Posted on 03/30/2018 7:58:47 PM PDT by greeneyes
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If we get much more rain, the earth worms will be floating. Those sunflowers do need it to be past the cool and damp, IIRC.
Every time I start to see mud, it turns white again in a day or two. Not much else to report.
Sorry about that. I’m hoping we get going soon all over the country - it’s past time for Spring to have Sprung. LOL
Thanks for the Pics. That’s a beautiful flower. My garlic is only about 8 inches tall. Looking good otherwise though. Yours is looking grand.
Update from Delaware: Started leeks, oregano, thyme, cilantro, sage indoors. Only cilantro and sage germinated. Restarted the others on Wednesday.
Planted Kiss-Me-Over-The-Garden-Gate and critters dug up the seeds. Will have to wait until November to plant.
Also started some Toothache plants indoors; nothing yet.
BTW! Snow showers expected this week. Argh!!!!
Lots of that snow stuff going on this weekend. Hubby planted some sort of really small seeds - just scattered on the garden bed yesterday.
Today, the birds were having a feast. LOL So he got out a cover and put on it. Kinda like barn door and horses gone???
LOL
Radishes are showing, peas are showing, raspberries are leafing out, fruit trees are in full bud nearly ready to bloom. I’ve hit them (fruit trees) twice now with h2o2/insecticidal soap to deal with the aphids, thrips, caterpillars etc and powdery mildew.
The tomatoes and lettuce in the garden room are doing OK, though some of the heirloom tom seeds are less than fecund.
Only 8 of the dozens of poppies I seeded came up, don’t know why that would be, they’re all in the same bed. About a dozen or so daffs are in full bloom, as is the retard rhodo. Going to plant some hollyhocks on Tuesday, and maybe some nasturtiums in the rose beds. Love making salad with nasturtium, it’s like peppery lettuce.
Not much else to say; mowed the lawn again last week, and it is looking a bit ragged already.
Take care all, and happy growing!
We have some Easter lilies blooming this week. I was wondering what nasturtiums tasted like. We have some room in one of the flower beds, and I was trying to find some that are edible.
Most of the snow is gone, here. We are concerned about our bee colonies. After activity in the warm snap in February, the latest warm temps did not see any activity. We will watch this coming week.
Barb has her seedling area all set up with lamps and warming pads and the first seedlings showing.
Unfortunately, the snow covering that damned cast iron sink has melted, which means I need to move it down the bulkhead, into the basement, and over to and onto the counter! Groan!
Those darn iron sinks - heavy - watch out for your back.
Excellent!
And the snow finally melted from around my box gardens - I can see them, YAH!
We can't put anything in the ground up here until Memorial Day weekend, so it's too early to even start anything indoors - but soon.
Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday - the tomb is guaranteed to be empty!
You have a great day too.
Awesome !
Great pics as usual, thanks for sharing.
As soon as I saw the words mule poop and saw the hound dog I knew it was your post. It will be great seeing your greenhouse progress. When our barn was built in 2000 I did a tripod video in fast time. Fun!
'Sub Arctic Plenty' is a fast-growing, determinate plant, which means it stops growing when flowers develop.
The tomatoes, which are 3 or 4 oz., are harvested at 45 days, making it one of the fastest-producing varieties.
On the down side, this variety is not resistant to any of the common diseases of tomatoes,
hence the possibility of total variety crop failure.
'Early Girl': Indeterminate, early, hybrid, slicing tomato, VF resistant.
Another good source of information for early season varieties can be found at:
http://www.chileplants.com/search.aspx?CategoryID=6&SeasonID=1&SearchButton=Go
Don't let the name fool you, however, they only sell plants, and not seed.
The list of early tomato varieties is, at least, a starting point and a good early variety resource.
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