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Weekly Gardening Thread -- April (again)
Garden Girl | April 2006 | Garden Girl

Posted on 04/11/2008 11:49:46 AM PDT by Gabz

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To: EggsAckley

We’ve already had our bout, and not even 2 weeks of rain has rid us of all the pine pollen! Better than it was, tho!


41 posted on 04/11/2008 3:08:44 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Red_Devil 232

Sorry, Red! Our temps are supposed to dip into the mid 40’s Mon and Tues night. You might want to cover your figs. They’ll take right much cold without damage, but 15 and 20 are pushing it.


42 posted on 04/11/2008 3:12:02 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: whatshotandwhatsnot

I can’t speak for it doing anything about squirrels because, to be honest, I haven’t seen a squirrel on our property in the 5 years we’ve lived here.

The hot pepper mixes do seem to keep the critters away without hurting the plants themselves.

We can’t stand the taste of Tabasco sauce and only buy it put into the mixes from Baker’s book. We figure he has a reason for naming that brand because he generally suggests using dollar store genrics for many of his other ingredients.


43 posted on 04/11/2008 3:12:41 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: sandyeggo
As long as it's not fresh, it shouldn't hurt. I was talking more about commercial fertilizers. :)
44 posted on 04/11/2008 3:14:19 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Kviteseid

**Miracle-Gro (approx 8 Ounces) once per week...**

That’s fine—add a tablespoon of Epsom salt per gallon of water. You can mix it with the miracle gro. Most plants really like it, esp geraniums and roses.


45 posted on 04/11/2008 3:16:40 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Red_Devil 232; Diana in Wisconsin

LOL!!!!

OOPS, I hit post too soon, didn’t I?

SEEDS!!!!!!!!

Jax has already sorted out the seeds and determined which are hers and which are mine. I get the veggies and herbs, she gets the flowers!

There was also a fabulously inspirational book and some “make a kid happy” stuff. Diana is a wonderful friend.


46 posted on 04/11/2008 3:25:40 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: gardengirl

LOL!!!!!

That’s why I posted this as April of 2006 — last year Easter was the beginning of April and this year it was in March!


47 posted on 04/11/2008 3:27:15 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: Gabz

I can believe just how heavy the fog was because one of our local channels showed footage from their web cam by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Could not make out a shape or see any movement at all. Scary! But, of course, the plants loved all the moisture.


48 posted on 04/11/2008 3:36:18 PM PDT by tob2 (Vote for McCain!)
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To: gardengirl

I think my “Brown Turkey” fig is not going to make it. It has yet to bud out like the “Celestial” and “Black Jack” figs. Those both have buds every where with tiny leaves developing. I will keep watering it and cross my fingers.


49 posted on 04/11/2008 3:41:58 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Kviteseid
software guys should never develop a gardening habit...

LOL!!!! My husband did construction before he went IT!!! He finds the gardening relaxing (except for cutting the grass)

50 posted on 04/11/2008 3:49:49 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: Gabz

I can’t wait. My vegetable garden is going to be HUGE this year.


51 posted on 04/11/2008 3:52:48 PM PDT by cyborg (Giving the finger to appendix cancer by being 3HO...happy, healthy, holy!)
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To: gardengirl; Kviteseid

OK - I will let my politics invade my gardening......not something I do often.

I will not buy or use any Scott’s/Miracle-Gro products. Scott’s instituted a policy to refuse to hire anyone who smokes tobacco and has gone so far as to fire smokers who did not quit.

I fully support the right of a private employer to set their own criteria for hiring, however I fully support my right to choose not to purchase their products.


52 posted on 04/11/2008 3:58:00 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: tob2

I can only imagine how bad it was down by the CBBT. We live practically smack dab in the middle of northern Accomack Cty when looking east to west and we were totally socked in yesterday morning.

But you’re right, the moisture is definitly welcome.


53 posted on 04/11/2008 4:03:40 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: cyborg

LOL!!! What’s your definition of “HUGE”????


54 posted on 04/11/2008 4:05:02 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: Gabz

Congrats on the munchkin, Gabz! You’d be apalled at how many kids think food comes out of the backroom at the grocery store.


55 posted on 04/11/2008 4:10:13 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Gabz

Thanks again, Gabz! I told you—I can write and grow things—I never said I was computer savvy! LOL


56 posted on 04/11/2008 4:12:18 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Gabz

Huge means needing a wheelbarrow to collect my day’s clippin’ :o)


57 posted on 04/11/2008 4:12:26 PM PDT by cyborg (Giving the finger to appendix cancer by being 3HO...happy, healthy, holy!)
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To: Gabz

Have to agree with you on the Scotts prducts—not because I know a thing about their policies, but because I just don’t like their lawn products. Most of their stuff has a high nitrogen content—works great up north or out west—it’s death on centipede grass.

I usually recommend MG for liquid fert, simply because that’s waht we carry. Don’t care much for their potting medium either, esp with the fert added. We use Metro 360 in the greenhouse—it will spoil you quick!


58 posted on 04/11/2008 4:17:05 PM PDT by gardengirl
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To: EggsAckley

There are Pine trees in Santa Cruz County?

Just kidding EG...


59 posted on 04/11/2008 4:25:33 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: Red_Devil 232

**Brown Turkey” fig is not going to make it.**

Wonder how a cutting would fare in teh mail? Let me know if you don’t see signs of life soon and we’ll find out!


60 posted on 04/11/2008 4:30:52 PM PDT by gardengirl
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