Posted on 04/11/2008 11:49:46 AM PDT by Gabz
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I wonder how this short cold snap will affect my newly planted pear trees? Both are about 6 ft. high and have wonderful full tender new leaf structure.
It is so weird. I’m only 90 miles north of you, but the Bay makes such a difference in your weather compared to mine.
The difference a body of water can make never ceases to amaze me. When school was cancelled yesterday morning because of fog I couldn’t see 1/10th of a mile out the back door, yet my husband was over on Chincoteague Island (15 miles from here) and the sky was blue and there was no fog. Of course within an hour after they cancelled school most of the fog was gone.
We’ve had a couple of nasty cold snaps since our across the road neighbor planted his pear trees (about a dozen) and they seem none the worse for wear.
Well, you tell him not to plant anymore until next month.
OOPS, I missed that part of the article, I guess.
We’ll have to hope GG or Diana get a break from their greenhouse work to respond to your concern because I have NO idea!!!!
I am guessing you will not have a problem if it was aged composted manure.
LOL!!!!
Telling that man to stop planting is like telling the sun not to rise!
Just a note to all when buying what you might think is aged composted manure in a bag from the big chain stores. Read how it is labled. I bought some that said "Compost & Manure" which I assumed meant composted manure. What was in the bag was a mix of compost and manure and it was not meant to be used like an "aged composted" manure. I mixed it with some of my natural soil and a little sand and used it to plant a cherry tomato plant in a container ... the plant died.
I mixed the rest into my compost pile.
Thank you so much! I just printed this and will post the results.
If you used a product like “Black Kow” this is a composted manure mixed with sand and it clearly states that it is “composted manure”. This stuff is good.
Is anyone else doing container tomatoe plant gardening?
I use Miracle-Gro (approx 8 Ounces) once per week... How does one check for adequate fertilizer?
software guys should never develop a gardening habit...
Help!
First, I have to brag about my kids -- well actually my daughter and her best friend -- and their science fair project which was based upon the old stand by lemon battery experiment.
Their conclusion read in part:
Using crops can and does produce a certain amount of energy.
But too much has to be used to make enough energy to be useful. Using too much food crops means wasting food.
The lemons and potatoes we have been using for this project can no longer be used to eat, but we are not going to be wasting them. When we are finished with the project we will put them in the compost pile. The compost will later be used as food for the garden for growing more crops, like the potatoes we used.
They won 2nd place for their school's 4th & 5th grade division and now go to the district level. We're really proud of them.
Now that I've finished my bragging, on to my second thing. No bragging in this, but rather I wish to issue a public thank you to Diana in Wisconsin. I rarely go out to the mailbox because even at almost 10 our daughter still considers it a "big girl" thing to go to the mailbox and then sort it out and 'deliver' it.
In today's mail was a package addressed to Gabz and Jax (last name) from Diana. After getting over her initial excitement of the package and that I told her she could open it she commented, "Miss Diana really likes packing tape. Daddy can I have your pocket knife?"
I've met a lot of my FReeper friends in person over the years, alas I can not include Diana in that list, yet I consider her a true friend.
Thank you Diana, your package truly lifted my spirits today!!!!!
My hyacinths and daffodils are just coming up now.
You can’t do that! We are all wanting to know what was in the package? LOL
Thank you, Gabz! I have so much fun writing it! I thought I deleted the line about Easter being in the middle of April this year! Guess not! LOL
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