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Posted on 01/19/2019 2:16:14 PM PST by greeneyes
The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds.
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pffttt
I have a son inn his 60s and a daughter 58..
We have one son, age 42.
His idea of fun is to go ice fishing up at Red Lake, MN in a fishing shanty on the ice.
Ok, I’ll have to try the low carb toast idea.
Have had to take an involuntary hiatus for two growing seasons that have kept me away from my home. Stayed away from the gardening thread as I didn’t want to get depressed at my inability to have a garden.
Still not home, but hope to do a plan b, and at least grow a few things. Would love to go whole hog, but not sure how long I will be here.
Anyway, the urge to garden is strong, and it is really nice to see all the familiar names here, and all the projects, pics, seed orders, and recipes everyone is up to.
No, I am not in prison. I am taking care of a relative who is ill.
Contact your local County Extension Agent and he/she will know what the soils in the area might be lacking.
I beat you by a little over a month.
Glad you are back. My grandma and dad always liked to have a plant or two in their room when they were sick. Some plants are good at helping to clean the air.
Of course that might need a window or grow light.
It’s certainly not lacking rocks.
Got my spring bulbs planted, just in time for this weekend’s winter event! The bulbs were sprouting in their container. Watered well, spread mulch and covered with a plastic tarp.
The lid on a Green Egg is hinged to the cooker. Product details are available on their web site. https://biggreenegg.com/
I use a Traeger pellet smoker. It is a completely different beast compared to a charcoal burning cooker. I’ve been quite pleased with what it will do, and it’s light enough to move around on a smooth surface. I keep it in the garage and roll it out for use. I do want to build a BBQ hut on the deck outside of Mrs. Augie’s sun room, but that project hasn’t yet made it to the top of the list.
The blizzard that was predicted to hit us has turned out to be vaporware. We got a very light dusting of snow overnight, but no accumulation to speak of.
The predicted cold, however, is upon us. I have plenty of firewood, but I do need to check the propane tank. Cold showers are no fun.
There you are. A rock garden. ;)
“...and worse, I’m filling out seed orders for the year! My wallet is already feeling the pain.”
LOL! I’ve got a stack of catalogs with a LOT of circled items in them. ;)
One change I AM making this year is to limit my tomato choices to DETERMINATE plants. I’ll still have plenty to eat fresh and make into my famous ‘V-12 Juice’ and Salsa, but I won’t have them taking up as much acreage in the garden beds!
My least-favorite garden chore is pruning tomatoes (I hate that smell!), and even THEN have to climb through a JUNGLE to get at the fruits! Grrrr!
I’m sure you already know this, but Farm & Fleet is having ‘Chick Days’ this coming week! Are you adding to the flock this year? We’re building the coop this coming spring. Excited! I miss having hens SO MUCH! :) A coop and a greenhouse were part of Beau’s ‘dowry’ to coax me out here. ;)
Excellent timing. LOL
Thanks for the link. We didn’t get much accumulation either, and the sun is out now, so greenhouse should bring me some additional heat. Really cold this AM. I turned on the electric throw to get my feet and legs warmed up while drinking coffee.
I’m hoping to add to the flock, but it will probably be mid-summer before I can. I currently have the maximum number of chickens I’m allowed to have.
This summer when the chickens and I are camped out at my farm, then I’ll get more chickens, and possibly some turkeys.
Those baby chicks sure are tempting, though!
With all the endless pounding of political nonsense, liberal rants, screaming harpies, and general news of continuously increasing stupidity, I’m looking forward to just playing with my seeds. Been fascinated with Kratky style hydroponics and experimented with it last year. Everything I ‘know’ about hydroponics I learned on YouTube. This year I think I’ll turn the sunroom into a greenhouse of sorts. Previous owners of this house added that room for their hot tub, so there is a water faucet available, and electric for the grow lights, as well as plenty of sunshine. It’s the favorite room for the feline slugs, but I don’t think they’ll mind the incursion, as long as I grow them some catnip.
East of Albuquerque we had a quick dump of 20” of snow just before Christmas, with minor occasional additions since then. Then things got somewhat back to normal and temps hit 70 degrees the last couple of days (!) and now the snow is mostly thinning brown slush.
Bump for later
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