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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 50 DECEMBER 13, 2013
Free Republic | 12/13/2013 | greeneyes

Posted on 12/13/2013 12:25:11 PM PST 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!

NOTE: This is a once a week ping list. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest are welcomed, so feel free to post them at any time.


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; gardening; hobby
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Good afternoon to all. Hope you are all doing well, and have a bit of sunshine in your area. Grey Skies are here again. We're drinking lots of tea again.

Temperatures are heading down again. Sleet and Snow are on the way again. Please tell me where Globull Warming is again, because our little chill is here again.

Johnny says his is not a normal day. Well I didn't have a normal week. School was closed all week. My grand daughter is a tween, and now suffering from cabin fever, as the snain has been falling for quite some time today.

I am filling up my report with weather, because gardeining is almost totally at a stand still here on the One Acre Ranch deep in the heart of the little chill.

Coming up for Lupper (Late Lunch/Early Supper) is Hash Brown Mix. That's hash browns cooked in fat with all sorts of leftovers-like onions, peppers, ham-anything you need to use up.LOL

My gardening report is simple and dull. I have watered plants, turned grow lights on and off. Inspected the plants, they'll need a bath this weekend. The big excitement was 2 fooled you jalepenos that I picked and added to the pickled pepper jar.

I am hoping for some reports from somewhere of moderate temps, and gardening activites - any pictures of food or flowers would be welcome. If any one is desperately seeking gardening activities for the winter, you might want to check out www.wintersown.org.

They have a method that can get you started very early, and also sometimes some free seeds and small quantities cheap to try out something new. I do not know their religion, politics, or anything else about them, but their method will help you use up those milk jugs you might have been putting off disposing of in the cold weather.

Marcella has posted a good report on the containers on last week's thread. Thanks Marcella. They should hire you for marketing. Thanks to your post, I am now planning on buying 2 sets instead of one.LOL

Have a great weekend everyone. God Bless

1 posted on 12/13/2013 12:25:11 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes

Time to start my tomatoes indoors.
It was sub zero the last week in Vegas, going out now to see what died. Maybe my grapefruit tree. I think I saved my Meyers lemon.


2 posted on 12/13/2013 12:29:17 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Pinging the List.


3 posted on 12/13/2013 12:30:53 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

big burning question is why one of my newly planted indoors Amarylis is about a foot taller than the other two.....:)....I wanted to have them all flowering the same time, for effect...


4 posted on 12/13/2013 12:33:52 PM PST by cherry (.in the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary.....)
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To: greeneyes

The stubborn little tobacco plant, repotted. Who would have thought I'd be growing tobacco in December?

Things are back to normal, and I'm back home. Love the grandkids, but I can only handle so much of them.

/johnny

5 posted on 12/13/2013 12:37:13 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: DaxtonBrown
I have a dwarf lemon tree that is full of little green sesame seed sized fruit. It's indoors for the winter. I'll be picking off a bunch as the tree couldn't possibly handle all of them.

I had been thinking that I might try growing some sort of dwarf orange. The news was reporting on the infestation that is endangering the orange crop in Florida. I love oranges and grapefruit, but Missouri climate is not conducive to citrus growth.

6 posted on 12/13/2013 12:37:19 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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I got nuthin’. Chickens are well, but no eggs now. That’s all the excitement from round here.


7 posted on 12/13/2013 12:39:20 PM PST by Ladysforest
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To: cherry

Genetics? Slightly different nutrient, sun, water conditions. I truly do not know, but I have noticed that my plants don’t mature all at the same time indoors or outdoors.


8 posted on 12/13/2013 12:39:43 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I sometimes really really look forward to weekends. LOL


9 posted on 12/13/2013 12:40:32 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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We have snow on the ground, although not much. I was cleaning a group planting that sits on our kitchen table, and mistakenly pulled a small fern with roots attached and one viable leaf. I cleaned it up and planted it in a small pot. It's only about six inches tall.

That's the only gardening I've done since October. :)

10 posted on 12/13/2013 12:40:43 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Nice picture. Thanks for posting. After all the white around here, it’s nice to see some green.LOL


11 posted on 12/13/2013 12:41:26 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

It looks very healthy.


12 posted on 12/13/2013 12:41:35 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Ladysforest

Do you have a rooster?


13 posted on 12/13/2013 12:42:17 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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There are still large patches of white on the ground here. It's 48F though and only going to get down to 41F tonight. Rain just started, so the ice should be gone soon.

Sunday we're supposed to get sunshine, so maybe I can look at my garden and see how the onions fared under the ice pack.

/johnny

14 posted on 12/13/2013 12:46:13 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: greeneyes

Got a couple of seed catalogs in the mail. I’ll be browsing through them as soon as cookie baking season and the Christmas holiday is over. The week between Christmas and New Years is when I start thinking of what to plant next spring.


15 posted on 12/13/2013 12:46:30 PM PST by sneakers ( Quinn: "Liberty is the solution to the human condition.")
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To: Ladysforest

Yeah .. amen to the no eggs ...14 layers, eating like pigs, giving up 2 or 3 a day ... maybe.


16 posted on 12/13/2013 12:46:56 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

We are supposed to get a little more of the little chill. Bummer!


17 posted on 12/13/2013 12:47:09 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: trisham
It seems to be happy indoors. The ones I grow outside do better under shade, so I opened up a few hundred square feet for 2014 in a shady spot.

My concern is the ones I grow outside get to be about 5 ft tall, and the leaves grow to 2 ft long. That's a lot of space in my little shotgun shack for this one little rebel.

/johnny

18 posted on 12/13/2013 12:48:47 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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No moderate temps to report here in central Wisconsin as we've been hovering between ten below and ten above for a while now with no end in sight. We love winter and enjoy some understated festive lighting as the following photo will demonstrate.

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But I feel the need to caution our friends in Florida and California about the dangers of decorating palm trees...be careful out there.

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19 posted on 12/13/2013 12:51:28 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: knarf
A friend of mine uses artificial lights to get her hens to lay in winter.

/johnny

20 posted on 12/13/2013 12:52:29 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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