Posted on 03/07/2014 12:18:07 PM PST by greeneyes
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Another 24 inch wide seed starter bought at Lowes.
Avoid the smaller units since they won't hold much weight. The plastic rails holding the trays fold up with big plants.
Well the early week sub freezing temps did a number on the mustard tendergreens. My bad for not covering them up better.
Garlic survived just fine. Transplanted mint plant leftover from last year from the garden to the west corner—its hanging on but the other mint plant transplanted from seed is looking dead after the cold spell. I got replacement backups though waiting in the wings on the window sill.
Talking about the fruit trees - great news. Not so good for patio plants. Sorry to be so unclear.
Don’t count the mint out yet. Just keep treating it like it’s alive. It may suprise you.
My Earthbox replant kits should arrive today. I will get the dolomite turned into the media and let it set for 1-2 weeks. Then buy my plants.
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I only have 4 boxes and will go with one plant type in each this year, except one that will have a mix of herbs. They will be grape tomatos, yellow summer squash and zucchini squash. The herbs will be cilantro, basil, thyme and oregano.
I’ve got to get some 3 oz dixie cups. I saved some miniature muffin containers from the deli, and the 3 oz cups fit perfectly. I won’t start a lot of of stuff indoors, but may do some.
Being in the same zone as you I usually start them either this weekend or next indoors and them about mid April I look at the 10 day forecast and decide whether to plant outside or no. If I plant I can always use a plastic dropcloth to ward off a late frost. Because I installed a heated greenhouse I started a couple of weeks early this year. I will see how that works and maybe start earlier next year.
One of these days, I am going to try out one of those earthbox kits for my indoor winter garden.
Hubby has a bunch of stuff that he gets at the end of season sale at Walmart, but he has tables and counters that he uses to set them on, so they don’t have to be that sturdy anyway.
I hate them.LOL
If I had a heated green house, I would start earlier too.
For San Antonio, here is a Spring Garden calendar from Fanick’s..
http://www.fanicknursery.com/Downloads/2014/Calendar_2014.pdf
Also, tomorrow, Fankick’s is having their:
Spring Vegetable seminar
March 8, 2014
Starting at 10:30am to noon
David Rodriguez from the Agri-life Extension service will show you how to properly plant, grow and harvest your vegetables. David has a ton of experience in gardening and would love to share his knowledge and passion of vegetables with you.
They are located at:
1025 Holmgreen Road
San Antonio, TX. 78220
http://www.fanickgardencenter.com/
Can’t get hubby to till the garden like he promised and I need time after to measure it out and put down weed fabric before I can even think about putting anything out. I’d wanted some of the cole seedings out on 3/15. And to think I made him 2 packages of bacon yesterday and got the car inspected today for him. I finally got to the grocery store earlier (second time in 4 months) and they had a bunch of nice looking $1 4” plants so picked up a tomatillo and a Celebrity tomato which I’m thinking will seed (knock on wood) cheaper than buying the $4 seed packages inside. I haven’t been able to find tomatillo seeds without ordering them online. Yes, the Celebrity is a hybrid but we’ll see.
Weather goes from the teens to 80. One the way home today, there were lots of trees budding out and I would bet we’ll be having more freezes for the next 6 weeks or so.
Hey! The wild cat I’ve been feeding let me pet her twice this week. Ok, it wasn’t so much let me since I refused to give her space while eating. Ack, it’s a she and she’s pg so I’m expecting new surprises any day.
Glad to see some decent weather for you.
It’s sunny and 68 here.
I examined the aftermath of the ice storm today. Our beautiful magnolia tree is not so beautiful now, it is thinner and lopesided now. WE do have a bunch of firewood for the outdoor firepit when it drys out. The container plants may sprout new grow after we cut back the dead stuff. My two Meyers lemons survived, along with a couple of other plants, but I sure don’t know how.
We are really cautious about planting the garden this weekend, but may do it anyway. We gambled and lost on the containers plants, so what’s a dozen veggie plants if we loose them. The store has more. My seedlings are not yet big enough for the ground yet, maybe another week. Our 90% last frost date is Mar 17.
We have some direct sow seeds, but they may have to wait a week or so, we have a lot on our plate this weekend, plus the prospect of being rainy is moderate.
I have not even went to get a cattle panel for a grow arch, the procrastination is starting to show!
My carrots have sprouted, as has one of the pickling cucumber plants. Broccoli and tomatoes seem to be doing okay and the raspberry bush is kicking butt and stretching out every day. Potatoes and onions in the 4x4 are doing well and I added some Walla Walla onions in with the green onions around the perimeter so I’ll have a little variety come harvest time.
Just got a Serrano pepper plant yesterday and put it in a good sized pot so hopefully that’ll produce after about 90 to 100 days.
And wifey’s orchid plants look amazing! I’ll have to take some pics and upload them. The mini daffodils came and went in a span of about a week so we hardly got any time to enjoy them, but I have a nice amaryllis out front that’s going to open up in the next day or two.
I’m still hoping to get back into the workforce real soon, but that’ll come at a trade-off with enjoying my gardening exploits. Happy Friday to all!
Have a great weekend, y'all!
I have a three-day-old puppy, so I know what you mean.
Three days old?
It’s not easy to kill mint, no matter how hard I try.
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