From: Oshkalaboomboom
To: Weekly Garden Thread Gang
If you would like to send out a PM to the members of the Gardening list you can let them know that I will be reopening my Knowledge Base until Christmas Day.
Even though it is primarily a Knowledge Base for Preppers it has over 1300 titles on Farming, Gardening, Homesteading and Self-Sufficiency that can be very useful to people who like to work the land, be it a window box in an apartment or a large farm.
If they would like access have them send me (Oshkalaboomboom) a PM letting me know they heard about it from Diana in Wisconsin.
On Christmas Day I will stop answering PMs and the Knowledge Base will go away permanently in April of 2021.
Diana Here: It’s a great resource! I’ve bookmarked/downloaded quite a number of interesting and useful sights. Check it out!
Hello to all -
Still dry as a bone in California with temps in the 70s where I am, meaning almost daily watering. My drip system gave up the ghost and needs to be either fixed or scrapped.
Send us rain, please!
Other than that, my winter garden is always more colorful than my summer garden. I am planting cyclamen, roses and pansies.
Good Morning! :-)
I’m throwing in the towel on greenhouse growing for the year. I’ve got a number of heads of lettuce to harvest today - when I get motivated to suit up and do some more shoveling later. We’ve gotten about 4” so far and more on the way through this afternoon. The heavy, WET stuff. Ugh! Beau has gone into Madison to help shovel out the wealthy ladies of Shorewood Hills. (Good tippers!)
I have lettuces started under lights, as well as some spinach that was already started in 6-packs, but I moved that in last week. Another batch of sprouts will be in the works later today.
It’s like a Snow Cave in the greenhouse - kind of fun, actually.
The birds were convinced they were STARVING, so I cleaned the snow off the feeders and re-filled them, and they’re all happy, now. Had to talk the Beagle into going outside this morning for his ‘Potty Break’ in the snow. He’s such a spoiled brat - but aren’t we all? However, after many years of Army Life, I GREATLY APPRECIATE indoor plumbing, LOL!
Pictures in a bit of our newest addition to the Menagerie - ‘Weber’ (yes, as in grill!), our beef steer.
In addition to seed catalogs arriving earlier than I remember, hatcheries also seem to be getting an early start to the season. I got an ad from Meyer Hatchery saying they’re taking orders for 2021. I don’t remember seeing ads like that earlier than February in past years.