[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

[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! :)

[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! :(

[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...

[chickpundit]

What seed do you find the most fascinating?

You’re right, seeds really are incredible, and seed saving is so much fun. I saved a few seeds last year for the first time ... snapdragons, petunias, hollyhocks, morning glories, and a few others. It was so fun ... also addicting. Last summer/fall, every time I saw a plant I liked walking down the street, I was tempted to grab some seeds. I’ve resisted the urge, as I don’t think that’s proper etiquette. It might be alright in a public park though.

I hope to do the same with veggies this year. I’m going to try to plant different types of squash: one pepo, one moschata, and an edible gourd ... that way hopefully I can save the seeds. I’m also reading up on how to bag tomato blossoms before they open so the seeds will be true to the plant. I’ve still got a lot to learn, so I’m not sure how this will all turn out, but it should be fun to try :)

I planted some spinach, lettuce, and carrot seeds in my raised garden bed the other day ... also transplanted some kohlrabi seedlings in neat little rows. Unfortunately, my puppies somehow got through the gate, and played in the garden bed. The teeny seedlings have disappeared. If sprouts do come up, they will not be in neat little rows any longer, but I’m sure they’ll taste just as good.

[hoe_cake]

Thanks for the ping. I usually don’t respond because of my work load, but today I am because I’m planting my garden this weekend...the usual tomatoes, bell pepper (which I’m not having luck with), eggplant, carrots.

But I’m giving up on planting yellow squash and zucini because the squash borers have more time on their hand than I do. I’ve never been able to get rid of the critters, and they frustrated me to no end last year.

If anyone has a tried and true remedy for squash borers, I’d love to hear it.

[Free Vulcan]

Managed to get two rows of peas in. Still not trusting the weather at this point to put much else in.