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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 13 MARCH 29, 2013
Free Republic | March 29, 2013 | greeneyes

Posted on 03/29/2013 2:17:42 PM PDT by greeneyes

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread ... there is no telling where it will go and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!

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TOPICS: Gardening
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To: Marcella; JustaDumbBlonde

I bought some about 40 years ago at a small feed store, in Southern California; they were locally fairly common there/then, so thought nothing of leaving them behind when we moved to Oregon.

Never saw any again, until we bought our ‘temporary’ house in SD, where we lived on visits & then moved into full time, until the ranch house was ready to move into.

That house had 2 patches—one reds, and one yellows— of them in the yard, and having learned my lesson, we dug a couple of hundred, and planted them here.

Now a couple of neighbors have some started; and I sent a batch to Justadumbblonde a couple of years ago. She thought she had killed them, but I doubt she’s capable of that, unless she has a nuke squirreled away in a barn.

From (other) forum posts, they seem to be slightly more common in Britain. They do not flower, so do not produce seed; they only propagate by division.


41 posted on 03/29/2013 7:53:22 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: greeneyes

I just noticed that I’ve got a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper (Sandhill) just breaking the surface of its little planting section. And a couple ‘Lightening Mix’ peppers (Baker Creek) just peeping over the edge as well. Behind them is a ‘Pepperdew’ (sic) I got from RefiningFireChiles.

It’s all good tonight.


42 posted on 03/29/2013 7:55:00 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: JRandomFreeper

I think maybe you should take either aspirin or ibuprofen but not both of them together. If you’re not already Jacked, you might look it up. If you are already Jacked, I’ll look it up and remit.


43 posted on 03/29/2013 7:55:44 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must b e all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: DooDahhhh
Mine aren't much taller. But they are thick little trees. This is the first year I didn't wind up with leggy tomato plants. Stingy on the water, and lots of exposure to cool weather (45F and up) did that.

I learn something every year.

/johnny

44 posted on 03/29/2013 7:55:51 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Are those the kind Territorial has?


45 posted on 03/29/2013 7:55:58 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: goodwithagun
I grow my own pintos here, but I do it in a 3 sisters kind of way (point your search engine at 3 sisters). Corn, beans, and squash. Some old crones that didn't speak English taught me how to do that, and it works, and I don't mess with it.

Homegrown is better, and I know how old the beans are.

johnny

46 posted on 03/29/2013 7:58:40 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: greeneyes
Squirrels abound in our neighborhood, because we have lots of hickory nuts (hubby says they are not the edible type).

The squirrels or the nuts? As far s I'm concerned, no squirrel is edible! When I was pregnant with my first child, my father-in-law used to cook squirrels with my late mother-in-law's lemon chicken (Sicilian) sauce. One taste of it would cause me to lose my supper. It was pregnancy related morning sickness, but I can't bear to smell it, or look at it, to this day! That daughter is now 50+ years old. And eating around all those little pellets left from shooting the squirrel -- no thanks. Ugh!

47 posted on 03/29/2013 8:00:33 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Silentgypsy
Just started, but I'm getting there. I did space all the doses out as per the data-sheets and my self-aid/buddy care training.

I'm hurt and somewhat mean, I'm not completely stupid. ;)

/johnny

48 posted on 03/29/2013 8:01:18 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Silentgypsy
Oh... and thank you. I am cranky tonight if standard polite gets missed first go-around.

/johnny

49 posted on 03/29/2013 8:02:14 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Squirrel is a good meal. I ate quite a bit of it and feral pig until about 2 years ago.

I still eat feral pig, but did drop the squirrel when I got the chance.

/johnny

50 posted on 03/29/2013 8:04:56 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
ASA and ibuprofen interaction
51 posted on 03/29/2013 8:08:14 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must b e all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I didn’t mean to imply that you’re stupid. I just worry. Now take care of yourself and sweet dreams....


52 posted on 03/29/2013 8:10:45 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must b e all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: Black Agnes

No; those are A. c. “Aggregatum”, the common bunching onion, AKA potato onion.

These are Allium cepa “perutile”. Don’t flower or form seeds ever; also don’t form a distinct bulb, but rather just a fatter end, like a large scallion...but with papery onion skin, unlike scallions.


53 posted on 03/29/2013 8:14:39 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Wonder how day length dependent it is. I’m going to have to search for some now.


54 posted on 03/29/2013 8:15:52 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: JRandomFreeper

My husband loves squirrel, but I cannot abide it for the reasons given. To add insult to injury, he took me out squirrel shooting with him in the snow when my first baby was overdue “to hurry labor along”. I was like a big walrus, flopping along, and barely able to navigete through the snow while he rushed ahead after the elusive squirrels.

He didn’t get any that day, and I just got tired. I remember collapsing on the side of the RR tracks in tears while the train rumbled by because I couldn’t make it across the tracks to catch up with him in my very pregnant state. That child did not come for another 2 weeks and weighed over 9 lbs, so you can imagine how clumsy I was, trying to galumph around in the snow. I’m still married to him, although sometimes I wonder why, when I remember things like this!

I suppose I could eat a squirrel if the economy completely collapes, although I hope it never comes to that.


55 posted on 03/29/2013 8:17:56 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Silentgypsy

Thanks for the article. Interesting.


56 posted on 03/29/2013 8:21:56 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: greeneyes

We got the same crap here in southern Iowa, just 10 or so degrees colder. Predicting an April Fool’s snow Monday. Not looking to plant till mid-April.


57 posted on 03/29/2013 8:24:54 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: Black Agnes

Thanks Agnes! googling today I found that same advice and will definitely use it for one special tree.

Sadly many of the trees and shrubs right around the house have to come down anyway, because we are going to lift the house about 5 feet due to the new Fed elevation maps. (we are getting money for this from our insurance, so that’s OK, or well, tolerable.)

Many of the plants are OK. I’m trying to be a gardener, but I’m pretty amateur so far and I’m too lazy to look things up right now, so bear with my ignorance.

We have one shaggy pine which is lovely and fine, but has to go, but it was ultimately doomed no matter what because it was already basically leaning on the house.

We have some red colored brambly things that stick you badly, they are going (dead or alive) and I won’t miss them.

We have some green fluffy bushes that are also fine, we’re going to try and re-plant them at our neighbors.

We have a Japanese Maple that I hope is OK that we are going to try and save, hubby says he thinks it can stay in place while the house is lifted, but i’m not sure.

I also think the pacysandra (sp???!!) is done, which is a shame because the lady we bought the house from worked hard to get that right.

I gotta say, Sandy was just a huge destructive force and her reverberations are still being felt.

on a more positive note it seems like my tulips and daffodils are still going to bloom, I hope so anyway, it will do my heart good.


58 posted on 03/29/2013 8:26:38 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Silentgypsy
to imply that you’re stupid.

I can be. It's always good to double check. Just ask anyone that's held a beer for me while they watched. ;)

/johnny

59 posted on 03/29/2013 8:34:59 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: greeneyes

I need to get outside and clean up the garden pots when the weather is warm enough. They are full of dead branches, leaves and withered shriveled up stuff. It is strange but none of thedaffodil bulbs have produced flowers only green leaves. I did break up the clumps of bulbs because the pots were getting overcrowded. The hyacinths are blooming nicely.


60 posted on 03/29/2013 8:39:04 PM PDT by tob2 (Happy Easter)
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