Weekly Gardening Thread
Posted on 02/26/2010 7:00:29 AM PST by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners! Most of us are still dealing with winter weather and freezing temperatures and we are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of warmer weather. While we wait for the arrival of spring we are planning our gardens, buying our seeds and other supplies and we are also asking questions and sharing advice.
If you are just starting out gardening and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in. There are many Freepers from all over the Good Ol’ USA that are willing and eager to help.
Freeper madamemayhem asked me to let the Hoosier gardeners know that the Indy Home and Flower Show is March 5-7 at the Lucas Oil Stadium. There is $10 fee to get into the 25,000 sq. ft. of gardens and outdoor products.
Weekly Gardening Thread
I hope all of you will stop by.
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just posted this to Alice in last week’s thread...lol
got me a jiffy greenhouse last weekend and got some seeds started on tuesday night...they’re already coming up! planted only a third of the 72 spaces so that I don’t get inundated with produce all at once...it’s just me and the wife for the time being.
planted one tomato, a cucumber, some broccoli, lettuce, spinach, red beets, carrots, and a couple bush beans all except the beans were $0.20 a pack at wally-world. beans were $2.00 a pack to get the variety that my grandad says is the best...So, I think I have a total of about $10 in this so far. Talked to my friend at the old Lesco place the other day. He said that he used some turkey manure product that they sell on his garden last year and couldn’t believe the results! it’s $27 a bag, but I may need to give it a try.
Where’s this week’s thread? lol
Are you on this ping list? There are several people from your area here and many would be interested in your hydro projects.
Wow! Great pics in your profile, Red.
Living here in central Texas, I’m fixing to harvest the remainder of our winter garden - collards, turnips, mustard greens, swiss chard, & carrots.
Then i can get on with prepping the spring/summer garden. I’ve already put out onion sets - 1015’s & white granex.
How big of a garden are you planning?
Good Morning Red D and All
Looking forward to getting some spring like weather soon. I did
manage to get some onions planted before our little snow hit early
this week. Last year I had onions, potatos and turnips in by the middle
of Feb. Been much too wet this year though to do anything.
Thanks for the ping, RD232.
I saved some seeds from last years zucchini, but I’m not sure if they were a hybrid or not, so I planted one, and it is growing.
Does anyone know if it will reproduce?
thanks red
well, we’re moving to a home outside of the city limits, but it will still be on a smallish lot. Using google maps, I found where the drain field is so will site the garden on top of it. I do not forsee it being very large as there is only my wife and I to feed. there will be a little trial and error involved to determine exactly the size needed for us as this is the first time i have planted a garden in FL. My grandad lives about an hour away and has planted one every winter for the past 20 years while doing the snowbird thing, and he offered to help.
Are you still in FL? Coming back to WI any time soon? I admire your restraint in the seed department. I have a whole box full of seeds and more on my list to get.
It’s snowing to beat the band here! Your gardening threads are helping me through the winter!
We got a little more than a foot of snow overnight, here in Rochester. It’s the most snow we’ve had at once in quite a while after being spared the two earlier storms that went through New England.
Hopefully it wont last too long, it’s almost time for my crocus to start sprouting, followed by tulips and daffodils.
Thank you for the compliment!
I will never rerelocate to that national socialist hellhole.
Well, I have never commented on your thread before but, something is puzzling me about gardening.
I have been gardening for fifty years and, last year (2009) my late Cabbage didn’t fully mature to what I expected, so I left them in the garden. We have had temps of five degree above zero many times and plenty of snow. To my surprise the Cabbage is (above ground) still good. After a thaw with a little rain I cut a head for home use. I have always buried the Cabbage under ground and have Cabbage still good up until April and May. I also have Creases Greens in the garden that I eat on all winter, along with Turnips which is always a custom.
I suppose what I’m saying is, does any-one leave their fall Cabbage above ground for winter use?
We’re buried....
*sigh*
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