Weekly Gardening Thread
Posted on 03/05/2010 5:04:40 AM PST by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners! Here in Central Mississippi spring type weather will be here soon. I can feel the warmth at the other end of the tunnel! Highs for the next week will be in the 60’s and 70’s and I will be out in the garden and yard cleaning up. I will have around two or three weeks to get the garden area in shape before any plants get transplanted into the garden. Spring officially starts March 20.
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Into the 40s again today.
Can’t wait for the ground to thaw so I can get my parsnips started.
I think I’ll try growing some tomatoes out here on the left coast this year.
Nothing beats a big beefsteak in my book.
What a wonderful idea! Please add me to your ping list. My Mom is in a wheel chair and loves to garden, so I am looking into constructing a couple of raised beds. Looking forward to the posts. (no pun intended)
It’s supposed to be really nice this weekend. It will almost seem like spring. We have a ways to go here before I can think about gardening, but looking forward to a weekend outside.
I posted the following tree question on the last garden thread, but it was far into the post, and may not have gotten much of a look:
I am looking for some advice on purchasing a tree. A large tree in our front yard died last year, and I am doing some searching around trying to figure out what new tree to plant this spring. I am in zone 6.
I know this sounds odd for the front yard, but I would love some kind of a fruit or nut tree, so the tree can do more than just look pretty. I know some fruit trees need two to pollinate, however, I don’t think we have space for two trees. I would love a Pawpaw tree, but it’s my understanding I would need two. I am interested in an Asian persimmon tree, but unsure if they can take our winters and also whether this would be too small a tree.
Any good suggestions on a beautiful tree that produces something edible as a bonus? Thanks.
Good morning! Living in CT, and New England in general, a bit behind, but when I start to see the first robins, then I will KNOW spring will be here.
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Here we might make it to 40 today. Last frost is still 10 weeks away.
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Don’t know where you live, but it’s hard to go wrong with a fruit bearing crabapple.Provided you could find one. They are beautiful, can take a lot of cold, and make one hell of a jelly.
Interesting, saw my first robin Yesterday. They return really early here I guess so they can prepare their nests before the Spring blizzard season starts. May 15 in theory is the last chance frost day. After that, it is safe to plant outside. Even that date has become variable based on what Spring is like. So we are looking at two and one half months of further interesting weather. The real hope, is that we don’t get a too warm spring where the trees leaf out before the blizzards hit. That can be a tree disaster.
Good Morning, Red!
BUMP for this afternoon. :)
I think the sap is starting to run in Northern Indiana.
Last frost is still 10 weeks away.
Might be helpful to know your location, to process the last frost information.
Cardinals are starting to sing around my place so that's an encouraging sign.......
Been looking at flowering crabs for at least 20 years. They are such a spring joy to look at, but the other half of the family doesn’t want the producing kind due to the mess. So we enjoy looking at their beauty, but not yet in our yard. Planted over 40 trees, but no crab yet.
Good morning all. Spring is late here in middle TN. We usually have the wild daffodil blooming sometime between Jan 30 and Feb 26 (two special days for our family). In 24 years they have only missed those dates once.... until this year. No blooms yet!
It is supposed to be nice this weekend, so I hope to get some cleaning up done in the garden. The sunshine gives me hope for spring!
“Any good suggestions on a beautiful tree that produces something edible as a bonus? Thanks.”
Dwarf Mount Royal Plum, any dwarf SWEET cherry tree or a dwarf peach tree (Madison or Reliance). You only need one of these trees as they don’t require another to pollinate them. (I suggest ‘dwarf’ varieties for the home grower because they’re shorter and easier to pick from and prune.)
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