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Greetings from Missouri. We have had moderate temps this week, but very little sunshine. Lots of seedlings moved into the green house. Hope to have new beds finished this weekend. Potato planting begins April 1.

I ran across a Chef's Tip for growing tasty tomatoes:

1/2 cup sugar 1 cup Epsom Salt 1/2 cup Bone Meal Mulch/leaves etc.

Put into hole and mix well, plant/water well.

Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.

1 posted on 03/23/2018 6:28:33 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Pinging the List.


2 posted on 03/23/2018 6:30:32 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Showing my little grandson how to plant herb’s tomorrow. Hope for the future!


7 posted on 03/23/2018 7:28:24 PM PDT by Melian ("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -Gimli)
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Wouldn’t the sugar attract more than the usual number of ants?


18 posted on 03/23/2018 8:06:29 PM PDT by tob2 (So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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planted a whole bunch of snowflakes in the backyard- they are doign great- still about a foot deep


20 posted on 03/23/2018 8:17:10 PM PDT by Bob434
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Hi everybody!

This weeks blizzard was a fizzle!

I guess that’s a sign that Spring is here.:-)


22 posted on 03/23/2018 8:28:29 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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Received a delivery of bare root fruit trees. Probably going to be a week before I can plant them due to low temperatures.


37 posted on 03/24/2018 3:31:28 AM PDT by neefer (We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again.)
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Barb has started seeds down in the basement. If the warmer weather continues, and I am able to uncover that God-awful heavy sink (It was buried with snow due to the Nor-Easter, I will hopefully get her water down there.

We sat down with the DripWorks Garden Planner and laid out the plants for her raised bed garden. I also did a preliminary routing of the underground PVC lines to the beds. I am going to make a permanent manifold, like I had back in the day in California. Of course, it will have a means of draining the lines in the fall.

Barb ordered a soil test kit and we are going to establish a starting point for the condition of our soil...pretty poor, from my assessment.

And so it begins!


38 posted on 03/24/2018 5:00:00 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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The Greenhouse build-out is slow - we need to wait for more frost to get out of the ground so we can level the site and add the gravel pad, then pack that down tight.

Next week I’ll be starting my tomatoes and peppers, but I plan on buying most of what I need for this season already started from Jung’s or my local Walmart, which sells the Bonnie Best brand of veggie plants and herbs. Beau is making me four more raised beds; one will be dedicated to Asparagus.

Garlic is poking up, as are the chives and a few tulips that were all planted last fall...so there’s HOPE!

We totally dodged the big snowstorm that came through the Midwest last night; our neighbors in Iowa got socked, but it went south of us - Hurrah! :)

Chilly, blustery day, so we’re cooking down the rest of the sap for Maple Syrup and should have that sticky, messy chore out of the way by the end of the weekend.

I’ve been down most of the week with the mother of all head colds. Blech! Finally surfacing today after a full week; I even missed a shopping trip to The Big City with my BFFS. Grrr!

I am SO looking forward to warmer weather! :)


43 posted on 03/24/2018 7:54:17 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Yesterday was lovely, so I planted peas, arugula, lettuce, and cilantro. Today it is snowing. My husband is on travel and he normally lets me know about the upcoming weather. I was oblivious.

Do you think those seeds will still sprout eventually?


47 posted on 03/24/2018 10:25:04 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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It was a rough week here in Central Missouri. I cleaned up the barn last Saturday so I could get Nanner inside for repairs, and wound up with a raging case of bronchitis. Normally I wear a dust filter mask when I clean the floor out there, but I was out of them. Big mistake. Antibiotic, prednisone, albuterol inhaler, and a week off work was the result. I’m still hacking and gagging, but it’s looking like I’m going to live.

A mini mudslide buried the trash pump in the pond sometime over the past couple weeks. #1 Daughter’s BF helped me get that thing dug out of the muck yesterday, and I pumped about five feet of water out of the basin. I’m bound and determined to get that project finished this summer.

No sign of germination from the kale and spinach that I seeded the other weekend.

I chopped the asparagus canes and raked the bed yesterday. I need to hit it with the weed whacker and lay down a few inches of compost on top.

Fruit trees are starting to bud. Plums will open up this week I think.

Spring is about to sprung...


85 posted on 03/26/2018 7:33:24 AM PDT by Augie
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