Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[CapricornFarm]

Let's all post what zone we are in! I am in 7A. Itching to get started growing!

 

[chickadoodles]

I'm in zone 8a.

 

[R2elk]

Most of the sites claim that I am zone 5 but they are wrong. I even had a discussion with the Arbor Day foundation and they admitted they were wrong on their listing but they never changed it.

If I want something to survive here, it needs to be listed as good to zone 3.

 

[chickmom3941]

Let's all post what zone we are in! I am in 7A. Itching to get started growing!

"Itching to get started growing" ??? Cap, it sounds like you have had things growing all winter (which I'm insanely jealous of, by the way - lol)! We're zone 4 here. Overall, it's been a mild winter, and though they just got about a foot of snow in Minneapolis, there was a sharp line where there was snow and where there wasn't. We live about 40 miles NW of there, and got nothing but a few stray flakes. Probably 75% of our yard is grass, and I'm hoping it stays that way, so we'll be able to get started on preparing our gardens earlier than normal this year.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Are they getting enough sun where they are planted?

full sun

 

[lazy gardener]

4B, but if I want to be sure it grows, I look for solid 4 and even 3 is better.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Most of the sites claim that I am zone 5 but they are wrong. I even had a discussion with the Arbor Day foundation and they admitted they were wrong on their listing but they never changed it.

If I want something to survive here, it needs to be listed as good to zone 3.

Love your avatar! I had a flock of big wild turkeys in my yard yesterday!

 

[CapricornFarm]

"Itching to get started growing" ??? Cap, it sounds like you have had things growing all winter (which I'm insanely jealous of, by the way - lol)! We're zone 4 here. Overall, it's been a mild winter, and though they just got about a foot of snow in Minneapolis, there was a sharp line where there was snow and where there wasn't. We live about 40 miles NW of there, and got nothing but a few stray flakes. Probably 75% of our yard is grass, and I'm hoping it stays that way, so we'll be able to get started on preparing our gardens earlier than normal this year.

Well i got a late start so i just kept planting! I do have a few things growing still. Have to keep covering them though.

Just pulled a carrot a couple days ago to see how big they are.

 

[CapricornFarm]

full sun

You might need a fertilizer designed to promote blooming. Are you aging the chicken manure before using it? It can burn plants.

 

[R2elk]

Love your avatar! I had a flock of big wild turkeys in my yard yesterday!

I used to have a single Wild turkey hen that came in every spring to breed with my toms. She would then lay a clutch of eggs down in the field and stay until she hatched her poults. She did that for seven years in a row but is probably dead now since she hasn't been back for a couple of years. She would have probably been one that first year so 8 years old should be a ripe old age for a wild turkey hen.