Sit'n on the porch

[LaFleche]

There you are!

You had me really worried with your threads closed and all!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

COFFEES READY!!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Boy it’s been a busy day,
hope you all had a good day

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Good Morning


COFFEES READY!
It is a cold 43 , I hope the wind isnt like it was yesterday.

 

[LaFleche]

Hi Grandma, and thanks for the coffee!

After a few very cold and windy days the temperature is slowly rising today but the weather forecast is predicting snow and hail storms starting Wednesday evening.
My poor cucumber seedlings need to get outside and planted in their prepared raised beds but with lows around 2-4°Celsius they will just have to wait a few more days.

 

[Sally PB]

My poor cucumber seedlings need to get outside and planted in their prepared raised beds but with lows around 2-4°Celsius they will just have to wait a few more days.

All the starts in my green house are getting too big for their britches, I mean, pots! And they're one-quart pots.

It's chilly, windy, and not going to warm up for a few more days. I usually start hardening plants off about this time of May, but I'm leaving it for about another week.

This is the best my starts have ever looked!

 

[LaFleche]

All the starts in my green house are getting too big for their britches, I mean, pots! And they're one-quart pots.

I don't even have a green house and just keep the pots in my kitchen or, as they get too big for the window sill, in my living room.
I even had to switch them to bigger pots while waiting for the Ice Saints to pass.

start hardening plants off about this time of May, but I'm leaving it for about another week.

So do I. The strong winds will bend them off or even tear them up.

 

[Sally PB]

When I harden them off, I put them outside in XL dog crates. I drape the crates with white/light colored bed sheets, and hold those in place with clothes pins. I start off with the sheet on day and night for a couple of days. Then I take the sheet off for a few hours during the day. Then longer, and finally leave it off.

The sheet softens the harsh sunshine and also protects them from wind. The crate protects the plants from the critters that want to eat them and gives me something to drape the sheet over.

 

[LaFleche]

When I harden them off, I put them outside in XL dog crates. I drape the crates with white/light colored bed sheets, and hold those in place with clothes pins. I start off with the sheet on day and night for a couple of days. Then I take the sheet off for a few hours during the day. Then longer, and finally leave it off.

The sheet softens the harsh sunshine and also protects them from wind. The crate protects the plants from the critters that want to eat them and gives me something to drape the sheet over.
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I like this idea

 

[Grandmas Coop]

GOOD MORNING ,


I am up,built a fire in the woodstove, its pouring rain- which we need- but its 43 and cold. @Smokerbill
I had a wonderful, exulting day yesterday.
I took my 7 grandkids , son and DIL all to the woodland Park Zoo.
what a joy to see them all run from one exhibit to another. The 3yr old was so joyful, they all were. They got to ride the very old carousel.

We left at 9am and drove but took the ferry back. My Tony dog did so great in the house for 10 hours, and the baby chicks did fine.

https://www.zoo.org/