Weekly Gardening Thread -- It's ALMOST April!

Garden Girl | 3/27/08 | Garden Girl

[Gabz]

Here we go folks!!!!

I'm going to be out of pocket for a few days starting tomorrow, so if I don't respond right away please do not take offense!

[Just another Joe]

While much of the world remains blanketed in snow, we’re not! February gave us a peek of spring with a few hardy daffodils popping up and camellias showing off.

Yeh, but you live where the moderating effect of the ocean is felt. :^P

[Gabz]

Howdy all!!!!

As I mentioned in my first post after today/tonight I'm going to be pretty scarce until the middle of next week. But I wanted everyone to read Garden Girl's latest informative musings.

I also want those who have missed it to check out the thread started by nw_arizona_granny:

Home gardening offers ways to trim grocery costs [Survival Today, an on going thread]

[Westlander]

Snow... will become heavy at times this evening... causing a reduction in visibilities. Total accumulations will range from 3 to 6 inches for locations south of and including I 69... with 2 to 4 inches near the Ohio border.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=48186

[Gabz]

I didn’t write the article, JaJ!!!!!! My field finally got tilled last week, but I still haven’t planted anything.....

[trisham]

I'm looking forward to receiving my heirloom tomato plants in a few weeks. If they arrive too soon I'll have to put them in front of the slider for a while.

[Gabz]

Yikes..........don’t blame me, I just do the posting, not the writing :)

We finally have decent weather, for today at least. Hubby hauled in a bunch more wood because we’re gonna need the wood stove going over the weekend.

[Just another Joe]

I didn’t write the article, JaJ!!!!!!

I know, but it still applies, just the same.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

http://www.seedsavers.org

I worked for these people for seven of the happiest years of my life (so far!) Check them out. A VERY wonderful group of people.

Thanks for the mention, GG! :)

As for my seed starting escapades...listen to this one!

I started my flats of tomatoes, peppers, basil and marigold this past Friday. I had a ‘Snow Day’ and got half the day off, so I made the best of it.

Turns out that a mouse must’ve been using the “slightly split open on one side” bag of soil mix in the garage as his hiding place throughout the winter for pilfered sunflower seeds dropped from the bird feeder, because EVERY flat I planted ended up germinating at least six or more sunflower seedlings, LOL! (I just snipped them off with a scissors; no muss, no fuss.)

It took a little sleuthing, but I finally figured it out. I DO know the difference between a sunflower seed and a basil seed! :)

[Gabz]

Too funny, Diana!!!!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks Gabz, an excellent article on gardening.

Thank you for sharing the link to our thread, all are welcome to come and share your questions and knowledge with us.

I will also post your link.

Happy and fruitful gardening to all.

[Red_Devil 232]

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
77° F | 56° F 25° C | 13° C	81° F | 58° F 27° C | 14° C	74° F | 56° F 23° C | 13° C	76° F | 56° F 24° C | 13° C	76° F | 56° F 24° C | 13° C
Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	T-storms 70% chance of precipitation	Chance of T-storms 20% chance of precipitation	Mostly Cloudy

Spring has arrived big time here in Central Miss.

We had a couple of mornings of below freezing last week. If AlGore will just stay away from our area we will not see anything below the mid 40's till next Nov.

Put my Sugar Baby watermelon seeds in their bed yesterday and fenced it in with some rabbit fencing.

Used my new toy, mini-tiller, to mix in some more of my compost in my raised beds and my new garden area also added some composted manure a couple of days ago.

Just finished fencing in all the garden area. My dogs did not bother my raised garden last year but they sure do like that composted manure I added! My tomatoes and bell peppers go in tomorrow, they are more than ready!

Still no life from my figs! :(

[nw_arizona_granny]

It took a little sleuthing, but I finally figured it out. I DO know the difference between a sunflower seed and a basil seed! :)
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Good for you.

Thanks for making me laugh.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Those darn mice! I’ve never seen a more busy, destructive critter in all of my life.

I need a new Barn Cat or two. My two current ones have gotten used to The Lush Life indoors this winter. (My own fault for being an old softie!)

[Gabz]

Have I told you recently how much I hate you????????

Just kidding :)

I won’t have those kind of steady temps for at least another month and a half, if nnot more.

[Gabz]

I need a new Barn Cat or two.

I just may be able to help you --- my oldest barn kittie is about ready to pop!!!!

Of course getting them from Virginia to Wisconsin might prove to be a bit of a problem :)

[Red_Devil 232]

Yeah but come August when I am complaining about the darn heat and what it is doing to my tomatoes you will be gloating! LOL

[Gabz]

LOL!!!

I never gloat about that kind of stuff my FRiend. I wind up with the same kind of problems.

[trisham]

We’re still using our fireplace as well. It was in the fifties here today, though.

[tubebender]

It's going to be cold on Humboldt Bay tomorrow. It is snowing down to 1500 feet in Ore and Wash with temps dropping to the low 40s and nite temps just around FReezing . Very unusual as it should be warming into the high 50s or low 60s.

My wife transplanted Marigold seedlings in the greenhouse this morning into 10 flats of 72 cells each and has about 15 to go for home, Church and FRiends and 10 yards of top soil. He had a Bob Cat operator help him with that.

I went over to the Church this morning and cleaned up around the compost piles and uncovered one for our FRiend Susie to use for planting 30 Dahlias. The construction on the new Fellowship Hall is complete and Dennis has completed a new raised bed using Key Stones and 10 yards of top soil all with the help of a gardening service...