Posted on 04/09/2022 6:15:09 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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What a beautiful chart! Thanks!
Love the lettuce link ❣
The grass is green and growing fast.
The forsythia flowers are damaged. They bloomed and got hit with frost ... in a state of permanent wilt.
Get the mower out and start it up ... so it’s ready
Best gardening tip on the whole thread.
I will look for pink lady slipper and buffalo clover just in case.
The salt mine gave me hell this week, and I missed a day watering my seedlings in the greenhouse. Had several things that were wilted almost to the point of falling over, but I gave them a good drink of pond water and it looks like most everything is going to come out of it ok.
Soil temp in the starter cells was 60° when I checked it this morning, but it was cold enough for long enough last night to freeze the top of my watering pan.
The blossoms on Mrs. Augie's magnolia tree were crisp like a potato chip. They will all be brown and yucky by tomorrow.
I'm hoping to find some time this weekend to stomp the woods and see if I can locate some morels. People are starting to find them so it's just a matter of getting out there and doing it.
For those of us in the Midwest/Upper Midwest (we had a little bit of short-lived snow this morning) it should be noted that lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage etc. are all cool weather plants that do well in this climate.
Don’t bother with most vegetables, annuals or perennials at this time unless you are willing to do all the homework, moving and temperature work and so forth for a few weeks if you are zones 5-7.
BTW, I work in one of the largest greenhouses in the country so I see a lot of the inside stuff.
Petunias are blooming in our beach house.
I sent a pix to Diana...
Loving all the charts - so informative and attractive too. If I had a greenhouse, I’d run them off and post them so I would be seeing them frequently.
It’s 50° this morning and bright sunshine, although clouds are supposed to move in later today. Everything is growing like crazy, including the buttercups which are now blooming in the front pasture - looks like a ‘sea’ of yellow. They bloom for about 3 weeks and then they don’t come back after I mow.
I still cannot get in the garden to weed. I would be able to ‘get down’, but getting up is the issue! The creeping Charlie is back so I’m going to spray it next week when we should have some very warm days with highs in the upper 70s and we might even hit 80. I use vinegar, epsom salts and a dollop of detergent. I discovered last year that if I spray, wait two to three days, then spray again, that seems to do the trick. The creeping Charlie has nice broad leaves so the spray works fairly well on them and it doesn’t poison the ground so I can plant vegetables without worrying about toxic spray.
This morning I am icing my knee after my at-home-PT exercises and watching the Masters Golf tournament. Some years ago, I played a little golf with my brother and his wife one summer which was fun; however, I enjoy the Masters mainly because the golf course is so gorgeous! The rhododendron and azalea are blooming and of course the grass is beautiful, & the arched rock bridges over the creeks are really interesting and attractive.
Tomorrow, I am putting out my hummingbird feeders! The little guys usually arrive mid April so we should be seeing them soon :-)
Morning! Heading out and will check back later. About 5 days ago I started 70 jiffy pellets. Shishito peppers up already.
Native plants always do best in our sometimes harsh conditions:
Penstemon:
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Straw flowers can take the heat:
Lemons are exploding, these are very sour:
Starry Night Petunias:
And a volunteer honeysuckle that is trying to take over my front porch - for 30 years. I let it bloom then hack it back. Smells heavenly even though it is a pest.
Happy Spring Gardening to all!
Morels! My favorite time of year! Ours usually pop up in another week or two. I hope to have a good crop this year since last year I only had a half dozen.
I like to be able to get up and down to work at kneeling level. 25 years ago, my Dad, then close to 80, got me one of these:
You flip it over and it is a kneeler instead of a seat. Mine does not have a bag but it flows and has been very useful to keep my knees out of the mud and the handles make getting up and down a breeze.
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