Posted on 03/07/2014 12:18:07 PM PST by greeneyes
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Your either going to have to up the guilt factor or bribe him.LOL
I didn’t have any luck last year getting the herb bed to grow. I did get some cilantro going a few weeks ago. The chamomile seeds in a pot that didn’t germinate last year decided they’d grow last month. That pot was left outside with no water at all since last July. Crazy but I’m glad since I’d used up a whole package of seeds last spring to get them come up.
It was 15 here last weekend.
Good for you! That can’t be easy.
Well some good news on the lemon’s survival. I was just thinking today that I might get another lemon tree. The lemons have so much more juice than the ones we get in the store.
I can procrastinate with the best.LOL
No problem. I read between the lines on that earlier reply. I've got to get my garlic into the ground this week.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures. I was never able to grow anything when I was working. Though if I had known about sq ft gardening, I might have had a small bed with some success.
It’s a good method for beginners I think. First time I was ever able to grow anything.
I do mine in the fall. If I did it in the spring, I’d never get around to it. LOL
I really don’t like spring planting. Too cool and damp.
Sounds great, but I was trying to get a number of my wife's flowers through the winter. Last weekend we got a strong north wind that blew the pilot light out on our NG heater. Then the temperature plummeted to -9. We got a head start on mulch this year.
And I trimmed his hair this morning. Hmm, yes, someone is raising the stakes.
Can you plant garlic bulbs in spring? I thought they were fall plantings and then over-winter for next season.
I’m going to try it this year. Normally, I plant them in the fall. We have two cloves that I forgot to put into the storage area and they have green shoots coming out. I plant shallots this time every year and it never kept them from growing.
I am determined to have at least one fruit tree here. I don’t have much sun rich areas to plant, so I need to choose wisely. I saw a Satsuma tree last week, but would like a tree type meyers. My friend in the old country had one and he would give us dozens at a time. That many can be really useful. After 4 trys at fig, I have given up.
She was the seventh(last) of the litter, half the size of the other puppies, and the mom rejected her. She was weak and cold when the owner got to her, so he asked if I’d try to raise her. He doubted that she would survive the night, but she appears to be doing relatively well (Divine intervention).
We have no experience doing this and I haven’t the foggiest notion. Thank God for the net!
Food, love and warmth can do miracles. :)
It’s such a resource. I don’t know how we ever did without it.
Beautiful! I love orchids.
So beautiful! Thanks for posting!
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