What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

So Tuesday I planted some lupine seed and followed instructions on a video to nick the seed coat . They are sprouting .

 

[chickengr]

swiss chard sprouted! seeds were at least 4-5 years old.

 

[Sally PB]

Sunny, on its way to 40 today. 50s and maybe near 60 tomorrow. I plan to move some wood chips. A friend is coming over to split wood with DH tomorrow, so I'm glad the rain is holding off until tomorrow night.

Snow next week.

Actually, I don't want it to warm up too much, too quickly. Keep the buds under wraps on the fruit trees.

 

[WthrLady]

DH said diesel went up 60 cents a gallon ($4.79) & gas went up 20 ($4.09) OVERNIGHT. We filled the oil tank 2 or 3 weeks ago at $3.60, today it's $4.16.

Stiil 3.80 for diesel
3.80 for non ethanol reg
3.40 for ethanol
4.20 for Premium non-ethanol

 

[Sally PB]

Compost pile is still frozen solid. I'm trying to get SOMETHING done for the garden, but can't, yet. Maybe tomorrow. I should be able to rake up some thatch, at least...

 

[Acre4Me]

Today I rolled out 2 lengths of deer fencing. Hope to get it up soon. Crazy barn cat was rolling around in it like it was a toy.

I planted some mustard seeds today. Packet says plant as early as March in my area…so maybe they will grow, maybe not.

Cleaned my 4” pots for starting asparagus. Hopefully will get those started today/tomorrow.

 

[igorsMistress]

I filled my oil tank at the start of the Russian invasion. The price of fuel oil jumped 20 cents per gallon the next morning. I paid $3.79 per gallon then, but now the rate is $4.19 per gallon. Home heating oil is pretty much the same as the diesel fuel you buy at the pumps. I remember the insanity when the Oil Embargo of the early 1970's occurred. It got to the point of rationing gas and alternating days when you could actually buy gasoline. Prices for gas averaged around $1.59 per gallon at the time but jumped up to around $4 per gallon. On a happier note: I finally found a local food pantry that accepts donations of backyard chicken eggs. The girls are producing 4 dozen plus eggs per week. Even with selling 4 or 5 dozen per month and giving them to DD, I still have a lot of eggs. They also accept homegrown produce. This makes me very happy.

I remember the embargo too. We sat for what seemed like hours in a line at the gas station.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon gardeners. I turned on the hose at a trickle for the lemon tree early this morning, that’s all. We have sun and clouds and thunder with a sprinkling of fat rain drops and it’s windy. The plan this weekend is to start buying soil for the garden and maybe shred some branches, we’ll see how wet it gets. I really want that compost pile cleaned up and mindless, physical work would be a good thing at this point. My dad has been moved to a skilled nursing facility close to me and I’m pretty sure he won’t get out alive. Mom lives on the other side of the valley and with fuel prices like they are she won’t be able to go daily. Fortunately I can go several days a week, so can our kids and hubs can stop on his way home, plus hospice will visit two to three times a week as well. On a happier note, there are onions sprouting, one of the chaste trees has leaves on it and the aloe is going to bloom soon!

 

[WthrLady]

Trip to the village was well timed. By the time I got home it was much warmer and the sun was in and out. However the winds were howling like mad.
I still cranked out everything on the hoophouse and ranch punch list for the day.
I feel like a giant noodle.
Finished up, and it began to sprinkle as I was walking the dog. Great timing.
We need it SO badly.
Anyway. Next step for the hoophouse is painting the security rails that hold the plastic down even more, and I can do that in any weather by working the the shop (which needs picked up first).
Then it's just a calm day to add plastic and the rails. Until then I'll work on the beds.
I added the supports for the frost blanket hoops today. I figured easier BEFORE the beds are full than after.
I cleaned the stalls of the clean straw and chaff and will put that in the bottom of the beds, then we'll add alpaca manure and compost and soil.
So that's where that project stands. Please ignore my irrigation hoses hooped up out of the way for the time being.

 

[vall]

Yesterday bought gas at 4.55 and today the same station is 4.85. And I live by some of the cheapest stations in town. News is talking about how Cali might want to suspend the gas tax since the state has a budget surplus.

Picked a couple turnips and threw them in soup, they are very good! Definitely going to keep planting those. Rain today and tomorrow so not much garden work. Next week I may plant the tomatoes in the ground, but it's still dropping well into the 40s which is unusual for March.