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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD FEBRUARY 17, 2017
freerepublic | 2/17/2017 | greeneyes

Posted on 02/17/2017 6:03:17 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. Planting, Harvest to Table(recipes)preserving, good living - 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.


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Greetings gardeners. It was a great spring - like day today with lots of sun shine. Temps for next few days will be around 60 degrees.

I did a little weeding and took the row cover off the winter lettuce to allow the sunshine and fresh air in.

I mentioned before that Europe was experiencing a food shortage due to cool weather and floods. Today I read that army worms are making their way across Africa and expected to show up in Asia and Europe in a few years.

I'm also reading long range weather forecasts that we can expect cooler weather in the future-possibly even a mini ice age - meaning that the planting season could be shorter by about 2 weeks in the spring and 2 weeks in the fall.

I have been reading also about some extra radiation on the West coast and fish with high radiation levels due to continued leaking from Fukishima. Just wondering if any one on the West Coast has any info on this?

We are planning on some sort of green house this spring. Wanting it to be a sunroom style to attach at the patio door. I really want to be able to grow enough fresh foods during the winter for salads etc.

1 posted on 02/17/2017 6:03:18 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes

OOPS accidentally hit the wrong button. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 6:05:17 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Pinging the list.


3 posted on 02/17/2017 6:06:33 PM PST by greeneyes
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Anyone got a list of suggested stuff to start indoors, besides tomatoes?


4 posted on 02/17/2017 6:08:37 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: greeneyes

Oooo...I would LOVE to have a sunroom! :-)


5 posted on 02/17/2017 6:11:49 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Tomatoes and Peppers are what I usually do. Everything else, I plant outdoors. I know that corn can be done that way as well as peanuts.


6 posted on 02/17/2017 6:13:16 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: left that other site

We finally have the money saved. So keeping fingers crossed that nothing else pops up to waylay the plan.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 6:14:03 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: DuncanWaring

Well, sure!

Broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, kale, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, cauliflower and chard.


8 posted on 02/17/2017 6:15:46 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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“...meaning that the planting season could be shorter by about 2 weeks in the spring and 2 weeks in the fall.”

You can do a lot to extend your growing season with plastic sheeting and some hog panels. We all best git bizzy! ;)

I’ve just been buying seeds and Jiffy Pots for starts in another TWO MONTHS!

I am sprouting like crazy, and we are still eating Spaghetti and Butternut Squash from last season, and I started another flat of micro greens for cutting...I got 3 cuttings from the last batch, so that’s all good!

It was 63 degrees today here on The Tundra, so I spent most of the afternoon outside filling up the trailer with limbs, and branches from the dead Cottonwood tree that Beau cut down earlier this winter. I picked up anything that was big enough to give my mower ‘issues’ come Spring. Two trips to the burn pile so far - another in the morning.

It was LOVELY to be out in sunshine and warm weather, today in February! I really don’t care about the changes in weather patterns - in The Grand Scheme Of Things, I won’t be here long enough for it to matter, really. ;)


9 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:07 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: DuncanWaring

What Zone are you in?


10 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:36 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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Well, I just like to look ahead to the next season too. Still in light of all the Globull warming, I thought it was interesting that the contrary is what is actually going on.

Maybe we all need to have a bigger carbon footprint to offset the cooling? LOL

Can you use regular seeds for the microgreens? What are your top 2 favorites to use?


11 posted on 02/17/2017 6:23:40 PM PST by greeneyes
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Has anybody had any experience(s) with straw bale gardening? I have a book coming that explains it - probably going to try it this year in the spot (small space, poor dirt) that my mom has been using for a few tomato & pepper plants the last couple of years.


12 posted on 02/17/2017 6:23:44 PM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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Hubby want us to put up 2, but I don’t want to add to debt, so we’ll just do one and then save for another.


13 posted on 02/17/2017 6:25:55 PM PST by greeneyes
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I use up leaf lettuces (anything I have left over from the previous season) and Arugula and Spinach and Beets (for the spicy greens).

I do a standard flat filled with seed starting mix (I like the ‘Fertilome’ brand) and after the plants start leafing out, I fertilize with a really light concoction of any organic liquid fertilizer on hand.

Of course, these are under grow lights, on for 16 off for 8, because up here there is not enough sunlight from a window to grow anything this time of year.


14 posted on 02/17/2017 6:31:03 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: greeneyes

I have drawn the plans, know exactly what I want, and have credit at Home Depot.

The trick is finding someone to build it! :-)


15 posted on 02/17/2017 6:34:25 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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still too cold to plant anything here in the Colorado Rockies, but I need to try to get some indoor early starts. We get late frost through early June.


16 posted on 02/17/2017 6:37:07 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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OH yeh. I remember a trip to Yellowstone in June, and lots of snow on each side of the road. I’m glad that I don’t have to wait that long. LOL


17 posted on 02/17/2017 6:39:44 PM PST by greeneyes
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Diana in Wisconsin :" What Zone are you in?"

According to DuncanWaring's FReeper homepage he is in Michigan similar to your own geographic climate zone.
The only variable might be proximity to one of the Great Lakes, which might provide a mico-climate varience.

18 posted on 02/17/2017 6:40:42 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
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To: Qiviut

No I haven’t, but someone did this a few years back and I think it worked out.


19 posted on 02/17/2017 6:40:58 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

OK. Thanks.


20 posted on 02/17/2017 6:42:27 PM PST by greeneyes
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