Weekly Gardening Thread
Posted on 12/17/2010 5:14:54 AM PST by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. I hope y’all are staying warm. This past week I became aware of a new Weekly Cooking Thread and a Ping list that is maintained by HungarianGypsy she will ping to any thread that remotely concerns food it is the Freeper Kitchen Ping list. Many of you may be aware of them already but for those of you who are not and want to check them out and receive Pings to them here is the info:
The Weekly Cooking Thread Premièred Last Sunday and was Started by Freeper libertarian27. He intends on posting the thread every week either on Saturday or Sunday. So If you are interested check the thread out. Here is a link to last weeks thread.
Weekly Cooking Thread (your favorite recipes)Dec 12
If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.
Weekly Gardening Thread
I hope all of you will stop by.
This is typically a low volume ping list. Once a week for the thread and every once in a while for other FR threads posted that might be of interest.
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Broccoli and cauliflower seedlings chugging along...hoping potential snowstorm heads out to sea Sunday...
It was 71 here in Meridian, Ms yesterday. Only going to be 50 today.
We finally got above freezing here in almost a week of wind chills at 0 and an ice storm. Yuck.
Garden is sleeping. Nothing but planning now.
Rainy and warm (relatively) Friday morning here on The Plains! I’ll be picking two of my tomatoes today. That’s about it. Most of the day I’ll be sewing, finishing two of my Christmas projects today.
You’re breaking my heart...it’s a balmy 8 outside my door...
Broccoli and cauliflower seedlings chugging along...hoping potential snowstorm heads out to sea Sunday...
Patagonia?
I wish...
Finally got my Huntsville AL raised weed, (Maple tree) sown into the mulch pile still in its plastic container. It grew 2 feet in AL and an additional three here in the summer. It is loaded with buds just waiting to grow in the spring. We will see how it does in South Dakota winter. Maple trees have not done well for me, as I had experience with winter kill for six years when the planted maple tree would die back all of the summer growth, and start anew each spring. Finally got tired of that and finished what winter started.
Still have Turnips and Winter Onions in the garden, also Brussel Sprouts. Though we have had zero temps. I’m waiting for the thaw so as to gather these garden items. I discovered these Winter items by accident. One year I had left these food items in the garden due to not having the time to clean them from the ground, and behold there they were in great shape. So, every fall I leave a large quantity of these veg’s in the ground for the Winter.
AAAAck, I was fishing, you didn’t take the bait.
Your home page with an American Flag didn’t pinpoint the location either.
Still harvesting lettuce, spinach and basketball sized heads of broccoli out of my greenhouse. Shallots, too. Brussels sprouts are getting close. Round 2 of broccoli, Brussels sprouts, lettuce and spinach all doing well. Onions for next year’s salsa are also coming along nicely. Still working on arbors for my berries. Cold weather halted that about a week ago, but it might be warm enough over the next few days to dig the remaining post holes. Also been working on fencing off about 20 acres of new pasture. Fighting my way through a vine covered privit and green brier patch. Overall not much fun, but I have found an odd satisfaction in hacking privit into tiny little pieces.......
What? You have winter in TN? I’d believe a couple of days a month, for a couple of months, maybe. Is spring, March or April?
OK, I’ll concede, it is all relative.
LOL.
Fresh Brussels sprouts are the best! I like ‘em sauteed lightly in butter/soy sauce with diced shallots. Deeeeelicious!
Three days ago it was 3.4F with 5” of snow at my hacienda in SE Tennessee. I think that qualifies as winter, especially considering it’s still technically fall. March 16, 1993 I got 38” of snow here. So, I think April would be my choice for the beginning of Spring, at least in SE Tennessee......
Gardening shut down for the season, as it is 10 degrees today! I have focused my efforts in another area until the spring thaw:
Since it is so freaking cold here in the Ohio Valley, I have started a polar bear relocation charity. To donate, go to www.savemyfurryass.org. We will be relocating polar bears from the warm, sunny Arctic to the cold, frozen Ohio Valley. As an added bonus, this relocation program will also solve our deer overpopulation problem. Since the deer have never seen polar bears, they should be easy prey. The polar bears can feast on all the deer they want, as well as the homeless suffering from six years of Democrat controlled Congress. If food starts to run short, I plan on putting up traps for more food. At the local Walmart will be large boxes with signs that read: Enter if you voted for Obama, free prize inside!
Meridian! I will start To Kill a Mockingbird with my juniors next month! My favorite book, hands down.
How long did the snow last?
What altitude?
Hey, I did concede early.
I may be headed to Alabama for a funeral this weekend. 50 sounds nice!
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