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Weekly Garden Thread - May 25-31, 2019
May 25, 2019 | Diana in Wisconsin

Posted on 05/25/2019 6:57:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Our 'Greeneyes' has been FOUND, but she is having computer issues, so I have been asked to keep the Weekly Garden Thread rolling until she returns.

That said, I will be posting once a week, and I will TRY to stick to her schedule of a Friday Night/Saturday Morning Weekly Post, but it depends upon what is going on here at MY farm. (It's Spring; it's BUSY!)

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. Planting, Harvest to Table Recipes, Preserving, Good Living - there is no telling where it will go and... that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!

NOTE: This is a once a week ping list. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest to Gardeners are welcomed any time!


TOPICS: Food; Gardening
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We went to the farmer’s market this morning and found more RAIN! It is so wet here in Wisconsin. It will be quite a while before we can get the garden planted. I can’t imagine how stressful this season is for the farmers around here waiting to get things planted.


21 posted on 05/25/2019 9:04:56 AM PDT by freemama
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To: metmom

I suffer from a lack of room. My freezer spaces aren’t large enough to easily put quart jars. I do stuff ziplocs of seeds into a couple large jars to store in my freezer though. Keeps all the fiddly bits of bags confined to one spot. I have to make do with nested ziplocs for everything else, sadly.

My goal at some point is to get a big new stand up freezer. I’d love love love one of those. Mine has ‘issues’...And I don’t really trust it with stuff that really has to be cold all the time.


22 posted on 05/25/2019 9:07:25 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
Your post , #18 video (Youtube), is an eye awakener.
The Solar Minimum is affecting agriculture world-wide.
23 posted on 05/25/2019 9:10:28 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

The nutjobs are already blaming it on carbon...

https://twitter.com/systemrename/status/1132202688320397312


24 posted on 05/25/2019 9:17:08 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
Black Agnes :" The nutjobs are already blaming it on carbon..."

We live in a 'Solar System', governed by the solar (sun).
If we lived in a 'Carbon system', we'd be governed by charcoal and petrified trees.
This weekend (Memorial Day, holiday) celebrates carbon, charcoal, and Bar-be-Que, with, or without, Sriracha sauce,
rather than the courageous Veterans, who prevented us from speaking German or Japanese.

25 posted on 05/25/2019 9:30:07 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
It's not going to be a fun year. :(

We got the 'town' chores done and are starting on the 'farm' chores now, after a light lunch.

First up is getting the bare root apple trees and my climbing rose in the ground...then lots of other things!

26 posted on 05/25/2019 10:27:19 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for taking care of the thread! :-)


27 posted on 05/25/2019 10:27:42 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"'Greeneyes' has been FOUND"

Praise God! (I once was lost, but now I'm found - but that's a little different).

Konnecticut - finally stopped raining and dried out - most of the gardens went in last weekend, (and the lawn got mowed. The neighbors cheered.)

We found a strain of sweet potatoes that will/should grow up here, so we planted those - other than that we've got the same old tomatoes, cukes, eggplant, peppers, squash, etc. we always grow.
THIS is the most wonderful time of the year!

28 posted on 05/25/2019 10:41:54 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1132288267028615168

First comment blames man.

No mention of grand solar minimum and what the declining magnetosphere does to the jet stream.

No, it’s strictly manmade.

And he’s in the ‘wind industry’ (shocker...)

When killing the fossil fuel industry doesn’t bring back ‘optimum weather conditions’ (and it never will, what’s optimum?), do any of you have any doubt they’ll start to ‘ban’ other carbon dioxide sources? (old people, disabled people,...)


29 posted on 05/25/2019 10:52:06 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: metmom

I’m going to guess Lily Leaf Beetles.

https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/lily-beetle/8090.html


30 posted on 05/25/2019 12:25:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: trisham

Beautiful Crabapple! I have a white one too, ‘Spring Snow.’ She’s only a few years old, but she bloomed nicely this spring, too.

she produces no fruit, so no mess and no wasps. Yay! :)


31 posted on 05/25/2019 12:26:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: NTHockey

We’re having lots of salads from kale, lettuces, arugula and spinach. My radishes are just about ready to pull.

I started an asparagus bed last season, so I’m not picking any until next year - but I have been buying it at market. Yummy! :)


32 posted on 05/25/2019 12:27:23 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Lucky about the ticket! I’ve never had a speeding ticket, though of course, I’ve deserved them through the years.

Last time I got pulled over, the cop gave me a break due to my clean driving record, but I got the old Finger Wag, LOL!

Relatives in the Cemeteries, or just looking for old graves? We like to do that. Kind of a weird interest, but humbling in many ways.

None of us is getting out alive! ;)


33 posted on 05/25/2019 12:29:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; All

Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it? We Puny Humans are at the Sun's mercy for sure!

34 posted on 05/25/2019 12:33:43 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yup.

That’s them.

I squashed what I could.


35 posted on 05/25/2019 12:34:03 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: left that other site

Glad to help!

You’d THINK I’d be sick of gardening after 20 years in, ‘The Gardening Biz*’ after my Army career, but strangely, I’m not! :)

*Worked for The Seed Saver’s Exchange for 8 years, then 10 with Jung Seed Company, and then my own ventures after that!


36 posted on 05/25/2019 12:36:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: metmom

They can be pretty destructive. I am adding Madonna and Stargazer Lilies to my perennial bed this season. Excited! :)


37 posted on 05/25/2019 12:38:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Gardening is new every day. :-)


38 posted on 05/25/2019 12:40:36 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I could tell.

The plants looked like they got hit pretty good.

It was just on a whim that I decided to transplant them, otherwise I probably would not have noticed.

I’ll pick up some Neem oil.


39 posted on 05/25/2019 12:41:06 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I could not find any more adults and took an old (formerly) sharp kitchen knife and scraped the eggs off and put them in soapy water.

I had moved the plants to a much sunnier space, which it turns out, is supposed to help.

I’ll be getting some neem oil and spraying the undersides of the leaves.

I only have two plants so it won’t be hard to control them.


40 posted on 05/25/2019 1:16:52 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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