Posted on 04/15/2016 5:16:21 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Volunteer Potatoes appear to be recovering a bit from the frost.
About half of the cold-hardy Kiwi leaves turned brown. Spinach appears to be sprouting. Will be covering the area around the volunteer potatoes with a bit more compost/mulch this weekend.
Lots of other projects though, so not too much time. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
Prayers for a speedy recovery. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
In the Colorado Rockies it is snowing and the forecast is that it will continue till Sunday with possibly 2 ft of wet spring snow. I 70 is already closed in the mountains and Denver International Airport has already cancelled 400 flights for Saturday.
Planted my 1st garden in since 2013. Been remodeling on the house, which then called for rehabbing my destroyed back yard! Green beans are up, trying a new way to plant the tomatoes - so have 15 tom plants, some zucchini, squash and peppers. I’ve got 20 okra plants I started from seed that I will transplant in the garden soon, and in a couple of weeks it will be time for black-eyed peas. My husband and I agree you can’t have too many of those.
I am SERIOUSLY thinking of an underground greenhouse! Been wanting one for 4 years or so, but it’s hard to know just how to build it, especially when most of them are designed for more Northerly zones. But we are just getting a tornado room completed & the guy tells me he can build the greenhouse, so I may do that when it’s closer to summer & I don’t have to worry about rain.
Do any of you have advice or information about a sunken greenhouse?
I continue to be thankful that I don’t live in that type of environment. When I was a kid, we took a trip to Yellowstone National Park in June. I was amazed to see snow stacked up 5 ft. high or more all along the road.
Outside of Cody, we ran into a hail storm of soft ball size hail. Had to pull off at the first available place-a camp ground. We had to sweep hail off the picnic table. The trailer only had a little oven for heat, so it was pretty chilly inside, but a lot better than outdoors.
What an intriguing idea. Do you think he’ll be able to rig up some sort of solar panel power, or are you going to rely on electric grow lights?
I am hoping that this year is the year we get our greenhouse/sunroom set up on the back patio. Right now I grow some plants in the winter inside the house in front of that patio door, but it crowds my computer area, and I can’t grow as much fresh stuff as I would like.
Just put in 200 Copra, 75 cipollini, and 25 red torpedo. Potatoes went in yesterday. I’m read to taste the tomatoes, but they can’t even go in the ground for a month!
I don’t see the + in a greenhouse underground. If you want to start seeds early, south and west exposure with big glass windows will do the trick.
A year ago we started seeds in mid January but found this was pushing us to take our plants outside too early. February 10 this time around is working well for us. All out plants are out, covered by frost blanket covers overnight.
There are some beautiful glass greenhouses on the market. Before you buy, take a critical look at where your sun light comes in and how you can take advantage of it. You may not need a greenhouse.
It is so sad that lettuce comes up so quickly in the spring, but tomatoes to go with the lettuce don’t. LOL
Nice looking garden areas. I wish I could get my grand daughter interested in gardening. She is now 13 and has resisted all my best efforts for several years.
I know! Here, cilantro starts to bolt about the time the ‘maters and jalapeños are ready. Not fair!
Yes, but cilantro for spice can be grown in less space than tomatoes and peppers. LOL
It was a Gardeners Day on Humboldt Bay today. I got back from my errands at 11;30, changed to my garden clothes, went out in the garden and took a 2 hour nap...
Now that I think about it, the oldest daughter has recently expressed an interest in gardening so she can grow plants she can use as natural dyes for the rabbit wool. I bought her a book so she can tell me what she wants to plant. Maybe your granddaughter just hasn't figured out her niche yet! Maybe start small with lemon balm or lavender and let her make lip balm or soap with it? Just a thought. :0)
Finally got my welder assembled and working, so I could repair the hitch on the garden tractor. So much easier to trailer the water to where I need it. Of course, I won’t be watering until next weekend, as we’re getting long, slow soaking rains—maybe a skiff of snow, too—through Tuesday afternoon/evening.
Still no sign of carrots, so will replant next week. Turnip & pea seedlings are looking good, as is the garlic.
I really hate inaccurate packaging. Yesterday, I opened one of my two “100 bulb” bags of onion sets; soaked them, then planted them. 185 were in the bag, and the other look just the same. I bought 2 bags because I wanted between 150 & 200 sets, so one would have been sufficient. Really don’t want to devote that much extra space to them.
How long, and how, can the other bag be saved? Some are beginning to sprout in the bag. I COULD plant them in the Fall, if they’ll keep.
LOL. Sounds heavenly to me!
She likes to draw dinosaurs and play on the computer, but maybe I’ll come up with something.
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