What did you do in the garden today?

[littledog]

What about $50 off $100 and $100 off $200?
I got suckered into that last one...

LOL, YES! I was going to try to keep it at $50, but now after going through the catalog, I can totally see myself getting suckered into spending $200! Somebody needs to pull me back from the cliff!

 

[littledog]

Anyone ever grown transplants in cans? You know, like a clean soup or veg can? We have so many, eventually meant for the scrap recycling yard, but if I can get another use out of them I'd just as soon. The only thing I'm really concerned about is how easy it's going to be to remove the transplants from the can(s) since they're ridged and not smooth like a plastic pot.

You could maybe line the cans with a couple layers of newspaper before adding the seedling mix. I've never done it, but it seems like it should work, and be easy to remove, no?

Now you've made me want to try that myself, LOL!

 

[littledog]

So I had several pots of artichokes that didn’t come up. (After like 3 weeks of extra heat!) About a week ago I set one on top of the tortoises cage to remember to take it out. Well unfortunately the new cat knocked it over and most of it went in the carpet a little bit went in the cage. Today I look in the cage and what do I see? AN ARTICHOKE SEEDLING!

Disappointing for you, but hilarious in a way. Do tortoises like artichokes? I couldn't help but imagine the tortoise whispering in a shelly voice:
"Hey new kitty - you like it here and want to stay, right? See that plant up there? Just knock it down here - that's right - NOT ON THE CARPET! A little to the right...good job! Sorry if you get in trouble from the humans, but you got the artichoke seed in my garden, and my approval of you is what really counts. Good kitty!"

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I've been weeding. Realized my chickens would love the weeds so started tosses them root and all into the pens.

Also took soil temp. 45 degrees is still too cold, I think. None of the seeds I'd planted 1/25 and 1/30 have germinated.

It’s been pretty cold here in the south the past week or so. I’d give them another 2 weeks at least. I’ve had lettuce take a month or more to sprout at those temps and 3 weeks or more for peas and I had soaked the peas beforehand . What did you plant?

 

[Saaniya]

My small garden looks a bit little pale as its cold and harsh so I'm just cutting the leaves

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Won't be in the garden for quite awhile now. We just got another 5 inches of snow on top of the original 18 inches from the previous storm and looking at another 4 inches or more tomorrow. Good golly. Trying to get caught up on this thread before I hit the driveway with the snowblower. Still working on the inside of the house. The kitchen exhaust fan got set back due to Covid. Hopefully that will get installed this week between snow storms. I have a new kitchen cabinet and spice rack that should arrive on Thursday along with the new stove. All the wallpaper is down in the living room so now it's spackling and sanding between warming the chickens waterers and shoveling snow. The temps are reminding us it's still too early for serious thoughts of seed starting. As for dill. I tried growing it this past season with little luck. Apparently dill doesn't play nice with other plants so I'm trying to go with a separate planter this year. Fingers crossed!

 

[WthrLady]

Currently -5'F with a windchill of -22'F our highs won't make it to 10'F the whole next week. UGH.

 

[Ascholten]

Your garden is in the spare bedroom?
Oh I am SO glad you said that. Now I don't feel like such a garden tard for having banana trees growing in my shower, and a vanilla plant as a living curtain in the same bathroom. (They LOVE the heat / steam of a bathroom area so do well)

Eventually as I retire and have plenty of time, I intend on having much of the house with grow lights and pretty much, greens growing everywhere possible. I have solar so the energy for the grow lights is not an issue.

Aaron

 

[Ascholten]

Ok, I need to prune some of the dead off the plant, it's been a while since I groomed it. You can't really see them because the plant does a really good job of hiding them on the sunny side next to the window but there are some blooms, and I have 3 pods so far that Ive been successful in pollinating. Its a lot of work actually getting vanilla beans but the satisfaction of being able to say Yes I DID do these, is worth it.

Aaron

 

[Sally PB]

You could maybe line the cans with a couple layers of newspaper before adding the seedling mix. I've never done it, but it seems like it should work, and be easy to remove, no?

I have done this! One thing that helps is to run a spatula or long knife blade around the side between the paper and the can, to break it loose.

The paper might be falling apart by transplant time. I found it was a good idea to pre-dig the hole and add any amendments I was going to put in, then work the plant loose from the pot. Most of the time the newspaper held together long enough to get the plant out and then put it in the hole. Eh.... most of the time.

Anyway, I do this kind of thing every year so that I don't have to buy peat pots. It seems to help the plant too, as you don't disturb the roots as much when you transplant.