What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

She is beautiful!

She was a cool bird. Her daughter and son are gorgeous too. But she lacks the perky tail. He is my purdy buddy.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Bummer.

Not such a bummer. Same here in Massachusetts. Masks in public are mandatory. I think it makes sense when we still have over 100 people a day dying just from the Coronavirus.

 

[Neggative]

i walked by our garden when i was going to the chicken pen.... that count.... lol...

 

[WthrLady]

Not such a bummer. Same here in Massachusetts. Masks in public are mandatory. I think it makes sense when we still have over 100 people a day dying just from the Coronavirus.

I'm not discrediting them. I think it's terrible that we are all dealing with it. We aren't anywhere NEAR the numbers in most places. So life here is far closer to what we were. We have less change. That's all I was trying to say, but didn't do it well.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I'm not discrediting them. I think it's terrible that we are all dealing with it. We aren't anywhere NEAR the numbers in most places. So life here is far closer to what we were. We have less change. That's all I was trying to say, but didn't do it well.

I thought so. But be prepared for this to come to your neck of the woods. It’s spreading. We here in the northeast have just slowed things down a bit. Sadly it’s starting to take a scary toll on children.

 

[WthrLady]

It's here. We just don't have the population density and other factors that haunt the places that are having more difficulty, shortages, or umemployment.

Now back to gardening. The spring under the garden is running again, even with the low rainfall totals.

 

[NightingaleJen]

@karenerwin So sorry to hear about your mom's insurance. :/ That has to be frustrating, and figuring out how to have the apartment conversation with your mom...! I hope it goes well. Very difficult.

@WthrLady, beautiful bird and wonderful artwork! I'll have to check out your FAA site.

Not much in the garden here today, it's my ironing day; after 3-4 hours of that I'm a little tired! (Plus a load of "playing in the garden all weekend" laundry. ) Did peek into the ornamental beds and nudge the mulch aside, though, to see some new things popping up, and a few of my late-waking winter-sown seeds have at last decided it's time to get growing. Also, some of that ironing time was spent plotting the garden, so...

It's supposed to be goofily cold here again tonight. We have a Key Lime & Meyer Lemon tree we were really hoping would not have to be dragged into the tractor bucket and driven into the garage for the night, but since a frost advisory came down earlier this afternoon, I'm trying to decide if throwing a few sheets over them will work or if we ought to drag them inside again (they're big, heavy...and need to be repotted this year...). Thoughts?

 

[NewBoots]

It's rainy and chilly and windy today but I opened the pop door on the coop anyway. The month old chicks are about fully feathered now and can easily stay warm and dry. But the 2 1/2 week old chicks are still about half fluff and I worry about them getting wet. The coop is covered on three sides and has a roof to boot but chicks are silly and might not understand the danger of getting wet. I finally caved in a enticed the babies (yeah they were outside) back into the warm (relatively) dry coop and closed the door. Probably overprotective, but we hatched most of these babies ourselves and we lost 2 to my error early on so there you go.

My 15 gallon fabric pots arrived today. Man they are bigger than I thought. I'll have to mix up a lot of potting soil to fill them. Planning on putting the kinda sad-looking artichokes I finally received from Burpee.

They arrived in pretty sad shape but Burpee does guarantee them so once they are out of protective custody in the greenhouse I'll pot them up.

Has anyone ever mixed peppers in the same large pot? I have several sweet and one hot type and since in the past the root systems never seem to get very big, maybe I could pot them together? What do you all think?

 

[WthrLady]

@NightingaleJen it depends on the type of warning, freeze or frost; the duration; wind speed; and the size of the trees.
If it's going to freeze, bring them in.
If it's going to frost, two layers of sheets should work and will work MUCH better if you can get them to the ground to trap in rising ground heat as well. A single layer of sheets won't work on citrus trees.
OC nothing will work if there is enough wind to allow for warm air to escape or to blow the sheeting off altogether.

 

[TropicalBabies]

It's rainy and chilly and windy today but I opened the pop door on the coop anyway. The month old chicks are about fully feathered now and can easily stay warm and dry. But the 2 1/2 week old chicks are still about half fluff and I worry about them getting wet. The coop is covered on three sides and has a roof to boot but chicks are silly and might not understand the danger of getting wet. I finally caved in a enticed the babies (yeah they were outside) back into the warm (relatively) dry coop and closed the door. Probably overprotective, but we hatched most of these babies ourselves and we lost 2 to my error early on so there you go.

My 15 gallon fabric pots arrived today. Man they are bigger than I thought. I'll have to mix up a lot of potting soil to fill them. Planning on putting the kinda sad-looking artichokes I finally received from Burpee.
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They arrived in pretty sad shape but Burpee does guarantee them so once they are out of protective custody in the greenhouse I'll pot them up.

Has anyone ever mixed peppers in the same large pot? I have several sweet and one hot type and since in the past the root systems never seem to get very big, maybe I could pot them together? What do you all think?

With a 15g pot no prob, I would not go under 10g for 2 and keep them decently fertilized and watered enough. I cram all of my plants together out of necessity and the price I pay is bugs and maybe less harvest from not being able to stretch out and bloom but I am pretty ok. I am also in a very sunny local with the worlds longest growing season so just keep your conditions in mind. It does not hurt to try and experiment I say go for it and let us know how you do! It sure will look pretty. Have you though of maybe another companion for the pepper pot? Oh what fun!!!

K. all. Going up and going to bring some artichoke plants with me... we shall see...