Posted on 03/11/2016 1:15:58 PM PST by Darth Reardon
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Remember folks, prayers for greeneyes and post pictures.
Prayers up for greeneyes.
Prayers up for greeneyes!
Thank you, DarthReadon, for covering the thread.
Formerly frozen ground was soft enough for me to turn soil in the planting beds today.
Feeling Springish. Thanks for the thread!
Just FYI: I have tried these Miracle-Gro fertilizer spikes on small, fruit trees. They seem to work well.
Going to actually put some seeds in this weekend - several days of record high temps have warmed the soil and no sign of a hard cold snap here in SE PA. Earliest first planting for me by two weeks - and usually I don’t get anything in until early April.
I’m going to try that.
Put up some herbs in those little compacted peat pods that you can buy at Home Depot. Again, the problem of how to re-pot them once they achieve leaf status. My new home has tough clay soil and I may do another year of herbs in pots.
Thx for the ping. Prayers for Greeneyes, and all my gardening FR’s.
My cucuzza seeds from my saved cucuzza have all germinated, so I am thrilled. One plant goes a long way, so I am gonna have lotsa “gagoots” this year with six vines.
If anyone wants to try growing cucuzza, and wants some seeds, FReepmail me your mailing Addy, and I will oblige w/ some seeds, at least until I run out of seeds.
If you are unfamiliar with cucuzza:
http://www.cucuzzasquash.com/info.html
Prayers up for Greeneyes.
I have some daffodils blooming, along with Magnolia hybrids and Camellias. I am waiting for the annuals to sprout in the gravel driveway (crabgrass, etc.) I did have one dandelion bloom about a month ago. :)
Father, please lay your healing hands on Greeneyes and give guidance to her medical staff so she may be healed and allow her to be strong enough to return to her family and garden with us...
I can’t figure out how to post pictures! Help!
My grandmother used to talk about this fantastic squash she once grew, called Tasmanian Bean. Toward her later years she’d ramble for hours, repeatedly telling how long it grew, how far it climbed, and how she wished she could find it again.
About 6 months before she died, she suddenly remembered it had another name. I don’t remember now what that name was, but unlike Tasmanian Bean, I was able to use it trace the variety’s name changes to its current name, the cucuzza.
I was not able to grow them in time for her to see, but she got very excited when I told her I’d found seeds again. Her mind was pretty much gone, so I was able to tell her many times about it.
Sorry to hear you are suffering from that gastrointestinal distress. My beloved had a long time intestinal problem... turns out it was diverticulitis. Have you been assessed for that yet?
Prayers up for you!
I can’t figure out how to post pictures! Help!
This helped me figure it out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/575774/posts
Rain, rain and more rain. May end up being the wettest Feb. into March in 70 years. I’m in the woods and have had the forth wind storm hit...which means fir branches everywhere. Almost impossible to get out and do anything. Did plant some spinach and lettuce seeds. But, I think they drowned.
My relative in Kansas keeps telling me about the 70 degree days. Leave it to a relative to depress me. I need SUN!
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