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Weekly Gardening Thread (Useful links) Vol. 11, March 16, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
| JustaDumbBlonde
Posted on 03/16/2012 7:55:02 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: tubebender
I think of you every time I read about cover crops. I'm going to no-till some of my garden this year, but the other section needs some amendments, so I will be disking part.
Left to nature, my garden grows its own cover crop of henbit, and it never fails to leave me with a beautiful, mellow structure that accepts and nutures new plants like nothing else can.
When I no-till, the only thing I have to keep an eye on is cutworms, which I expect will be fericious since we've had no winter.
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03/16/2012 8:47:02 AM PDT
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
To: JustaDumbBlonde
I love wisteria. Last year I planted two seeds in flower pots from a wisteria bush that my sister gave me. They are almost two feet high now. I’ll be putting them in the ground soon. I don’t expect blooms this year. We don’t have springtime here. As far as I’m concerned it’s summer and hot already.
To: ConorMacNessa
All of my bulbs were early this year ... I fear they will be over with before Easter gets here. Hope you continue to have a great season!
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03/16/2012 8:48:33 AM PDT
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
To: JustaDumbBlonde
You changed your tag line. I love it too.
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posted on
03/16/2012 8:50:27 AM PDT
by
painter
(Rebuild The America We love!)
To: JustaDumbBlonde; tubebender; fanfan; greeneyes; rightly_dividing; Diana in Wisconsin; Ellendra; ...
A week and a half ago the garden was still covered with snow. Today there are daffodils, crocus, and early tulips blooming.
My knees are still bothering me, so I can’t work out there yet, but I still have pictures from Easter a couple of years ago when all my blooming bulbs were buried in snow.
I moved the snow shovel off the front porch, and dumped the bucket of salt into the water softener (my husband actually did that. I can’t lift it). But, I didn’t take that shovel too far away. I could need it yet. I still remember the year we got a heavy, wet, snow on May 5. It broke all the blooming trees.
Zone 5a Wisconsin
To: JustaDumbBlonde
I was excited to see we have a gardening thread. This will be my second year gardening and all ready can't wait. We started building our little greenhouse yesterday. It should be finished tomorrow. Today I am figuring out how to make my own pots out of newspapers. We'll see how that goes. Here's a pic of the uncompleted greenhouse, next week I'll post pics of the finished product.
To: JustaDumbBlonde
I like the way this years CC is growing in a more manageable manner. I planted the usual Red Oats but tried Austrian Field Peas this year instead of the Bell Beans which grew to 6’ tall and were a major pain to cut down.
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posted on
03/16/2012 9:13:20 AM PDT
by
tubebender
(I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)
To: timeflies
I have a gazillion wisteria seeds, if you'd like to have more. The parent plant is over 60 years old.
Any other takers, let me know. There are plenty to go around, and wisteria will grow all the way up to zone 4.
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03/16/2012 9:21:38 AM PDT
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JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
To: All
I’ve got to run for a couple of hours ... 3 shipments of woodenware for my beeyard that needs to be painted. All of my hives are making honey already, when they should really just be starting to come out of overwintering.
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03/16/2012 9:23:59 AM PDT
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JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
To: MissMagnolia
I detest iceberg lettuce! I love romaine.
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:06:44 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: JPII Be Not Afraid
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03/16/2012 10:09:19 AM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Arrowhead1952
I had these stupid ants (look different than fire ants with black butts with a sharp tip) come out and infest/colonize my container tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, everything with aphids for them to milk.
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:15:21 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
To: trisham
I’m good with romaine, too. If I’m having to buy lettuce to make a salad, that’s usually what I get if I’m not buying a spring mix or something like that. I really liked the mesclun I planted last year - ate a lot of great salads. :-)
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:22:00 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
To: MissMagnolia
Mesclun is good for sandwiches, too. And great for lining an Easter party tray for deviled eggs, stuffed celery and the like. I like the baby ‘red sails’ lettuce that comes in the mix, such pretty crimsom against the bright lime green.
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:27:50 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
To: MissMagnolia
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:32:40 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
To: txhurl
Very attractive .... making me long for a fresh salad, too!
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:42:53 AM PDT
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MissMagnolia
(Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
To: MissMagnolia
There is nothing like fresh, tender lettuce. We've grown Black Simpson and blends of various looseleaf types. My husband particularly loves mesclun, but imho, all are delicious! :)
Except iceberg.
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:45:39 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
Black Simpson was one of the lettuces mentioned in the article on heirloom lettuce ... might give that one a try this year (will do mesclun again, too!).
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posted on
03/16/2012 10:59:53 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
To: trisham
Stuffing romaine stalks with your favorite toppings is a forkless salad for picnics.
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posted on
03/16/2012 11:07:02 AM PDT
by
txhurl
(Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
To: txhurl
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posted on
03/16/2012 11:10:09 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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