Posted on 10/23/2009 10:55:17 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
It is 15F outside and still snowing. Inside I have many bonsai trees I have had growing in Florida before moving to CO. Many are probably 40-50 years old. I also have a grapefruit tree I started from seed in FL and rosemary, basil and Cherokee Purple tomato growing indoors. I move them outdoors when it is warm. You are welcome to come swipe them to retaliate for the garlic thing!
You call 58 degrees “brisk?” Ho-boy, you have lead a very sheltered life. “Brisk” is defined as 15 degrees w/a 30MPH wind here in man’s country.
If my garlic can break thru 2” of frozen turf I’ll send you photos but don’t wait on the mail.
Gardening tip: Plant your garlic deeper than 1” to save the time bragging that yur garlic’s up.
MtnClimber, 9:00PM at the gas station. I’ve got the sprayer & you bring that brush-killer stuff you were talking about. We should be done by mid-night.
Trick or treaters on snowmobiles? :)
I was thinking of you when I saw the news from Colorado about the storm this morning.
Good luck to you!!!
I just recently started sqaure foot gardening. I really like how it is progressing, takes minimal space and it has been a great way to teach my kids how to garden.
I do know you are both well rounded adults with a basic knowledge of small scale agriculture so I really don’t have to remind you that come next springs thaw your garlic will heave out of the ground and you will be stymied with what clove is what variety, do I? I guess that’s like saying... “YOU DID PUT STA-BIL IN THE GAS TANK DIDN’T YOU”...
I post the thread each Friday.
The snow plow left me a berm of snow about 5 ft high across my driveway this morning. Am taking breaks between shovelling. It will probably tale me all day to dig out the driveway.
OH NO.........I can’t even imagine.
Just heard on the radio that I-70 is closed from Denver to the Kansas border. The highway near my house must be closed too. I have not seen a vehicle except snow plows all day. Forecast is for another foot of snow today. The ski areas are happy for the news coverage of the snow. It will bring a big increase in visitors. Same thing happens when a Broncos home game is televised and it snows.
Tourism bucks are always good for a community, BUT, everyone also tends to forget there do tend to me negative impacts on the year round locals. I know this first hand because tourism and agriculture are the major industries of my area.
I am in South Florida so we pretty much have an annual growing season although I do plant according to optimum growing cycles as published by USF...they have a set of resources for information.
Right now I have tomato (variety), sugar snap peas, winter squash, peppers (variety), lettuce (variety), cukes, brocoli, radishes, carrots, onion (variety), spinach.
I am working on a gardening system that will work well on enclosed lanai’s starting with a dirt system and then I want to perfect a “portable” closed loop hydroponic system.
I think creating a gardening system for the elderly and making it affordable would be a really important addition to their lives.
You go to the grocery store today and you can’t even buy a head of brocoli for a $1 but you can buy two hamburgers from McD’s. Something is wrong with this picture nothing against McD’s...(I love Scottish food - :P ) but we need to fix this produce issue in our country.
It shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg to eat healthy.
I just got finished shoveling the driveway behind my SUV including the 5-foot berm the snow plow left. Just as I finished the snow plow came by and left a 2-foot berm. I was able to shovel it away before it froze into a solid mass. The official reporting for my area shows the heaviest snow in the state with 40 inches accumulation. I piled the snow on the front garden area where I have an apple, 5 blueberry and 2 nanking cherries planted. The snow will melt and help keep the ground wet down deep after the ground freezes and prevents drainage later in the winter.
A REAL gardener can always find a silver lining under the most adverse of conditions. Good for you.
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