Posted on 04/29/2016 2:12:39 PM PDT by greeneyes
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We had vegan wilted spinach salad tonight, with the spinach and scallions from the garden. So good! I’m going to be bummed when I have to buy greens from the store again : ( We put in two dwarf Apple trees, six blueberries, and 12 floricane raspberries. Raspberry question: I pruned them back as instructed by the nursery and cut off canes with green shoots. I stuck the green shoots in water. Will I be able to root them, or am I wasting water and time? Thanks for any answers and opinions!
Please put me on the list.
I’ll do my best to never make this mistake again, but these things do happen. I’ve certainly had my fair share of failures! I just receive a plant in the mail that is good down to -15 degrees. I have to overwinter it and then plant it a year from this June. I’m planning to do that in the back yard, which has a bit of a microclimate. If it doesn’t take, well, I do love these little experiments in gardening.
Yeah, they ARE the best for seeds; new and old.
Yep, I’ll let y’all know.
Most of my maters (cukes have fruit) have mature blooms are we’re fully into summer here in Georgia. Soil temp must be 70-ish.
(we had a record high today - I ain’t turning on the AC ‘til I have to!!!)
It’s always a challenge here in New England. Whenever I order plants, no matter what the source, they always claim I’m in zone 6. Don’t I wish!
I’m doing all new ‘mater varieties this year as well. I bought most of mine from Tomato Fest, but a few from rareseeds. I bought most of my non-’mater seeds from rareseeds also. Great company, I love their business model, and I’m jealous that they get to do the Laura Ingals Wilder gardens! My dream job, if you know, I didn’t actually need to make a lot of money and have insurance ; )
I’d say it’s always worth a try. No harm no foul. We don’t do Raspberries, as all the ones we’ve tried simply died.
OK
Here in Northeastern Kansas, I actually had some carrots that wintered over. They were somewhat tasteless but would do in a pinch. My garlic is doing great. I had a friend do my heirloom tomato starts this year (I was out of town for two weeks and couldn’t do my own). I will pick them up and plant them this weekend. My strawberries are blossoming and my Black and Raspberries are looking good even though I had to transplant them to make room for a sewer project.
I forgot to post about my other project this year: I’m planting a garden for the nuns across the street! They are so sweet. We tilled them up a spot, installed deer fencing, and planted the cold tolerant seedlings and seeds. They are so excited! They are mostly Spanish and there is a bit of a language barrier issue; however, everybody understands fresh veggies.
How did you inherit this ping list and thread task again?
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What a good neighbor you are! Very kind!
You might want to consider the "Paul Robeson" that Original Lurker posted in Post #12 for tomatoes.
It is a best tasting heirloom that comes from Russia, Siberia , and does well in colder climes.
The comments suggest that it grows well all the way from California to Indianna with many positive recommends for flavor and size.
anyone doing lactofermentation?
I want recipes and hints....
thanks
We are busting hump on our garden. Tomorrow, I will have the last two raised bed completed and Barb will have all of them prepared for planting.
The bog filter is working and the pond water appears to be clearing up.
I am hoping to start work on my part of the garden next week. Tomorrow, we aredrivig up north to look at a future Bodder Collie puupy for addition to our family.
It is Spring in New England, and i am braving the rocks and the cold nights to make my tiny garden a thing of beauty! :-)
Everything is doing well. Having a great crop of lettuce. Pansies blooming profusely and starting to cut roses. The lavender is producing lots of flowers. As I’m having success with growing plants which need full sun for at least 6 hours, I going to try tomatoes! I miss my fresh home grown tomatoes and cucumbers!
Thanks again for doing the thread and pings GE. The weather here on very north coast of Calif is less than ideal for this old man plus a couple of doctors are trying to get my pulse up and keep my BP down so I’m not so lethargic. Lady Bender has been doing all the spading plus tending her greenhouse seedlings, plus cooking and cleaning plus all she does for our Church etc.. We got all the potatoes planted and a few are up plus the volunteers which we will dig in a month or less. The Rhododendrons are in full bloom around our Seaport Village just in time for the annual Rhododendron Parade tomorrow. I’ll see what I have for a couple of photos to post...
I too put on the hooded sweatshirt with extra hat and tried to mow the lawn. Just plugged up the bagger tube again.
The earth boxes have snow peas, Swiss chard and some beets showing.
We have tomatoes showing on our tomato plants. They’re about the size of pencil erasers. Fingers crossed that we don’t get hammered by storms tonight.
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