Posted on 04/03/2015 1:24:44 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Nippy 45 degrees here and gloomy looking sky. Hyacinths got beat down by the hail and strong winds whipping through yesterday afternoon and evening. Big downpour and all the rain barrels are now full.
We had great weather earlier this week, when I had to go out for doctor visits, planning meetings, grocery etc. I did manage to get the potato bed ready to plant, but no planting yet and the soil is too wet to do it today, so I'm just cleaning and getting ready for Easter.
I also set up a 3 shelf unit from Walmart in front of my patio doors to use for trays of seedlings and will be starting some more stuff this weekend.
Computer may go on fritz anytime, so I want to hurry and get this posted. Hope all is well with everyone. Have a great Easter. God Bless.
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We’re under a freeze warning here in Western CO for tonite into tomorrow morning. Going to cover the few plants that aren’t, and the rest are in the greenhouse. Hopefully all will be well. I’m hoping. I’ve got some pics of the plants I’ve got thus far, including the hops, but I need to get them uploaded to a sharing site to share.
I got my tomatoes started indoors and they are doing fine.
The temperatures are about 60 and it’s wonderful. The snow is finally melting.
We’re expecting rain tonight here in Massachusetts. We’ve lost quite a bit of our snow, with a high today of 53 degrees. I still haven’t started any seeds. I’m worried that this is going to be a bad season, but I’ve been so busy that it’s been impossible.
Fortunately, I don't need that much care yet, and I was prepared enough to not suffer during the outage.
I even got some (a little) gardening done. Pics later of some of the amazing volunteer plants in the garden.
/johnny
Looking forward to seeing your pics. We have several trees that are starting to bloom pears and granny smith apple trees and our mystery tree.
Last year we had a hard freeze right after they bloomed out, so we covered them and put a portable shop light with 100 watt bulb in with them, and it worked out great.
Hope yours work out however you have it fixed up.
Snow melting sounds great. I am starting more tomatoes this year that last year, and they are doing well. Several are actually big enough to transplant, but it’s still too cool.
I just repot them up to a gallon container if I need to. Sometimes it’s June before I feel safe putting them into the ground.
It’s certainly not looking like we’ll ever be warm here either, but chances are it will. Anyone know what the temps were like the “year of no summer”?
Sitting at 85F at this time 3:50 CDT. Expecting some nasty weather later but the day has been beautiful.
Yes, plenty of wet in the ground here in SWMO! Gonna at least frost tonight. Getting everything in the raised beds covered and bringing in the seedlings from our little porch hot house (just a wooden shelf with plastic wrap) just in case it gets even cooler. The thyme and a few of the perennial flowers we started from seed are up and I would hate to lose them now.
We have gotten no further on the hugelkultur bed because of the wet ground. Can’t get the logs out of the woods for it. Looking at putting 6 more 3’x4’ raised beds as well. I am trying to get away from ground level due to bad spinal issues and the disease and bug problems at ground level. I thank my lucky stars for my youngest son who is so helpful in getting the heavy lifting done.
The hail was heavy yesterday but did no plant damage. I was worried about that last night. I remember a saying about how the fears in the dark are lessened by the daylight....
Glad all is well, and that you were able to do a little gardening. I am always in a better mood when I am able to get out and garden a bit.
We need a backup for the oxygen and cpap, but that’s what the generator is for. I have been looking into battery backup with some sort of self-sufficient recharging ability, but am a long way from formulating that plan.
I am not overly concerned, because I can always just sleep in a chair and keep a decent O2 level, and I do have a spare O2 tank and conserver.
What a lovely day you’re having so far!
A picture is worth a thousand words! Thanks for sharing. It all looks so good. Is that newspaper around the plant in the last picture?
Do you know if there was hail in Springfield?
It is! I've taken to recycling paper to make pots for the seedlings. Works pretty well, and no more last minute runs to the wally world for peat pots. :)
I’ve been doing the newspaper pots for a few years myself.
Your plants look lovely.
I was going to start some of my bed prep today, but it rained here in Connecticut. Hope that we’ll have a dry day tomorrow so I can plant my peas. My grandmother always said that peas should be planted on Good Friday.
Not sure. Were you anywhere close to the tornadoes?
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