[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hi, Gang! I've changed the Garden Thread to a MONTHLY thread, versus a WEEKLY. I'll still post items of interest related to gardening as I come across them throughout the month. Just trying to simplify things for myself a little bit. Life is getting busier for us now, and though we're retired we have a LOT on our plates plus many farm-related improvement projects that we're taking on these days. I hope everyone will still enjoy the thread and continue to contribute. Many Hands Make Small Work. Thanks!

[metmom]

A monthly thread can work although I do look forward to my Saturday morning ping to the garden thread.

I can see that not putting together and posting a new thread every week would be a time saver.

Are you going to just ping it out once a week for updates?

[Qiviut]

I think monthly will work fine - a Saturday morning ping will be like ‘old weekly times’ & a reminder to share gardens. :-)

Brought a large load to the new house yesterday. Rain was on the way so I had to hustle to unload the trailer. It was raining in less than an hour from finishing getting everything in the garage so the timing worked out.

It poured all night - all is wet & soggy this morning. The forecast is “rain wraps up, clouds hang out”. We’re down to 20% chance of rain now & that should be 0% by 1:00. It’s cool, 40’s headed for 50’s today, should see sunshine & 60’s tomorrow (yay - maybe work outside!).

The clouds are heavy around the mountain tops & beautiful in a mystical, dark way. There are two flicker woodpeckers down on the front yard grass pecking away at mini-machine gun speed - must be finding something. We definitely have blue jays & I have seen cardinals - no blue birds spotted yet. Lots of noisy crows - they mostly hang out near the cows.

Since it’s not great outside, I have 2 plumbing projects to do inside (not my favorite thing) & I need to design & build a frame from 2x4s that will fit some wire shelves - that should test the old brain cells a bit. I want to do the sawing outside so I don’t get sawdust in the garage.

No daffodils yet - can’t wait to see them here, the green parts are up - they are blooming at the old house. I think we’re at least 2, probably 3 weeks behind due to being further west & higher elevation.

[Pollard]

I'll change the link on my profile page. It's a search that returns all past Weekly Garden Threads.

It's currently https://freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Weekly%20Garden%20Thread
Weekly Garden Threads

Remove "Weekly": https://freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Garden%20Thread (as per 3/2/23)
Diana's Garden Threads

Viola - shows this thread plus all the past weekly garden threads.

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Another nice weekend. Woke up early and did some shopping and got back before 9am. Yay me. Grabbed another bag of seed starting mix from Walmart just to try it. Looked at cell trays from Burpee and Jiffy(w/pellets) and they were all super thin so I passed on them. Going to grab some from Bootstrap Farmer but I've got enough to get started which I didn't get around to doing last weekend.

Got the mix moist and covered it so it's still moist and nice and even. Going to do the 60 of 72 cell tray. I cut the 72 cell tray up into 12 six packs last year but two of them got damaged so that leaves 10 six packs. I kind of like the extra room in the 1020 tray. Going to sow those 60 tonight. Six pack of this, six pack of that.

Last Sunday I got the F150 fired up and moved and got the ladder rigged up in the back to use as a crane. Also got sides put on the trailer for the upcoming big dump run.

Scheduled my week vacation for April 1-5, Mon-Fri so weather(and money) permitting, I should be able to get a lot done on the tunnel. We have March 29th off for Good Friday, plus the 2 weekends and 5 vacation days will give me 10 days off in a row. Day 10 will likely be rest/recover day.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

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[Qiviut]

My niece buys bottle calves from local dairies to raise for future spa appointments. For a Holstein, it’s been $40 & for a Holstein-Angus cross, it’s been $80. Holsteins are actually decent beef cows as well as dairy, it just takes longer to feed them up to spa weight since they have larger frames.

This year, calf prices have gone UP ... way up. People (”from PA” she’s been told) are coming down with large trailers & buying up all the calves at prices $400 - 600 per calf!! Since my niece has an established relationship with a neighboring dairy, he is going to sell her a couple of calves for $150 each (will be born any day now). That price looks good in comparison to the $400 - 600, but it’s still about double what she’s been paying.

[daniel1212]

Hi, Gang! I've changed the Garden Thread to a MONTHLY thread, versus a WEEKLY.

And WEF Pushes Ban on Home-Grown Food to ‘Fight Climate Change’ Slay News ^ | March 1, 2024 | Frank Bergman Posted on 3/1/2024, 4:23:20 PM by packagingguy

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is calling on governments to ban the general public from growing their own food at home by arguing that they are causing “climate change.” According to so-called “experts” behind a recent WEF study, researchers apparently discovered that the “carbon footprint” of home-grown food is “destroying the planet.” As a result, the WEF and other globalist climate zealots are now demanding that governments intervene and ban individuals from growing their own food in order to “save the planet” from “global warming.” The research indicated that resorting to garden-to-table produce causes a far greater carbon footprint than conventional agricultural practices, such as rural farms. This research, conducted by WEF-funded scientists at the University of Michigan, was published in the journal Nature Cities. The study looked at different types of urban farms to see how much carbon dioxide (CO2) was produced when growing food. On average, a serving of food made from traditional farms creates 0.07 kilogram (kg) of CO2, according to the study. However, the WEF-funded researchers claim that the impact on the environment is almost five times higher at 0.34kg per portion for individual city gardens

[daniel1212]

I think most of the regulars would prefer a weekly thread in the main growing season, but it is a time-using responsibility, yet I know of no law that prevents anyone from posting one, though not knowing all only the ping list.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you for everything that you do!

[Pollard]

I always see “sprouts in 7-10 days” or some such thing when I look for seeds or at the seed packets.

I’m guessing that’s for direct sown? (at a certain time of year in a certain location - generally the Northeast where all the people were in the 1800s when they came up with the times and they just haven’t bothered to change it?)

Everything I start indoors sprouts in 2-4 days.