[greeneyes]

Greetings from the state of Missouri(we have been a little notorious lately). Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I am enjoying the leftovers today. My youngest daughter cooked the Turkey and pies this year-delicious.

The temps are up to 49 degrees and headed to the 50s and 60s over the weekend. The sun shines bright today, and DD(Daisy Dog) and I are drinking in the warmth from the Patio doors. Turned off the heaters and my feet are no longer numb from cold.

Took a look at the garden and uncovered the winter garden patches next to the patio and did a little weeding. Garlic is surviving well. I planted several different varieties of lettuce, spinach, and carrots late this fall. Only a few of them had sprouted when I put on the row covers.

They are only under one layer, with no straw as an experiment. Lil fingers carrots, Little Gem Lettuce, and Bloomsdale Spinach are so far the out performers. I had purchased seeds that are sold for their hardiness such as Artic King lettuce, standard old Bloomsdale is beating it.

Have a great weekend. God Bless.

[greeneyes]

Pinging the List.

From outofsalt

Hi greeneyes,

I need help with a gardening problem and wanted to see if you might throw this up on your weekly thread.

We just bought and are flipping an old HUD house in southeast VA (Zone 7-8) and the front is awful. No curb appeal at all.

I was hoping to get advice on what can be transplanted to make this house more inviting to buyers. Can any established bushes be planted this time of year to improve the landscaping of a barren southwest brick wall? Any resources for a freeper with a brown thumb would be welcome!

[Red_Devil 232]

GO MISS. STATE!

Beat Ole Miss. Tomorrow.

[Marcella]

After getting back from our long trip up north, I've been taking it easy. I think we were in 15 different states and some of those twice. We took Yorkie Prissy, so she may be the most traveled doggie in the county.

My Mandarin oranges are ripe and still on the tree (tree is in the house now). They have been on there so many months, I'll miss them when they are gone. My walking onions are doing well in the planters where they are for the winter. I have a row cover for them when it goes down to freezing here.

I'm thankful for all of you on the gardening thread.

[tubebender]

Burp…

[tubebender]

This is one tenacious pumpkin vine as I cut off the mother plant at the roots and this section has enough secondary roost to produce some babies…

[tubebender]

I have to share Lady Bender's perfectly baked and browned 19# turkey with stuffing inside. We have a small kitchen with a single oven so there is a lot going on to bring a hot meal to the table for 10 people. We brined this bird for 14 hours...

[Augie]

No progress on the potting shed. It's still sitting on the skids in my front yard. Garden is still a mess but there will be time to clean it up over the winter. Garlic is up about 3". I need to get a layer of compost on top of it before the really bad weather gets here.

I took advantage of the warm weather over the weekend to work on my log pile. 16 15' logs and 10 9' logs are out so far. I've got a few more dead trees that need to come down and then it will be time to call the log buyer and have them hauled away.

The tops are yielding mountains of firewood. I've lost count of how many loader buckets I've dumped on my pile. I took two pickup loads to Dad yesterday and have that much more that's been cut to fit his stoves piled up in my back field.