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I leave my peppers in pots, they grow so much better. i used to plant them in the ground and I might get thumb sized peppers, but a friend told me to leave in pots and wow, what a difference! I have peppers I can actually share.
I. My peppers and tomatoes are about 8 weeks old now, but the peppers won't go out for another 2-3 weeks at least. They grow really slow for me so I'm not too itchy to put the peppers in yet. I just started my cukes, squash, pumpkins and melons indoors. Gotta get the taters in this weekend, too.
 
I leave my peppers in pots, they grow so much better. i used to plant them in the ground and I might get thumb sized peppers, but a friend told me to leave in pots and wow, what a difference! I have peppers I can actually share.

That's interesting, last year was the first year I had peppers and I did them in re-purposed cat litter containers... (it was ghetto but it's Maine and I'm in the middle of nowhere) so there might be something to this!

I never thought to correlate them, cause I get better at seed starting each year.

Thanks for the tip! I'll keep doing that.
 
Is anyone else planting their tomatoes this weekend? Corn seeds?

Am I crazy?

Yikes, I won't be planting for a while. I admit we are in a cold pocket here. I just covered the asparagus tonight in fear of frost. The tomatoes could probably go in the hoop house soon, but the hoop house needs to be weeded, and my seedlings are still tiny, so there is no hurry.

My peas, and tiny lettuce and spinach sprouts are up, onion and leek transplants are all in, and the potatoes went in last weekend.
I am behind on some things. I wanted to get carrots in last weekend, and start indoor melon and squash, but I was too busy with other stuff. Hopefully that will happen tomorrow. I need to start sweet potato slips, and I'm back to trying peanuts this year, so I put some in cups earlier this week.
 
I started leeks, but how big is the actual plant when it growing? I need to figure out where to put it since I am really limited in space especially if it gets huge.
Yikes, I won't be planting for a while. I admit we are in a cold pocket here. I just covered the asparagus tonight in fear of frost. The tomatoes could probably go in the hoop house soon, but the hoop house needs to be weeded, and my seedlings are still tiny, so there is no hurry.
My peas, and tiny lettuce and spinach sprouts are up, onion and leek transplants are all in, and the potatoes went in last weekend.
I am behind on some things. I wanted to get carrots in last weekend, and start indoor melon and squash, but I was too busy with other stuff. Hopefully that will happen tomorrow. I need to start sweet potato slips, and I'm back to trying peanuts this year, so I put some in cups earlier this week.
 
Leeks don't take up much room Hoppy. I put mine in with the onions, - only about 6 inches apart, and they get to be about the same size, maybe a foot tall.

I use a piece of rebar to drill a little hole, and drop them in. Easy to plant and grow (although slugs and snails can be a nuisance).
 
Light frost here last night. My car windshield was just wet with dew, but there was ice on the roof.

Today is moving day for the chicks. This is long overdue. DH won't be finishing the hoop house for a while, so I am setting up my carport. The carport always becomes the bachelor pen, so it will mean one less move for the roos. The chicks are entertaining, but I can't wait to get them out of the house!
 
Ah. Nothing like getting up at 6 am, looking out the window and seeing a horse where he shouldn't be. Out on the lawn munching on the grass.
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So I throw on some clothes and go to do some horse wrangling. On the plus side I had left his halter on yesterday. The negative side is that Gosi did not want to go back to the paddock. So he takes off at full speed around the yard. Yee Haw!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the fun begin. He then decided to go over to the neighbor's yard. Their yard is pretty much sand so no worries about him destroying anything. After a few laps at Kentucky Derby winning speed he detours up to the road.
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And down the road he went at a gorgeous fast Icelandic Tolt. Couldn't have been a more beautiful looking gait. Other than the fact it was happening on the road where cars go zooming by. At least he was going back towards my driveway. He gets there and gallops down to the goats' pen. Looks around. Bucks a time or two and takes off again in a fast tolt back towards the neighbor's. The other two horses are watching this with what I swear is an amused look on their faces.
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Finally Gosi decides that all that exercise is bad for his overly plump figure so he stops, puts his head down and starts to graze. I walk up to him attach the lead rope and lead him back to the paddock threatening him with the glue factory.

The annoying part is that I spent the last two days fixing the fence. Put on new hardware and tightened all the strands. Everything looked great. Yet somehow he managed to squeeze out at the secondary gate that is partially blocked by the 70 gallon water tank and shelter. So today instead of riding I have to figure out why the fence isn't charging and possibly run another strand of hot wire to prevent another chapter in the "Escapades of Gosi"


Gosi: Translates as Idiot in Icelandic.
 
Ah. Nothing like getting up at 6 am, looking out the window and seeing a horse where he shouldn't be. Out on the lawn munching on the grass.
he.gif


So I throw on some clothes and go to do some horse wrangling. On the plus side I had left his halter on yesterday. The negative side is that Gosi did not want to go back to the paddock. So he takes off at full speed around the yard. Yee Haw!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the fun begin. He then decided to go over to the neighbor's yard. Their yard is pretty much sand so no worries about him destroying anything. After a few laps at Kentucky Derby winning speed he detours up to the road.
barnie.gif
And down the road he went at a gorgeous fast Icelandic Tolt. Couldn't have been a more beautiful looking gait. Other than the fact it was happening on the road where cars go zooming by. At least he was going back towards my driveway. He gets there and gallops down to the goats' pen. Looks around. Bucks a time or two and takes off again in a fast tolt back towards the neighbor's. The other two horses are watching this with what I swear is an amused look on their faces.
caf.gif
Finally Gosi decides that all that exercise is bad for his overly plump figure so he stops, puts his head down and starts to graze. I walk up to him attach the lead rope and lead him back to the paddock threatening him with the glue factory.

The annoying part is that I spent the last two days fixing the fence. Put on new hardware and tightened all the strands. Everything looked great. Yet somehow he managed to squeeze out at the secondary gate that is partially blocked by the 70 gallon water tank and shelter. So today instead of riding I have to figure out why the fence isn't charging and possibly run another strand of hot wire to prevent another chapter in the "Escapades of Gosi"


Gosi: Translates as Idiot in Icelandic.
Hilarious story! Thanks for sharing.
 

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