Garden thread

[Melodychick]

30's today.

Yeah, 30’s is too cold for me in March at least, but mid to upper 80’s in March is way too early!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Agreed. I just wish it wasn't freezing here.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Today I repotted my basils and celery from the starter pods, along with pansies and feverfew. Basil probably won't go outside for another month. Tomatoes are big enough that they barely fit under the grow light at max height, so I need to repot them and then they'll probably go into the greenhouse for another month.

Have 2 more beds to clear for seeding but I'm not in any hurry with those as they still have collards and kale from last year that I'm eating.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I haven't even started outside. ;_; It's so overgrown - it's gonna be awful.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I haven't even started outside. ;_; It's so overgrown - it's gonna be awful.

Can't blame ya with your temperatures!

I can't do much with the garden for the next week or so, we're scheduled for a week of rain plus I still need to fix the gravel walkway that flooded and washed away with our previous flooding, so any breaks in the rain I'm going to be shoveling gravel. 3 cu yards of it sitting on the driveway.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I wanna say we have about 9 cu yards of wood chips to move similarly. But it's cold. And gloomy. And frankly I don't wanna. *crosses arms* At least not yet.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I wanna say we have about 9 cu yards of wood chips to move similarly.

At least chips are relatively light! To save some money (and because I'm mad at the creek for flooding) I've been dredging the creek bed for gravel with nothing but a shovel and a plastic yard card, to the point that the yard cart finally died on me. I estimate I've already moved a good ton of material by this point. What's another ton?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

That... Is true! Remind me of that tomorrow morning when I whine about not wanting about to move my wood chips! XD

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Welp. It's rained enough overnight that I genuinely don't think I *can* move wood chips. At least not any substantial distance. Not because of the weight on me, but the weight on my lawn. :X the wheeelbarrow would just sink in and get stuck. We've got multiple inches of standing water in a lot of places right now.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Well this isn't gardening, but... I used up some of the gravel to fill up the potholes in the driveway today, then went to the grocery store. The gravel did the trick, much less bumping down the driveway! Now I'm waiting for the rain to see if there's any other low lying spots that need to be filled in...