Good Morning, Diana!
Snow and Freezing Rain here in MA.
Ugh.
The 5 kids born in January (all doelings). I suspect they are going to be very entertaining, mischievous, & great subject matter for photos as they grow up. Only one (who looks like her mom) doesn't have those (rather dramatic, IMO) spots. They're a good looking bunch of kids.
“This thread is a non-political respite.”
I was going to ask why my potatoes are like Democrats? Old, dead, rotten, and beginning to smell. 😁
The rabbits and squirrels that normally make trouble seem to have disappeared. Perhaps a fox or coyote is in the neighborhood.
I have one pink rose bush that blooms profusely, which roses in Florida don’t like to do.
It’s finally warm enough to be comfortable. We usually don’t have long periods of cold weather in my part of Florida.
Bkmk
My brush cutting DR Trimmer died last year (long horrible story about sabotage and losing 600 bucks because of it) and by the time I got a new one all the field grass between my garden beds had grown to 5 feet tall.
Last weekend I broke out the new trimmer and whacked all that grass down.
I salvaged some smaller sized pallets whi h I cut down and put along the I new wage of my garden fence and which I am going to put my potted veggie plants on this year.
I cleaned out my greenhouse, built a new tabletop inside it for up-potting and seed start work.
I also put up another metal shelf with 4 shelves since the newer tabletop was more efficient space wise.
This weekend I am going to reseal the greenhouse plastic with repair tape over the softball sized hail holes that smacked it 2 yrs ago....the previous tape became brittle in the sun and has all flaked and blown away in the wind.
Upcoming project is new greenhouse kit being put up and then moving old greenhouse, later this year, over thr top of well head and expansion tank. That should do an even better job of ensuring no freeze damage to the expansion tank (I do have it wrapped up in wall insulation)
My Christmas cacti did bloom some. They are on a bathroom windowsill without enough space. They are in 5-inch containers and I give them each a juice glass of water on the 10th, 20th and last day of the month poured down the inside of plastic holding the containers. They are now quite big. I gave them about two-thirds of a juice glass of water initially.
My orchid in the bathroom is doing well. It has a container with the usual mix set into another container. I keep water in the bottom of the second container. The inner container has holes.
This string of pearls is blooming - I've never had any luck with them except here. I got the plinth off of the street in front of a vacant house - I love repurposing things.
Happy February and Happy Gardening!
I bought 200 feet of lime green .095” Weed Warrior trimmer line on clearance at Walmart for $8.
It seems quite durable.
I use old spools that I have drilled a two-hole path through. I then pass a 13” piece of trimer line through the path and knot it before putting on my Greenworks 40V trimmer, which I like very much.
I can’t wait!
I need a new wheelbarrow.
This week coming is supposed to be 60’s in Salem, Virginia, so I hope to be out there cleaning up what I never finished in the fall.
We had a terrific cold spell, I hope that helped get rid of some of our garden pests.
My tomatoes and zucchinni did pretty bad last year but the peppers and eggplants were alright. Well, the peppers were stunted, actually, very small size in everything, but the eggplants exploded.
Here in the Roanoke area a lot of gardeners had a lot of trouble like that.
But, I spent the year from June through December having surgeries and recovering from surgeries, I probably didn’t give the plants and soil as much attention as they needed.
Here’s to a great new garden season!
Starting cabbage seeds indoors soon here in PA.
