Posted on 03/01/2013 12:32:22 PM PST by greeneyes
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That sounds pretty good...
You are off to a good start.
Like I said a few times before. I have killed more plants with kindness than neglect. The neglected orphans almost always out do the ones that get the attention - that’s been my experience anyway.
Well as long as you have some Romas, you are doing pretty good.
I may need them. ;)
/johnny
Are you sure there aren’t thicker spears down below all the whips? This week, I cut down all the dead whips and found a couple servings of spears.
I hate snow (from years of having horses to keep up with) and we are watching the weather carefully - could get a major storm next week, starting Tuesday. At least it’s March, not Jan/Feb so it won’t last on the ground but so long. Thank goodness we got new gravel in the driveway (a mere 46 tons) so when it melts, we won’t be hubcap deep in mud. I have a large crochet project to finish and two active bird feeders I can watch so, if snow happens .... well, maybe I’ll survive the cabin fever! Spring weather can’t come soon enough for me. :-)
What is it with cats and peppers? Mine keeps sniffing around them and I’ve threatened her with the bbq grill. She just stares back with her holier than thou look. Last year, she knocked over the tomatoes and peppers so had a late start. One day, young lady, one day! She’s real scared as she’s licking my chin.
I've planted some catnip, but it's out under the cold frame, and not big enough yet to give them. I'm hoping that next year, I'll have enough greens in the house to distract them from the stuff I seriously need for canning.
/johnny
Cats eat greens, and if your pepper plants are handy, cats WILL eat the leaves. Then, if you’re lucky; they will yark it up all over your rug or pillow. Tomato plants are toxic, so they ignore them. (They may nip at a leaf if it catches their eye as a ‘toy’, but they won’t eat them, as a general rule.)
This is so sad to hear. Your climate is so great if you only had the water, you could grow so much. It’s a great idea to plant native plants.
I have a huge catnip plant growing right where they can get at it, and they couldn’t care less. What they DO go batsh*t for are the one-gallon pots of ‘cat grass’ that I sprout for them...it comes up just a few days after it is sown, and the cats LOVE it. Keep the barf bucket handy, though...
Well, I have a recipe around here somewhere, but haven’t used it since the first time. Put the ingredients in a quart jar. I usually just take a medium size onion cut into at least quarters. Smash 2 or 3 garlic cloves with a chef’s knife. Add a spoonful of Cayenne. Then really hot water gets added to fill the jar. Cover, and let it sit on the counter overnight - 24 hours.
Strain through a coffee filter or cheesecloth. Put liquid into a spray bottle, and add 1 drop of dish washing liquid and a smidge of oil. The oil will help the mix to cling to the plant, but too much will smother it.
Give it a few shakes before and during the spray application.
verical = vertical
If I grow them cat grass, I'll get another dog, and he can handle the clean-up. ;)
/johnny
Ditto that. I gave away my horses to grand kids and neices when I turned 55.(more years ago than I care to admit). Broken bones heal so slowly, and I do hate to be out in the cold - Arthur acts up so.(Arthur is the worst of those Ritis boys).
I am really looking forward to sunshine, warmth, and green shoots that aren’t under row covers.LOL.
You know, sometimes I see asparagus fern mis-advertized at Lowe’s as plain asparagus, which is supposed to come as roots rather than the “shoots” you describe. You didn’t buy asparagus fern, did you?
ROTFLMAO!
Here’s a link you may be interested in. It gives some general guidelines for container planting(not just Arizona), hours of sun needed etc.
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/container.html
14 inches of snow on the ground here. No gardening happening. But, my son in Overland Park, KS got it even worse.
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