Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Weekly Garden Thread - February 11-17, 2023 [All Things Chicken-Related Edition]
February 11, 2023 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

Posted on 02/11/2023 6:36:18 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located.

This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you wonโ€™t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isnโ€™t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. Planting, Harvest to Table Recipes, Preserving, Good Living - there is no telling where it will go - and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us! Send a Private Message to Diana in Wisconsin if you'd like to be added to our New & Improved Ping List.

NOTE: This is a once a week Ping List. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest to Gardeners are welcomed any time!


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: chickens; food; gardening; hobbies
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-97 next last
To: Diana in Wisconsin

Welcome! Wonderful to have you along. That means I’ll have to bump the flowers video to sooner rather than later. I really want to do Plant a Radish from The Fantasticks. Just got a copy of the song but don’t have enough veggie pictures right now. Let me know if you have any requests.


61 posted on 02/11/2023 5:44:34 PM PST by mairdie (Grandfather Jack Bell - miner, reporter, lawman, naturalist - https://youtu.be/Dnnb63UEk9c)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Husband has a flip phone but I keep a smart one for photography and for audio books and for an app that recognizes songs playing in groceries.


62 posted on 02/11/2023 5:47:55 PM PST by mairdie (Grandfather Jack Bell - miner, reporter, lawman, naturalist - https://youtu.be/Dnnb63UEk9c)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: mairdie

How about those videos of plants growing/blooming, set to some kind of extravagant music? That would be fun. :)


63 posted on 02/11/2023 5:48:14 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

The bro got me straight. There were 2 spots for contacts & the one I had not spotted yet had all the info. He also had a charging cord I am using until I can get my own. Still screwed on 2 apps: a calendar for appointments & another for birthdays, etc. I have already manually put on the appointments. If I am too wound up to sleep, I will be doing the birthdays :-)

I use my phone like a 2nd laptop.


64 posted on 02/11/2023 7:34:38 PM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yes, but I want them to be the biggest badest weed! :)


65 posted on 02/11/2023 7:55:18 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’m currently working on “The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring” from The Mikado.


66 posted on 02/11/2023 8:25:25 PM PST by mairdie (Grandfather Jack Bell - miner, reporter, lawman, naturalist - https://youtu.be/Dnnb63UEk9c)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

It’s 3 a.m. so the birthdays app is now ‘populated’.

I forgot to mention that Wednesday night, I came in from 5 hours of working outside at 5 p.m. My SIL took the dog for a walk around 5:40 & there were about 20 deer in the back field - I missed seeing them, doggone it. She said when they saw her & the dog, deer were going in every direction. The dog loves chasing deer, but there were so many running, she just stood there, couldn’t figure out which one to chase! I spooked 6 big bucks in the clover patch probably a decade ago, but this is the largest herd ever seen on the place.


67 posted on 02/12/2023 12:10:59 AM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Have an old pal who now lives in AZ. Shed/antler hunting is apparently lucrative out there. I usually just let the dogs have them.


68 posted on 02/12/2023 1:05:32 AM PST by waterhill (Resistrain)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: waterhill

When Beau is hunting Elk on the Idaho/Montana border, he spends the down time looking for sheds. He’s brought back some great antlers.

I guess I really don’t NEED another dog, LOL!


69 posted on 02/12/2023 7:29:57 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: FRiends

70 posted on 02/12/2023 7:33:36 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: FRiends; Eric in the Ozarks
Eric sends us Spring Greetings from The Ozarks. The first blooming Crocus.


71 posted on 02/12/2023 7:49:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin
I had sort of forgotten about that herd of bucks - they were 'awesome'!! I found the pics - July 24, 2015. The game camera caught them. I was up on the hill in the pasture when they spotted me and took off.

If you 'right click' on the first pic & choose 'open image in new tab', you get a larger picture. The 2nd pic doesn't really enlarge.

72 posted on 02/12/2023 8:09:20 AM PST by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: Pollard; FRiends
Remember when we were talking about rudimentary set-ups for growing stuff and seed starting? Here's a pix from my old farm where I used a set of wooden open bookshelves and bricks and shop lights to grow lettuces and Micro-green mixes in the winter months. Worked like a charm.


73 posted on 02/12/2023 8:12:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: Qiviut

Lovely! Still in velvet, too.

The only time we see deer around here is when we’re NOT hunting - or they run into our vehicles on the road.

We have 48 acres of woods, surrounded by all the corn and soybeans they can eat. Ungrateful buggers. ;)


74 posted on 02/12/2023 8:15:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Fist seeds started today.


75 posted on 02/12/2023 10:34:22 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin; Eric in the Ozarks

Thanks for the Crocus picture!

Seems very spring-like here in WI today, feels like 50 degrees out there!

Snow is melting fast.

I have many spring-flowering bulbs planted, and can hardly wait for them to emerge and bloom.

๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒท


76 posted on 02/12/2023 12:38:26 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (Comfy with Frens ๐Ÿธ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies]

To: TheConservativeParty

77 posted on 02/13/2023 6:32:33 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ha! That’s very creative!
๐Ÿ˜


78 posted on 02/13/2023 7:43:06 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (Comfy with Frens ๐Ÿธ )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 77 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

The past week here in Central Missouri was mostly warm-ish with a bit of rainfall. We’re still way behind from last year’s drought so anything at this point is better than nothing.

Mrs. Augie and I spent most of Saturday cleaning up around the yard. I cut up a mulberry tree that was leaning on the arena fence and hauled that away. It took four loads on my 16’x7’ flatbed trailer to get rid of all the brush. I managed to get another six loader buckets of limestone cobble placed in the pond. By the time I put in what’s left of the pile I should have the dam pretty well muskrat-proofed.

I had another greenhouse mishap last week. Had three flats of seedlings up and looking good when the temperature controller for the heating mat lost its mind and went non-stop wide open. By the time I noticed it the soil temps were over 100 degrees and most of the baby plants were toast. I ditched the broken temp controller and replanted yesterday. Hopefully this time will work out better. At this rate I’m going to have to make another seed purchase.

Today our chickens are celebrating the Chiefs Super Bowl win with a nice bowl of leftover party snacks. With the temps moderating and daylight increasing they have started to lay enough eggs that we’re able to give a few away. Won’t be long and we’ll have eggs coming out of our ears.


79 posted on 02/13/2023 9:53:29 AM PST by Augie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FRiends
How to Raise Poultry on Pasture

Get started raising free-range poultry with this guide to foraging, mobile coops, predator protection, and more.

https://www.grit.com/animals/poultry/how-to-raise-poultry-on-pasture-zm0z18jfzsar/

80 posted on 02/13/2023 10:59:26 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 79 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-97 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson