seems there is a bit of a snag transferring the land from the owner to our little town. The lawyer, I’m told is dragging his pen (?) feet in the transfer. Don’t know why, I’m not involved in that, I’m just involved in getting the property ready, the gardeners their plots, the money for the electricity and water, stuff like that. There are people interested and would like to do some gardening and some people willing to help the gardeners.

[tillacum]

The same happens here. West and north of the Brazos will get rain, but not us. But we do get the humidity from the river.

[tillacum]

I’m jealous. So nice.

[satan69]

Thank you and thank god for FL!

[who knows what evil?]

Outstanding group of seed companies in one convenient location...I do business with quite a few of them...thanks!