Weekly Garden Thread - February 27 - March 5, 2021

February 27, 2021 | Diana in Wisconsin/Greeneyes

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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.

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[MomwithHope]

Thanks love those, found them all, just sent to Belarus.

[Augie]

Central Missouri has gone from freezer to mudhole in the span of a week. The frost is coming out of the ground and the roads are a horrible mess. Rain last night made bad conditions worse, but on the bright side my pond is almost back to full pool.

I took advantage of the sunshine yesterday and repaired the freeze-cracked ball valve on one of the outdoor taps. If I’d waited until today to work on that it would have had to wait until next weekend due to the mud, so I’m glad I didn’t put that off.

It’s about time to finish cleaning up the garden. Won’t be long til it’s time to plant spring greens.

Took RMv.2 back to the dealership on Friday to have the step bars, gooseneck hitch, and bedliner installed. It’s much easier for old fat man to get in and out now.

[Liz]

Everybody loves this recipe so I'm reposting in case anyone missed it. Red Lobster Restaurants'
popular cheese and garlic biscuits are easy to make using Bisquick and freshly grated Cheddar.

Red Lobster Cheese Biscuits

ING 2 cups Bisquick 2/3 cup milk 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar 1/4 cup melted butter 1/4 tsp garlic powder

METHOD Mix Biquick, milk, cheese to soft dough; then beat vigorously 30 sec. Drop spoonfuls onto ungreased sheetpan.
Bake golden 450 deg 8-10 min. Brush warm biscuits w/ combined butter/garlic powder. Serve warm sprinkled w/ minced parsley.

CHEF'S NOTE: steep chp gar/cl in melted butter while baking biscuits......instead of using gar/pwder.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’m short and go through all sorts of ‘moves’ to get up into our F350 truck. Good thing I had some serious Monkey Bar training as a kid! ;)

And then, as if she knows I hate riding in her, she tries to strangle me with the seat belt!

We’re a slushy, muddy mess in SW Wisconsin, too. I don’t know WHAT it’s doing out there right now - some odd combo of rain, sleet and slush is falling from the sky! BUT - more warm and dry weather ahead this week. Yay!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I make those from time to time. Super easy and yummy! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It is going to feel very Spring-like this upcoming week in SW Wisconsin, Zone 4/5!

[Ellendra]

Even better, add glow-in-the-dark pebbles to the mix!

[mrs. a]

Thanks! I’ve only posted a few times - we tend to concentrate more on our livestock here than we do on gardening.

I’m in Maryland - I believe it’s Zone 7. I get conflicting information on when the snakes appear but I think I may have a couple weeks of safety yet.

[LibWhacker]

Good idea, thx!

Only I'm having second thoughts... Generally, I don't do anything to the house that would make it stick out in any way... Don't need burglars, graffiti artists and other vandals taking note.

It is kind of cool, though, IF one could pick the right color(s), density, brightness, etc., i.e., things that require good taste (therefore, I'd have to leave those choices to my wife).

[LibWhacker]

Ha! Just occurred to me... Like those ‘find the animal’ pics I posted, I need home/property camouflage, so people can’t even see it when they drive by!

[tubebender]

Lady Bender took this photo for me this morning. It's the only veggie growing this year but hopefully we'll have a good crop of Blue Berries...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Your garlic is always the HAPPIEST garlic I’ve ever seen! :)

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Although, to be fair, it's not what most people would consider to be a balcony. When I picture a balcony I'm thinking of a small space with maybe room for a table, chairs and a couple of house plants. Ours would be called a terrace, and we have two of them. The upper one has plenty of room for company, an electric awning for shade and still room for a few houseplants:

The lower one is where I keep my plants

[greeneyes]

Thanks for the picture. Nice looking garlic. The garlic I planted last fall that was leftover from the prior year’s batch is just a little shorter than yours. It still a light layer of straw, which I’ll remove after the last frost date.

It seems to have survived the freeze with minimal brown tips. The other bed was planted later, due to a shipping delay from the supplier. It’s under straw so I’m not sure what’s going on with it.

I’m going to experiment with growing some beets and carrots in a pot this year and see if I have better luck that. way.
My extension guide has the end of march for the date to start tomatoes and peppers— it’s hard to wait, but in the past, pushing it sooner has not worked out well for me-we are rated as being the same as Northern Missouri.

Central Mo. gets a head start over us. Ha.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for posting that recipe. I had it at one time-dunno what happened to it.

I think it’ll be a perfect recipe to try out my new food processor-been waiting and researching for quite a while finally settled on a 9 cup Ninja BN601.

If I was richer, and money was not a concern, I would have liked that Breville super serious apparatus with all the bells and whistles-like a real sous-chef professional deal. Ha.

[greeneyes]

It was already pretty muddy here, and it’s rained all weekend. I didn’t get to do the outdoor stuff I had planned. So I started canning some stuff to empty out the freezer. Also experimented with the Emeril pressure cooker/air fryer combo appliance that my daughter sent me as a gift.

I really liked the way it worked. I’ll be using it for pressure canning from now on. It makes a smaller batch, and is so much easier to handle that my Walmart special. It also doesn’t heat stuff up as much - a bonus in the summer time.

It also made a great meat loaf, and cranberry/orange bread loaf and perfect boiled eggs -deviled to go with the meat loaf.

[Liz]

You did good. I have the small Ninja for quick jobs.
There’a a powerful engine in those babies....I love mine.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! Just a ‘few.’ :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Welcome March!