The Victory Garden Thread - March, 2026

March 1, 2026 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

30 Victory Garden Recipes Our Grandparents Ate to Survive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcsc9Rj-Gfs

1 hour - lots of ideas, here.

[metmom]

Tonight is Daylight Savings Time, also.

[MomwithHope]

Looks great, nice find. How about a link for cheap easy to use patio containers. Good sized. I only know about 10 gallon buckets and large purchased plastic pots.

[MomwithHope]

PS I saw one a few years ago on using old file cabinets but I don’t care for the metal look. And my days of building with wood are behind me. So I guess I am thinking about plastic, taller and rectangular if anyone has ideas, thanks.

[goodnesswins]

Aaaccchhh...they are predicting 3-6 inches of snow here Mon/Tues....

[left that other site]

“Prone to Shenanigans and Malarkey”

LOL.

[xone]

That is a good looking burg.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Up late last night. Tornado Warning. Mrs. Pete's and daughter's phones both started shrieking about 11:45. All the local sirens---there are about 7 or 8 of them---all went off. The rotation passed about a mile north of here and went into KCMO. (Watched it pass on US Weather radar. Mrs. Pete had gone to bed so no hearing aid. Felt some of the rattling from thunder, but did not hear the sirens. )

https://fox4kc.com/weather/power-flashes-in-kc-from-friday-storms/

"Strong and severe storms moved through the Kansas City Metro late Friday night. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Kansas City, Merriam, Shawnee, and Roeland Park at 11:36 PM Friday. This sounded emergency phone alerts across Jackson, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties. FOX4 Meteorologists Joe Lauria and Jacob Lanier tracked the storm live on air as it moved across the state line."

Missed and did not affect me. A few sticks on the lawn and lots of silver maple buds all over the place.

[FamiliarFace]

I found this link that showed some creative ideas.
https://ourcraftymom.com/cheap-container-gardening-ideas/

About half way down I saw some tubs that maybe could work, but they may not be tall enough. You would need to drill holes for drainage, though.

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/storage-and-organization/totes-bins-and-baskets/household-storage-bins-boxes-drawers/F010949

[gleeaikin]

Some 13 gallon plastic trash containers are tall and rectangular. I might get one for a small potato crop. Put foam sheet insulation on the outside so it does not overheat in the sun. Rat screen crimped over the top so my urban neighbors can’t get in. They have eaten holes in edges of the big trash cans we have been given.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Storms passed here at midnight. Everything OK with you guys? Mom?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Get the tall wire baskets. Put a brick on top so a squirrel does not knock them over. (I used cheap edging bricks.)

Cutworm protection....use toilet paper tubes sections around the plant to protect from cutworms. I think that cheap paper solo cups with the bottoms cut off would work well too. (Paper so they melt down into the soil once the plant stem is large enough so that the cut worm can't cut it down.)

Good luck and good growing!

[Augie]

All good here. Lots of rain but no big wind or hail.

The worst of it slid by to the south of us.

[metmom]

Thanks.

[MomwithHope]

Thanks for container ideas friends. Pete w2e did get tornados here in west Michigan mostly a little south of us. 4 souls perished. We just had a heck of a dark storm.

[Liz]

Chocolate Peanut Clusters
A nice bite when you're in the mood for something sweet, salty and chocolaty.

Ing 1 1/4 c milk choc/chips 1/4 c butterscotch chips 2 tbl p/butter 1 c ea salted peanuts, pretzel rounds 1/2 c caramel bits

Method Micro/melt choc/chips, butterscotch chips, p/butter 45 sec. Stir, then pulse in 15 sec intervals til smooth and melted. Do not overheat. Add peanuts, pretzels, caramel bits; stir/coat. Drop 2 tbl each on parchmented b/pan. Chill 30 min to set. Cover/keep chilled.

[Pollard]

Bunch more rain. No red spots on the radar. Gusts up to mid 20s but that’s most of the time here.

[Liz]

Salmon with Lemon Aioli
Serve w/ a bright green side of escarole, and green beans, and chilled white wine.

Method: Grill 2-5 oz salmon fillets on med-hot fire skin side down, turn once, fish is opaque
and flaky (skin is crisp), about 5 min per side. Serve w/Lemon Aioli (mix mayo, lemon juice).

[TheConservativeParty]

Greetings!

Here in my part of Green County, we had no storm damage last night. I was monitoring the radar until 1:30am though 😅 .

Bird watch : on Thursday I saw a Bluebird !
on Friday I saw an American Robin !

On Thursday , I planted into the newly unfrozen ground, the 12 free lily bulbs
that the Stoughton Jungs gave me during winter. The bulbs were in my fridge until planting, and most looked viable.

Today, I went to that same Jungs and got a bundle of 35 Honeoye strawberry bare-root plants. As usual I will pot them up into 3 1/2” pots and get them growing ASAP, which is on Sunday.

I was tempted to buy seed potatoes too, but am not yet sure I want to try growing potatoes. We grew them on the family farm
when I was a kid and I still remember planting, mulching, and harvesting the best potatoes.

Any good Bear Stories?
🐻

[TheConservativeParty]

Correction: my post about strawberry sets from Jungs...”25” plants per bundle, not 35.
🙄