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Posted on 01/28/2011 5:26:59 AM PST by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. Here in central Mississippi we are seeing highs in the low to mid 60s.
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I have piles of snow over my head with light snow predicted over the next week & only one day with temps over freezing in the next week.
Not much thought of gardening here in Connecticut!
I forgot to mention the price. At Home Depot, one block of coir costs just under $8, while an equal amount of peatmoss runs just under $13 making the coir just about 50% cheaper than the peat...
Good morning all. Thank you for the fresh thread RD232! It is hard here to get into the outdoors mind stream with a foot of snow on ground & temps at freezing & below but it IS FUN to think about it & see what you folks in milder climates can now do.
Bean - appreciate the info on the coconut coir. Interesting. I normally get my peat at a grain mill and will check this spring if they carry it.
Been under the weather big time the past few weeks. Just a lot of sleeping & not much go-go-go which I love to do.
Think spring!
This is my first (but not last) visit to the weekly gardening thread. The lawn at our family home is in pretty bad shape (the dandelions and horsetails keep popping up). I’ve used weed and feed on it, but wondering if it needs to be aerated, etc. Sorry if this is a dumb question (I don’t know much of anything about caring for lawns/grass and the responsibility has fallen on me). Would this product be something that would help a lawn, or is it primarily for flower and shrub beds? Thanks in advance!
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Good morning RD and all gardeners. We may hit the mid 70s here today. I think I’ll start some tomato seedling this weekend. We had another fresh cauliflower head for dinner last night.
My wife made cream of cauliflower soup again this week and it was yummy. We still have about 1 quart left, and that will be what I have for dinner this evening. I just need a few Saltines and the soup.
This product is mainly for use in flowerbeds, where you would use something like peatmoss to retain moisture in the soil.
Good luck with your yard this year! Stick with it it!
We’re buried in snow.
Even if got that nice tomorrow, it’d be a couple weeks before everything melted and dried up enough to do something.
But I have my seeds and manure and compost and am ready to go.
I’m DEFINITELY looking into that. Thanks for the heads up.
About 10 inches of sow on the ground here and still snowing.
I’ve bought a few packets of seed at Lowes, and I’ve received several seed catalogs in the mail. (Baker’s and Johnny Seeds). I’m ordering more seeds this weekend. Can’t wait for spring!
Great Post!!! I hope everyone who can will help out!
Excellent! I hope Lowe's has it too - I prefer not to shop HD.
We’ve had a few days of above-freezing temps here in central Missouri this week. The weather guessers are now calling for more snow and a return to the deep freeze by Monday.
I found time to place my seed orders with Pinetree and Jungs. I’m glad I didn’t wait any longer as several of the varieties that I was after have already sold out.
My goal for the weekend is to get a new cold frame built. Wish me luck...
Getting ready to start my first seeds next week, some Bee Balm and Alpine Strawberries. Start them early enough and they bloom the first year. There is nothing like live plants growing to get through crap February.
Found a great little seed company called Horizon Herbs out of Oregon that carries the best selection of rare seeds I’ve ever seen. They’ve got an oilseed called Camelina that’s supposed to yield a high, stable oil that even can be used for biodiesel, and some Russian roots that mimic ginseng but are easier to raise.
Here’s a list of specialty companies that I’ve ran across over the years that either carry rare varieties or bulk. Some I’ve ordered from some not:
Seedsavers - http://www.seedsavers.org - rare varieties
J.L. Hudson - http://jlhudsonseeds.net/ - rare
Redwood City seed - http://www.ecoseeds.com/ - rare, carries the Ghost pepper or Bhut Jolokia, hottest pepper known to man.
Victory Seed - http://www.victoryseeds.com/ - rare
Seeds of Change - http://www.seedsofchange.com/ - rare
Nichol’s Nursery - http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com - herbs
Bountiful Gardens - http://www.bountifulgardens.org - herbs
Sand Mountain Herbs - http://www.sandmountainherbs.com - herbs
Neseed - http://www.neseed.com/ - bulk
Mountain Valley - http://www.mvseeds.com/ - bulk
Eden Brothers - http://www.edenbrothers.com/ - bulk
On the other hand while this is not the time for “much thought for gardening” I have learned to appreciate the seasons as they come- the beauty in winter that will soon go away. I say that carefully because being out and about during a harsh winter is difficult at best.
That said, in a few weeks I will reach some unseen level of intolerance for all things brown and lifeless and will be looking for the first signs of green and growing.
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