BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

See early starting never works for me. I tried coco peat, regular potting soil, soaking, etc and the only thing that's effective in my area is right in the ground. Weird but effective, grows like a weed. My corn is meant to be a shorter stalk variety, ended up growing to 7+ ft instead of the promised 6 ft and under.

Interesting

 

[Bugseye]

Now that the snow's melted, I carried some chicken litter up to the compost yesterday--only to find a deer leg by the compost!!! Snapped off clean above the knee. I was pretty shocked, and thought maybe the deer had tried to leap the fence to get into the garden. Then I went into the garden to take up the frost cover to see what had made it through the winter, and at the end of the garden there was ANOTHER deer leg. I felt sick over it. I imagine what happened was that a mountain lion got it when the snow was deep. We did not find the rest of the carcass. I'm still in shock. It's nature doing what it does, I understand, but I admire the deer grazing everywhere--preferably not coming through my windshield--and I did see lion tracks in the snow.

 

[Peep_Show]

 

[CherMoz]

Ha ha!!

We're getting more snow here today.

 

[dan26552]

Now that the snow's melted, I carried some chicken litter up to the compost yesterday--only to find a deer leg by the compost!!! Snapped off clean above the knee. I was pretty shocked, and thought maybe the deer had tried to leap the fence to get into the garden. Then I went into the garden to take up the frost cover to see what had made it through the winter, and at the end of the garden there was ANOTHER deer leg. I felt sick over it. I imagine what happened was that a mountain lion got it when the snow was deep. We did not find the rest of the carcass. I'm still in shock. It's nature doing what it does, I understand, but I admire the deer grazing everywhere--preferably not coming through my windshield--and I did see lion tracks in the snow.

 

[dan26552]

Its spring here

 

[Bugseye]

Exactly!

 

[hippiestink]

All my cabbages, lettuce, garlic, onions, celery, and peppers have been planted in the seed trays, getting a head start before frosts end in late April/early May.

 

[dan26552]

All my cabbages, lettuce, garlic, onions, celery, and peppers have been planted in the seed trays, getting a head start before frosts end in late April/early May.

I planted my garlic in november.

 

[hippiestink]

I planted my garlic in november.

I did that last year and ended up having to harvest extra early. I've switched to starting in January and February so hopefully it will get to where it needs to be.