Speaking of the rebel tobacco plant, here is a recent photo:
Cigarette tube shown for scale.
/johnny
Posted on 03/28/2014 12:39:07 PM PDT by greeneyes
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That’s high enough to make you sweat!LOL
Thanks for the plant porn.LOL
Thanks for the informative post.
That’s a lot of dill.
Adding those pots to the outside, rightly, makes about 90 pots and some of those I just transplanted have more than one plant in a pot and will need splitting into their own larger pot but I didn't have any larger pots for those plants but they had to get out of those 5 oz. cups. The larger ones I have left are for seven kinds of tomatoes under the grow lamp and I need more of those larger kinds for even those tomatoes.
There are other plants than tomatoes under the grow lamp and I just estimated how many more plants there would need pots and it's about 21 more plants other than tomatoes that will need pots. So, there will be more than 100 pots out there, maybe 130, for this whole group of present plants. I have certain sweet pepper seeds coming and want two of those planted. Then, I'm just reminded by Johnny about Cilantro, so toss that in.
Just thought about looking at the fingerling potatoes I put in a paper bag in the pantry to see if the eyes would produce growth and yes, I see some eyes with tiny bits of growth coming out. I haven't had those in there long, as in days not weeks, so maybe they will all do their thing and then go in a potato big bag from that Mega Garden place which I have.
Greeneyes, if I were you, I would call that place to find out where your bags are at this point.
Johnny, I've got 9 tobacco plants in 5 pots and none of the pots are big enough - have to get larger pots for all 9 plants very soon.
I sweat way before 82! I have a narrow comfort zone. ;)
Here in Panama, they charge $3.00+ for a 12ounce jar of pickles.
I said to myself, "Self, bleep that!". With cukes at 0.27 a pound and garlic very cheap, I can make a 32-oz jar of good tart Kosher dills for about 80-85 cents, cold-pack style (no cooking involved).
My friends pay me a buck a jar and promise to return the jars (and do), and it's all working out nicely.
LOTS of dill, mate. LOTS!
/johnny
/johnny
Speaking of the rebel tobacco plant, here is a recent photo:
Cigarette tube shown for scale.
/johnny
I find that by not wearing pants, I can keep much cooler. ;)
/johnny
Put some tomato seedlings and spinach seeds in yesterday. I also have shallots, onions and garlic planted. I have carrots growing in a container, since my neighbor had good luck with that last year.
I’ll be putting turnips and leaf lettuce in the garden tomorrow. I plan to plant some bush beans and see how they grow. I have enough room for a few bushes and we love fresh beans.
rightly, we are fast going into no pants time for Johnny.
He doesn't let nudity slow him down - raced out nude with fire extinguisher when a neighbor's house was burning - and at major holiday time, even in winter, pants end up on roof. He says from his early childhood, he saw no benefit in pants. That is paraphrasing what he said but that is the gist of it.
Um... we're there. It's over 70F here. Raggedy cut-offs and tank tops are the dress uniform of the day.
/johnny
It’s on my list.
Well so do I, if I’m not digging.LOL
Make that clearer. If sitting still, I may sweat at 80 degrees or more.
If digging, I will sweat at lower temps.
LOL I do wear shorts.
Here in Maryland, the snow is almost off the ground on our little farm. Normally at this time of year, we have had to mow at least once, but it still looks like December here - no new grass, no greening of the trees - a very late spring. We are just now getting a tree guy out to fix the damage from the February ice storm (tree guys have been uber busy) - we lost a few trees and the tops off some really old ones. I stood on my front step and watched the tops of my trees break off and fall to the ground. My heart fell, too.
It should be above freezing this week so I am finally going to start my lavender seeds. I’m digging up my hosta paths (tired of giving the deer a salad bar) and planting lavender instead. The hosta were gorgeous - for a couple weeks - until the marauders came. They don’t like lavender and I’ve had good luck with it so far, so it seems a fair switch to me. I have many takers for the hosta.
I got some Ozark Beauty strawberry plants today and I’ll get them in. We got a bumper crop of blueberries last year but I don’t think the bushes made it through this horrid winter. Guess I have to get some new ones.
The jury is out on the fig as well.
We are shearing the alpacas early this year so I hope the frigid days are gone for good.
Looking forward to getting my hand in some dirt this weekend - between the rainstorms! Looks like the flowers and fruits and beehives (and maybe the alpaca babies) will be a bit late this year.
I planted some pole bean, corn, and squash seed yesterday. Tomatoes and pepper plants are already in the ground, and the cooler weather crops will come out in a couple days.
Today, the Mrs and I have been partaking of some spring cleaning in the front enclosure. I broke out the old cement mixer and have been dumping soil from old pots into it and repotting plants. So far, I've repotted the Bay Tree, 2 Natal Plum bushes, several banana trees, and a Date palm.
It's amazing how the potting soil compacts over a year, and how little it takes to break it up again. I've been mixing in fresh horse manure to complement the older soil.
Our mulberry tree is full of immature fruit already. It should start ripening in a couple weeks. Hopefully, I can beat the birds to it.
I've been having trouble with grapes. I've planted muscadines and Siebel 9110 because of the problem with Pierces Disease in the area, but I just don't seem to have any luck with them. The amazing grape is one that I grew from a grape seed from the grocery store........It just doesn't seem to be affected by anything and keeps plugging along.
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