Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[hispoptart]

I did not know we were up to 131. ☹

Yep were getting up there, Heres a link where you can see how many and what counties. It doesn't update as often as I would like but it does at least once a day.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/...G63Oa1ztz4B4r7xG_wsoC9ucd_ei3--Pz7UD50yQD/pub

 

[blackandtan]

Too cold to set out plants and seeds? Start your seedlings inside now. You don't need anything but an egg carton (and who around here has any of those?) and a little bit of soil. You can even use garden soil from your yard, just bake or microwave it a bit first to kill the bug eggs and weed seeds. By the time the weather warms up and Spring ... finally ... decides to stick around, you'll have ready-to-go seedlings!

You can even plant a vegetable garden in a flower pot. My best producing tomato plant - ever - was a bush grape tomato designed for patio pots. We even brought it inside at the end of the season and got an extra three weeks of juicy gems!

EDIT to add ... I forgot to add that you use capped-off egg shells as flower pots and set them in the egg carton to stabilize them. Not only are you starting your seeds early, but you're creating amazing new "dishes." "Peppers on the Half Shell," anyone?

Ugh no to the egg shells! I did that once, I thought it was super cute but many smelled bad and all the seedlings drowned....you need to poke hole in the bottom too!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Too cold to set out plants and seeds? Start your seedlings inside now. You don't need anything but an egg carton (and who around here has any of those?) and a little bit of soil. You can even use garden soil from your yard, just bake or microwave it a bit first to kill the bug eggs and weed seeds. By the time the weather warms up and Spring ... finally ... decides to stick around, you'll have ready-to-go seedlings!

You can even plant a vegetable garden in a flower pot. My best producing tomato plant - ever - was a bush grape tomato designed for patio pots. We even brought it inside at the end of the season and got an extra three weeks of juicy gems!

Good ideas for new gardeners/gardeners without space for bigger set ups. I have a grow light stand so I started up back in January, but still not too late to get started. And even though I have a decent number of raised beds I do most of my herbs in individual pots just to conveniently have them closer to the door.

 

[MROO]

i’m waiting for the rodent-borne disease outbreak when the mice and rats find all these hoaders supply of toilet paper, dog food etc

I smell a run on galvanized trash cans ....

 

[MROO]

Ugh no to the egg shells! I did that once, I thought it was super cute but many smelled bad and all the seedlings drowned....you need to poke hole in the bottom too!

Yup - forgot to add that part, too ... back I go ...

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Our Governor just gave a news conference and closed all schools for 3 weeks, restaurants can only provide take out or delivery, bars are closed, no elective surgeries, easy access to unemployment benefits for those affected and no gatherings of 25 people or more. The only thing I’m low on is egg cartons so no big deal. I didn’t catch all the details but I heard him mention that there were several towns that had identified “community spread” virus. Now that’s very scary. Stay healthy all.

 

[MROO]

We are up to 5 cases in Missouri, all in the southern part of the state so far.

I'm not naive enough to think it will stay there. I just read a headline that said, if you think you are over reacting, you are probably doing the right thing.

Well, guess we are in no danger then......besides our neighbors are use to wondering what those crazy old people down the road are doing and why we are doing it! Probably why the Amish buggies slow down and everybody stares when they drive by.

A very dear friend posted a reminder, yesterday. If, at the end of the isolation period, we all emerge to a world where nothing significant happened, despite the panic, remember this:
That was the WHOLE POINT!

 

[blackandtan]

My ground is still far too frozen to think about getting some garden dirt for seeds, I may have a little gro mix left over from last year. I was going to wait to start till after a business trip this week, (lacking confidence in dh’s ability to water flowers that aren’t for smoking lol);
I’ve always loved the idea of victory gardens, (I’ve read the history books so I know what they are!), and I’d love to know how much of an impact it would have if EVERYONE grew something, anything, because everyone could really.
Come to think of it I could probably convince dh to make the garden bigger AGAIN, square would be nice too lol it’s a bugger to till

 

[muddy75]

these are our updated stats....my area circled in blue and kentucky included as we border......similar stats in both states but twice as many ppl tested in ky

 

[ChocolateMouse]

My garden has been going strong for a little while. I have hundreds of seed in pots in my basement but they won't be producing for another month yet. Latest reports are suggesting that things will get worse (#of cases wise) until mid April before they get better. They will only get better cause of the extreme measures our state has been taking. Unfortunately by the time my fresh food is producing in my gardens (around the end of may) the whole thing will probably have mostly blown over. I'm glad now we got the rice, beans and tomatoes we did when we did. Between dried/canned goods and our freezers we should be good for a while. The fact that fresh foods are so limited may be a little stressful, though. If this all happened a month later we'd be fine.