Posted on 02/21/2014 12:13:29 PM PST by greeneyes
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It’s been a warm sunny day here. We dragged all the container plants off the back porch and into their places in the yard and watered them down heavily. It appears they all overwintered well. It helps so much to have grow lights on the porch for them. I only watered them a few times since bringing them in.
On the seedling babies, I fed them some fish emulsion today. They are behind schedule, but that doesn’t matter too much, March 1 is just an early target, an easy gamble date. March 17 or 18 is the supposed last frost for date for here. YMMV
Fanick’s- I (still) promise a report. If only I can get there. Anything special you’re wondering about & I’ll make it a point to look? (Strawberry plants for me. I’m going to try & pick their brains re dewberries for patriot08 & of course, the maters) If it’s not yet Spring, its right around the corner. Lots to get done!
It sure feels Spring to me. (Some Februaries do this- even after a snow. 85 & 04 come to mind) The 10 day (weather channel) is a mixed bag, but not awful. At least not not compared to what we’ve had. I am soooo ready to start the flowers! :happy dance:
Thank you. Will be glad for spring. Car stuck on ice on the driveway, fell twice once on the ice on my belly and could not get up for awhile. Then fell again going back down with more salt, eventually got it out. Was so exhausted I took a 3 hour nap. What a day!
Nothing special for me, thanks. It's one of those places I've wanted to get to forever, and haven't, but I read all the neat events they host, and look at the pretty pictures, and follow their planting guides.
Tomorrow, the herbs/veggie companion planting thing they are hosting sounds very interesting.
Okay, you made me look, and it sounds delicious
Diana’s Queen of Sheba cake:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038100/posts?page=41#41
My three blackberry sticks definitely have new grow coming out. If I get one blackberry I'm making a cobbler for it.
I now have all but one 5 oz. cup into larger pots and the transplanting into those pots didn't harm them as they look good. Even the tobacco I figured I killed when I transplanted the tiny things, look good. I need to take some plants out of there but will have to do it with tweezers. I putting all these plants outside tomorrow into the small greenhouse. The forecast shows no freezing temp for the next week and a half and that's where the forecast ends so don't know what comes after that.
The tomato plants in the greenhouse are ready to go into their final large pots. I guess I can do that since they will be in pots and not in the ground if freezing weather gets here again.
Since all those pots will be outside tomorrow, I'll start the last group of seeds under the grow lamp.
That’s wonderful, Marcella!
“fell twice ... on the ice”
Next time leave the car where it is. A fall can put you totally out of action for a long while. You can’t afford that to happen.
Can anybody recommend a company from which to purchase non-GMO seed potatoes and onion sets?
The rest of the story is I did decide to leave the car where it was til later in the afternoon. My daughter went down with more salt so I gingerly eased into a chair. The phone rang, she had taken a key down with her and tried to move it, got it stuck worse out the road and it was a sitting duck. Hubby came home early from work and it took all 3 of us to get it out. I think I would have been Ok if she hadn’t tried to move it.
OH, how I envy you! There are still 24” of snow on my lawn and garden areas, and I won’t be able to start anything new until May.
Meanwhile, I look at the seed catalogues and weep.
So sorry to hear this, al. May your friend Chris rest in peace, and may he enjoy the most beautiful Garden of all.
Sorry to hear. May he rest in peace.
Who could have ever guessed that?
Personally, I find them rather...tasty.
Thank you for the ping. Today was very nice, almost tropical considering what it has been like these past weeks. The snow/ice has finally all melted and it is quite swamp like in the yard because the ground was still frozen and could not absorb the melted snow/ice.
The only ‘gardening’ I have been doing is watering the indoor plants. Two of my orchids are days away from displaying their colors. I planted the tops of three pineapples over these past weeks and it appears that one is taking root. The other two were not in the best of shape to begin with, but I could not help myself to see if I could get them to grow. If they take root they make a really fun plant to have during the summer.
After nearly two weeks of snow cover I was finally able to make my way out to the garden to empty my compost containers.
I am in the process of cleaning out the kitchen. Amazing how much stuff can be collected and stuffed in the backs of cabinets, never to be used or seen for decades.
The weather people say we have another polar vortex headed this way. So I will not be doing much or anything in the garden proper. I might just get through all these cabinets before spring returns.
Me too! If it weren't for the possibility that I would eventually need them in a stew, there would be none around my area. Maybe I should just buy more canned meat.
I was standing at the kitchen sink today and remembered that I need to cut some forsythia to bring in and force. Springtime.
I wish I could go tomorrow. DH has a seminar all day :-/
Been there, done that! Our driveway is 1/3 mile, uphill all the way, and fully glazed; had to walk down it a couple weeks ago. Slip, slide, WHAP! Twice.
And Tuesday, had first drag the Dish Net tech's sideways minivan backwards enough to squeeze past them; then tow them to the top & the county road.
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