Posted on 05/04/2012 7:31:41 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
Good morning FRiends and fellow gardeners! I really enjoyed all of you that participated in last week's thread. I've been so busy that I didn't have time to respond to each and every comment, but I think about what y'all write and the photos that you post while I'm out working on my own projects. You truly inspire me!
Looking forward to reading your updates this week. We welcomed 2 new members to the ping list last week, bringing us to 525 members. That is fantastic, and we are on track to add 100 members this year.
In my own little patch of earth, I've worked on many projects this past week and I did take plenty of photos along the way. If I get a chance I'll share some later on this evening, but if I don't, I'll post them all as next week's thread. My mind is reeling going from one thing to another and it would be easier to tell you what doesn't hurt on my body. It is all very rewarding though, as I'm sure y'all understand.
Happy gardening!
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The onions have been placed in the raised bed and look good. I had planted them through a slit in landscape fabric, but today it hit me that they are going to try to multiply, so I might have to open up more than a slit. Live and learn. I'll try to get a photo of the bed posted soon.
Love apricots ... I am jealous!
Need to get with you on that turkey problem. DH and I could probably help next Spring! Still looking around for a small disk. Don't give up on me.
Could be. I thought it was a chicken snake. The only thing I was sure about is that it wasn’t venomous. Ran into the venomous one on the other side of the property, a nice little copperhead. The past couple of days have been kinda snakey.
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) - The flavor of lilacs varies from plant to plant. Very fragramt, slightly bitter. Has a distinct lemony taste with floral, pungent overtones. Great in salads and crystallized with egg whites and sugar.
Need to get with you on that turkey problem. DH and I could probably help next Spring!
Never hunted turkey with a bow ... I might starve! Like to gun hunt, but if we need to do otherwise, we will. You’re the boss.
My main identification concern is usually whether or not it's going to hurt me. Some of y'all may remember when I got bitten by a brown water snake in my greens patch summer before last. When I saw the pattern without seeing the head, I just knew I was going to die.
I use (mostly) newspaper pots; 3 seeds to the pot. When up & starting to form true leaves, pick the weakest & snip--DON'T pull!--at soil level.
A few days later, repeat, keeping the strongest & ending up with 6 pots with one good seedling each.
Saves on space and pots, though if using peat pellets or such, there isn't enough room to space the seeds far enough away from each other.
Either/or; doesn’t matter to me. I have hardly ever drawn a bow since a 1960s college P.E. class, so I use the double-12 my dad bought around 1940.
Guys that visited this year from Minnesota used bows, until they were down to the wire and still had unfilled tags. Out came the 12s, and problem solved.
I am going to have to cancel that trip to visit you.. FOR SEVERAL YEARS!!!!!
I’m not wanting to hear that the trip is cancelled! Happy upcoming birthday to one of my favorite FRiends! And many more!
Timber rattlers are pretty snakes ... from a distance.
I don’t know if it is thrift or what, but I plant 1 seed per pot. Fortunately, it has always worked and I get good, strong, plants. Sheer luck I suppose.
Well, with 3,000 acres, you have room to put one seed per pot. LOL
In one of the books I reccomended (Dick Raymond's book) He talks about how plants are like people. They all need food, water and sleep. Some like hot, some cold. Some dry, some wet. Some crouded, some solitary. And like people you have to figure them out and the best well to get along with them.
Thank you all for the tips. I’m going to keep trying on the seedlings. I’m hoping to direct sow more seeds this weekend. If those survive I may never start them indoors again! :0)
One more snake photo and I’m outta here. You see, I had these two older brothers and they.....
Yes, lol!
Martha Stewart is late to the party. I used to make Christmas trees out of tumbleweeds when I was in Jr. High. (And I hate to tell you how long ago that was.) I’d find 3 in graduated sizes, get my father to spray paint them white, pile them up and decorate them with cotton balls and home made, paper decorations. Free Christmas tree, instantly. My Home Room thought that was so neat that they took up a collection the following year to buy a “real” tree at a tree lot. LOL
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