Posted on 03/28/2020 6:12:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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crocuses, tulips, daffodils...all coming up! :-)
Morning and greetings from west Michigan. Rainy here. Had a great family come out this past Monday to help with some outside things as I have been temporarily out of duty. They did some necessary fruit tree pruning and clemantis clipping, raking, and many other smaller outside tasks that I just can’t get to right now. Social distancing has not been a problem. Amazing times we are in. Thanks Diana for keeping the threads going. Having a great garden this year seems all the more important.
Started my tomatoes and peppers inside.
Would like to sow lettuce, spinach in the garden. I have so many seeds, I'll risk any bad weather.
Got life in every pot that is outside. Chives are in full swing and making it into one meal a day. The thyme, regular and lemon are coming in nicely and I used some last night for the first time this season. Tarragon is looking good and so is the sage. The mint has small leaves and the lavender is getting green. Waiting for the oregano to get life. I had flat parsley for most of the winter. It looks like that last cold spell killed it. I have borage going in that pot and probably need a replant of parsley.
Due to social distancing, I am hosting several plants from the office. My dining room looks amazing. When they go back, I may need to find more plants for my dining room.
We all have time to garden...
Greetings from southern New Hampshire where winter returned and left in the span of three days! We got at least 6” of heavy, wet snow on Monday night. It started to melt on Tuesday, and there are just a few piles left.
I raked the planter out by the road, yesterday. A few iris shoots shoowing. I need to do some serious planning and planting, there.
It appears that our remaining bee colony collapsed. Not to saddened as they were the most aggressive bees I have ever had.
I am getting ready to assemble three swarm traps and about one hundred frames. Then, I will build the first of I hope several insulated horizontal hives.
I cleared the old muck and foliage from the bog filter. I also repositioned the east side of the duck pen and moved the electric fence to match it, while rerouting the electric fence to bypass the bog filter.
I finished pruning pines and took the branches to the transfer station. it looks alot neater.
As soon as the piles of snow that were shed from the house roof melt, I will clean out the two planters.
I am really ready for spring!
The Inspiration:
The Plan:
The Beginning:
And, of course, it's rained every day since he got the footings cemented in, so it's a work in progress for a while.
LOL! Those are great! :)
Wow, Diana !
That last pix looks great.
I planted radish seeds and transplanted asparagus plants yesterday.
We have ten little tomatoes and a dozen peppers up and healthy, growing under lights in our Beach House.
The Lake of the Ozarks is coming alive this week. Winter Florida lovers are moving back and the weekenders are here, touching up and painting. The lakeside restaurants closed for the winter but are now stuck closed. Grocery stores and pharmacies are open.
Wife emailed a grocery list to our local Wal Mart and picked up without getting out of the car. Its the first time we’ve done this.
Pork chops for lunch today...
Quarantine is great for gardeners! We purchased 9 additional acres west of our place last year and are waiting to close on 3 more acres to the south. I’ve put in 10 peach trees in the last two days in addition to regular gardening. Got a pecan tree, 3 more peaches and 3 apricots left to put out. It’s raining this morning so freeping, having tea and loving this weather.
Thanks! Beau is a genius when it comes to building things. He constantly amazes me with his skill set. So BLESSED to have him. He’ll be a great partner in the coming Zombie attacks. ;)
“Wife emailed a grocery list to our local Wal Mart and picked up without getting out of the car. Its the first time we’ve done this.”
I’ve noticed that our Walmart lot is busier in the area of pick-ups, and in the store I see lots of clerks now, wheeling around carts and picking orders. They have a different colored vest than the other clerks.
Our Walmart is 100% back to normal, 3 weeks after the big ‘Scavenger Hunt for TP’ took place. I shopped yesterday, mid-day and had no problems with getting what I needed at all. Only delay was some doofus at the Brat cooler who couldn’t make up his mind. I didn’t want to get close to him for fear he’d deck me for not being 6’ away! He FINALLY made up his mind and then it was my turn to annoy the person behind ME. (First World Problems, for sure!)
Pork chops are in the rotation for us this weekend, too. Grilled, I think. :)
My gardening day is not a fun one. Digging a 10 inch dia stump out of the middle of my spot for a high tunnel. Roots are 3-6 inches in dia and criss cross. Giving up on the axe and will put the old chain on the saw and hack away, sharpen chain, hack some more - repeat as needed. Then finally hook some logging chain to it and yank with the truck.
There are very few problems in life that cannot be solved with the proper application of explosives.
I got my fruit trees pruned a few weeks back, and yesterday afternoon I put granular fertilizer down for them all.
Plum, Cherry, Peach, Pear and Apple. I also dosed the Flowering Crab because I love her. (’Spring Snow’ blooms white, no fruit to mess with.)
Then, a LOVELY rain last night and light rain today. Lots of Earthworms heading for higher ground, so the Robins are VERY happy!
Tulips, Daffs, Rhubarb and Chives are all up.
It’s Happening, People! :)
Our local butcher shop fatures racks of cooked and smoked BBQ ribs.
These are a bit dry to my taste.
Wife likes to use a neighbor’s modified recipe: Revove packaing and wrap in tin foil with some more BBQ sauce and a doze of apple juice. The ribs come out in an hour with the meat falling off the bone!
That’s a great idea. I have some Bear chops I’ll try that way.
Very encouraging reading all your post this morning after a depressing week here on Humboldt bay. No Saturday get together with old FRiends this morning so Lady Bender and I are going for a ride.
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