Posted on 03/02/2018 7:53:09 PM PST by greeneyes
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Hubby removed a couple of tree stumps, so I will be able to have a bigger area to make up for the area I lost when we put in the greenhouse.
I will be able to come out of the green house and walk on pavers directly to the compost bin. On the other side of the pavers, is the new raised bed.
This will be great in the winter time. Instead of walking 40 ft in snow or ice, I'll only have to walk 5 ft. I have moved a few plants to the green house. Hubby needs to repair the window.
It was not latched down properly and a big wind storm blew it off. I ordered some stevia, tarragon, bay leaf, and rosemary today for the herb garden.
Hope all is well with everyone. Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
I found out from talking to another FR, that there was hesitation to discuss other topics not gardening per se.
However, I’ve always felt that hobbies and especially homesteading, back to basics, composting, canning and other recipes are great additions to the discussion.
The only thing I like to avoid here is politics etc. - a refuge from FR flame wars. LOL
It’s out there somewhere, buried in the snow.....
The pool water is a surprising 60 degrees.
Thanks that was an entertaining story.
We are not past having some snow, but typically this time of the year, it’s not a lot, and melts within a day or two.
So we finish yard clean up and get organized. April 1 is the first outdoor planting - potatoes.
Your zone is ahead of us. We don’t really have any thing like that yet. We too have a lot of trouble getting fruit due to spring frosts, even when the tree is not too close to the walnut tree.
I live in Florida..jacksonvill.
I have a backyard, grass, covered with weeds. I want to weed and fertilize.
I have an adorable dog. She sometimes digs holes. Is there anything i can use for the weeds and fertilizer. I’ve been told if you spray,let it dry, won,t HURT the dog. But she digs a deep hole and will get it on her paws and nails.
Any ideas would be so appreciated.
And ....I will allow her to dig the occasional holes.
March is our big snow month in the Colorado Rockies. Had a storm years ago in March that dumped 5 1/2 ft of snow. Need to start indoors soon. Short season between frosts here. Many months of snow.
Western PA had high winds the past two days but they are dying down. (March coming in like a lion with temps back down to 30’s.) That’s always a concern for those who worry about their stacked patio furniture blowing over, their shutters and strips of steel siding pulling loose, and tree limbs falling off or even trees crashing into house.
I think I'll clear my raspberry bushes this weekend. I don't know whether I'll leave a few old canes so I have some to nibble on in June or just cut them to the ground and wait until August for berries from the new growth.
Hello gardening thread!
I didn’t think I would have anything to report for a while, but it was in the 70s this last week so I wandered around the Garden area and saw strawberries coming up and chives! The good weather and the sight of that Greenery got me enthused for gardening again.
It’s too early for me to plant anything outside, but I did remove a bunch of weeds and I got out last year’s gardening plot plan, and looked it over to see what changes I could make. I especially wanted to see where I could fit in arugula in the raised bed area. That area doesn’t get plowed so everything can reseed itself. So now I just have to wait another month!
Does anyone know how long canning lids last in storage? Or better yet, what’s the best way to store them?
I inherited raspberry bushes when we bought this house. How am I supposed to prune them? I had thought the berries only grow on Old canes, so I’ve just been leaving everything alone.
Finally getting some much-needed rain in SoCal. So needed. Threw some plant food about to let it soak in and do its magic.
It depends on whether they are early or late bearing berries. My main ones are red Heritage raspberries which will have a small early crop on last year's growth but the main crop is in August and September on new growth.
If you have late bearing ones you can just cut them to the ground. If you have early bearing one you have to remove the canes that are two or more years old keeping last year's new canes.
I found this http://www.finegardening.com/article/pruning-red-raspberries
We don’t have any problems with weeds. We have a few wild flowers in the side yard- which we don’t mow down until they have flowered.
We also have dandelions, but they are edible, so we don’t do anything about those either. We have been living here for 40 years, and we have never fertilized the yard, other than our own compost, leaf mulch, and grass clippings.
Here is a cheap weed killer - full strength works best. Sometimes need to repeat a few times.
VINEGAR 1 gallon
SALT 1 cup
SOAP 1 Tblsp
WATER dilute as desired
Hope this helps. Others may have better suggestions.
We are redoing our usual seed orders to get the early and shorter days to maturity items. If I lived where you do, I might move south. LOL
Wind is a problem here too. However, this year, with the green house, I think we are past worries on temps in the 30s.
We have tracked the temps and the greenhouse is nearly always about 10 degrees at least warmer than outdoors.
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