Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD DEC. 15, 2017
freerepublic | 12/15/17 | greeenyes

Posted on 12/15/2017 4:20:54 PM PST by greeneyes

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-30 next last
Not much gardening going on here in Missouri. Weather has been cold. Green house is not humid enough. Considering using a kerosene heater to heat up water instead of the electric heater to see if that helps.

Got a Bakersfield Catalog today. Hope all is going well for you. Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.

1 posted on 12/15/2017 4:20:54 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: greeneyes

Planted gourds and garlic.. we planted two fruit trees about two months ago. It’s very dry, 43 days with no rain, ground frozen but warms up to mid-40s. So I’m freezing water in plastic containers and putting large ice cubes around the trees to water them.


2 posted on 12/15/2017 4:25:24 PM PST by Mercat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Pinging the list. Posting link to article about front yard gardening.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3613000/posts

We are lucky that we picked the right side of the street. Our backyard has a southwest orientation. The houses on the other side have Northeast - not much sun for gardeners.

We also do not have a Housing Authority - just some basic rules that were in the original contract. Only one exterior unattached storage building. Dogs must be penned up or on a leash. No obnoxious animals such as pigs.

So far, people are ignoring the first two, but no one has dabbled with pigs yet. So a Front yard garden should be ok.


3 posted on 12/15/2017 4:29:02 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mercat

It’s pretty dry here too, but we aren’t watering anything. Summer is the only time we do that. Once we have freezing temps we don’t water again till spring.


4 posted on 12/15/2017 4:32:18 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes

I just harvested some garlic from an old home place that’s been on my property well over 100 years. I’m not sure what it’s called. I eaten it before, it’s a little sweet, not quite as strong as the garlic I buy at the store but it has a little heat on the end. It doesn’t make into a big head and divide into cloves but it does divide and multiply. I cut up a little to eat today and had some peanut butter and crackers a little later, I was surprised these two tastes went well together.


5 posted on 12/15/2017 5:18:30 PM PST by Hotmetal (Strike while the metal is hot.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hotmetal

I could see roasted garlic working with peanut butter and crackers since it gets a little sweet when roasted, but not raw or sautéed.


6 posted on 12/15/2017 5:20:59 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Hotmetal

That’s an interesting combo. I am surprised too.


7 posted on 12/15/2017 5:25:58 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Hotmetal
Does that garlic flower? And what do the flowers look like?

No gardening going in here in west Michigan. We have over 8" of snow on the ground. I do have a beautiful pinkish amaryllis in bloom inside with 5 flowers. And a white phaleanopsis orchid that grew 2 stalks of blooms, well over 30 flowers. I my start up some alfalfa sprouts to get some more greens in my diet. Early Merry Christmas wishes to all my gardening friends.

8 posted on 12/15/2017 5:34:04 PM PST by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Mercat; All

Planted gourds and garlic..


I am in IL. Wonder if it is too late for me to plant garlic..ground not quite frozen yet.


9 posted on 12/15/2017 5:37:08 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (#KATE'SWALL Build it Now)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes

Hi greeneyes!

(((HUGS)))

It’s so cold today.

And then my furnace failed.

Waited three hours in the cold , boiling water to pour down the drains to keep them from freezing, only to find out it was a “kill switch” that was somehow tripped in a broom closet.

I am warm now but still PO’ed.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


10 posted on 12/15/2017 6:20:43 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes

Garlic is the only crop growing in our garden on Humboldt bay. The weather has been clear and cool for several days which is unusual as we normally have near constant rain. Lady Bender and I have done several hours of Christmas shopping for family including our one year old Great Grand Daughter...


11 posted on 12/15/2017 6:29:06 PM PST by tubebender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes
The ground here in the Colorado Rockies has frozen solid. Our 10 day forecast has temperatures only peaking above freezing briefly at mid day. All other times it is below freezing and many times into single digits Fahrenheit.
12 posted on 12/15/2017 6:50:26 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: left that other site

Oh praise the Lord it wasn’t really a failure that could take days to fix. We used to use our oven for heat when the furnace was out. Now we are all electric though, but have 2 fireplaces and 2 kerosene heaters.

Used to have a wood stove, thinking about getting another one and an insert for one of the fireplaces.


13 posted on 12/15/2017 7:04:14 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: tubebender

Garlic is all I have outdoors too. Wheat and rye haven’t shown any sprouting - got it in pretty late.


14 posted on 12/15/2017 7:05:19 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

You have my sympathy. I wouldn’t mind if Missouri warmed up to a zone 7. LOL


15 posted on 12/15/2017 7:06:53 PM PST by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes
I boiled big pots of water on the stove which warmed and moisturized the air. Then I kept pouring the boiling water down the drains to keep them from freezing.

There is NO plausible explanation for the switch turning itself off.

Could it be.....
16 posted on 12/15/2017 7:08:19 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Hotmetal

Before the ground froze I pulled some garlic bulbs broke them up into cloves and tossed them into a plastic bag. They sprouted. I’m going to plant them in some small pots until Spring.


17 posted on 12/15/2017 8:21:57 PM PST by Snowybear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: MomwithHope

How do you get orchids to flower again? I never have any luck.


18 posted on 12/15/2017 9:52:51 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: greeneyes

Look at Lopi stoves and inserts.
It’s the best made brand.


19 posted on 12/16/2017 6:01:06 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: heartwood

The easiest one to get to rebloom is the phaleanopsis. It’s also the easiest to grow in northern climates which is why there are so many of them in the shops. If it is already in bloom, when the flowers fall cut the flower stem back by 2/3 just above one of the joints. After that it’s all about light, and moisture and that the roots do not rot. I never fertilize.


20 posted on 12/16/2017 8:37:24 AM PST by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-30 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson