BYC gardening thread!!

[hippiestink]

Started getting the seed pots of peas ready. Husband and I are picking up weed screen and stuff tomorrow since we're both off work. I want to get some stuff done gardening-wise and start building our A-frame coop.

 

[MeepBeep]

I have planted celery seeds repeatably over the last 2 years and I can't get it to grow for anything... I'm going to try and plant some started 'stumps' this year and see what happens...

Normally I can get them to sprout, they're just not sprouting as fast as the other seeds have. I'm not worried, I'm planting early for a reason!

I just started a celery 'stump' today,the grocery store we were shopping at yesterday had organic celery for 99 cents and they are big bunches, finally ended my celery strike as the current $2.50 and $3.00 small bunches that have been the norm as of late in my area were just too rich for me...

To my surprise only 24 hours later and small leaves/shoots are visibly starting to emerge from the center of the celery stump...

 

[chickadoodles]

Congrats y'all on your plants springing up! That's great.

I planted a few things and so far only one tomato plant has sprung up with two leaves on it. And I put the butt of my celery in a cup of water to start it off. I need to find some seeds to plant.

 

[CherMoz]

Just saw a bluebird!! That must mean I can plant something up here in Wisconsin...

 

[chickadoodles]

We have blue birds and our temps will be between the mid 70's to mid 80's for the next 8 days anyways. I am waiting on my stuff to plant here in Alabama.

 

[dan26552]

We have blue birds and our temps will be between the mid 70's to mid 80's for the next 8 days anyways. I am waiting on my stuff to plant here in Alabama.

Robins and blue birds have been here since the beginning of Feb. (Lower AL)

 

[MeepBeep]

Just saw a bluebird!!  That must mean I can plant something up here in Wisconsin...
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In Northern Illinois the robins returned early last month, while several other breeds have all the sudden swarmed by feeders over the last week or so including red winged blackbirds and cowbirds in mass, and our resident sandhill crane pair just returned... Read an article this week that said the sandhills are about 2 weeks ahead of schedule returning through the midwest, the earliest they have returned in 18 years....

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I saw the blue birds last week for the first time. But I am ready for spring. We will probably get weeks of weekend rain but it should warm up. (I hope)

 

[dan26552]

In Northern Illinois the robins returned early last month, while several other breeds have all the sudden swarmed by feeders over the last week or so including red winged blackbirds and cowbirds in mass, and our resident sandhill crane pair just returned... Read an article this week that said the sandhills are about 2 weeks ahead of schedule returning through the midwest, the earliest they have returned in 18 years....

El Nino

 

[dan26552]

I saw the blue birds last week for the first time. But I am ready for spring. We will probably get weeks of weekend rain but it should warm up. (I hope)

Nice. I'm just waiting on the oaks and pecans to break bud now, nearly everything else has.