Posted on 01/30/2009 6:49:17 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Glad to help! I used to live in San Diego, CA, where you can garden 365 days a year. I literally got BORED with it, LOL!
I like Zone 4/5 where I have four distinct seasons. Spring and Fall are my favorites. :)
Look into ‘Alpine Plants’ too. They thrive at that altitude. Granted, they’re not food producers, but Alpine gardens can be very pretty. Wouldn’t you love to see an Edelweiss or a Lenten Rose peaking out through the snow in the early Spring? :)
Here’s a pretty site I found for you:
http://www.thealpinegarden.com/
You have an excellent container to use for a composter, but here is what I'd do. Buy two small - medium door hinges. Make a single cut with a jigsaw about 2/3 across the length of the barrel. Mount the hinges with pop rivets now, so the door is not so hard to mount later.
Now, make another cut parallel to the first, about 12 - 15 inches away. Get a small piece of flat metal about 3X4 inches and mount on the door, to keep it from falling into the drum.
Then cut each end of the door so it opens. Next, drill holes using a unibit (step bit) all around the barrel and each end.
Buy four 3 or 4 inch casters. Mount them on 4X4 base and use a 2X4 or 2X6 to hold them together. Make sure they are not too close to the door. Lay the drum onto the rollers, and start putting leftovers, clippings, whatever you want to use. Add water to get the process started.
If you can get some, throw a couple of cow patties into the compost. Make sure you break them with a shovel or spade before you throw them into the mix. Roll your drum every two or three days.
Yes that hurt!!! From then on I wore braids, was very careful about letting the hair fly around. Seriously, it could have broken my neck.
I do miss the long hair though. I didn’t cut it for about 13 years. Wearing breads was just easier. I braided it at night to sleep so I wouldn’t have a tangled mess to comb out in the morning. Fine hair is a pain.
The Love in a Mist does well here. My friend sent me seeds spring before last. They did well and came back up last year. I harvested seeds from them.
Maybe you could put them in a shady area. I have some in shade and some in sun, and they seem to do well in both areas. The past two summers here we had drought and they still thrived.
The friend just sent the Canterbury Bells this fall, so I don’t know how they’ll work out.
If you want me to send you some of the seed from the Love in a Mist I will be happy to do so.
The neighbors are okay, although they did lose about everything in the fire. I called them and asked them if I could do anything. I have some clothes to take by when I am sure this bug is over (don’t want to spread it to them at their age). I feel good today, but was sick, sick all week.
It is beautiful outside here today, in the ‘50s and sunshine. After being sick I really appreciate waking up well.
Thanks. I’m going to pass this on the the men-folks in my house. I have mostly been the gardening person in our home, but this year we are doing garden planning together, actually starting seeds indoors. They like “messing around with stuff” so maybe this will be a project they’ll enjoy.
Hey girl. Mr G and I just got back from a weekend off, so I have been out of the loop for a few days. We spent the weekend talking about our garden, and have decided to go with the Square Foot Garden method. We think we actually have a chance at making that work. I don’t have any seeds to share because I have so far managed to just kill things. I hope to do better.
Have your neighbors who lost their house been in contact with the Red Cross? Did they show up the night of the fire? They should have been called by the fire department. They should be able to give them food, shelter and clothing to help them get through the start of this catastrophe. That is what they are there for. They can also help replace some of their other stuff. Call them if they haven’t talked.
I see you got in trouble with some long hair. Since I used to be able to sit on my hair I know what you mean. When I finally cut it I cut off 3 feet, and it was still down to my shoulders.
I got mine caught in a wringer washer one time and it scared me good. Fortunately, I got it turned off before I was hurt. Between that and getting it caught on the buttons of people walking the other direction and having my head yanked backwards, I decided a braid was the answer.
Thank you for being a friend.
I am only partly back, while using an old computer and waiting for my normal computer to be fixed.
In post 9371 on our thread, we have permission to continue as we were, with the survival thread.
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Thank you for your kind words.
I did give up on Free Republic, when ordered to post only links to recipes.
And then God gave me a timeout period, my computer broke and is still in the shop.
This 98 Windows, had Free Republic as the home page and sometimes it will connect and others it takes the day off.
Our survival thread is active again, but not with new and exciting posts, as I can’t surf the internet on this one.
It did work fine for the million games of Solitare that I have played on it for the past month..
granny
Granny!
I’m so glad you’re back! We missed you!
My computer isn’t broken, but I’ve been trying to not spend as much time on it. :) On freeper, anyway. Grin. I spend way too much time online. I’ve been trying to finish a couple of books and I’m still writing my articles—one due next week. LOL
Besides that, the greenhouse is cranking up again. The guys got it cleaned for me and new floor cloth down. Going to try and replace the plastic next week. Have cabbage, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, chard, bak choi, spinach, beets, turnips, and rutabagas started. They put the “incubator”—a greenhouse within a greenhouse up and we put some peppers and maters in.
Not sure why the mods got upset, but I never thought about hitting abuse and complaining to them. My apologies. Glad they recanted. A bunch of the crowd was trying to get a petition going to Jim to get you reinstated. ((((HUGS)))))
Anything I can do to help you get yours up and running?
Welcome back granny. We’ve crossed paths just a couple of times and I always enjoyed your survival thread. Glad to see you here. :)
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