What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

What do you mean by not divide? Do you mean one clove will not grow into a bulb?

The clove must go throughout a cold period in order to turn into a bulb. This is why I made sure to get mine in the ground - it's frozen here in IL.

 

[BReeder!]

The garden bug has really got me right now.... Although it's far too cold still and too soon to start anything, I can prep and plan and get my seeds. Well, I decided I can add to two raised beds too!
I'll have to get a picture tomorrow, but DW and I built pieces to stack on too shorter beds so that they will now have 4 terraces stacked like a stair case. Each level will have a planting space 11 inches x 8 feet. I'm imaging a beautiful staircase of herbs and another of various salad greens.

 

[CNJ]

The clove must go throughout a cold period in order to turn into a bulb. This is why I made sure to get mine in the ground - it's frozen here in IL.

okay, thanks for the heads up. I grew them before, but they eventually died, maybe its because i did not cold stratify them. First time hearing about it.

 

[chickengr]

I will move tomorrow to my new place. no internet there so I will rarely be here to check the posts. I have to take care of lots of things before I find a solution for internet.

 

[littledog]

Mine is a super high efficiency HG by LG and on a well. I make my own laundry soap. It weighs the load and uses the appropriate amount of water. I can change the temp, and cycle though if I want. I clean it once a month.

Ours is a high-efficiency Kenmore 500, we got a good deal on it a couple years ago when our old one pooped out and our local Sears was closing and we had a coupon. Really happy with it - never had leftover smells, and we use basic Costco detergent.
It even does horse blankets pretty well, using the "bedding" setting and double-rinse. The only time I do a "clean the washer" cycle is after I've done my horse blankets.

 

[CNJ]

I got ripped off! The product description for 20 sprouted ginseng seeds were misleading. Received 10 dry seeds, same thing happen to the only two reviews. I should have checked the reviews before placing an order.

I planted the seeds in small pots and placed them in a moist shady area in my yard. I don't think they will grow, it feels like a scam.

I am using sifted forest products mixed with sifted peat to mimic their natural habitat.

 

[littledog]

His response? "Well I want to look it over first before someone else does...."

I just want to slap the back of his head, I swear....

How typical! Our spouses only seem to get around to fixing certain annoyances, after we bring up the possibility of paying a professional to do the job.
I need to threaten Mr. Dog with hiring somebody to fix the lights in the kitchen and hallway, and replace the gutter by the back door, then he will pause his YouTube videos long enough to take few hours and do what he is more than capable of doing.

Here's the newest addition to our family:

Sarah (about 1 year old) showed up at my horses' barn a couple weeks before I moved my horses to a new barn. She's cuddly and affectionate and has the loudest purr, but can be spicy at being held or confined.
Our small-animal vet is also a horse owner, so she totally understands how we got her: "when you leave a barn, you've gotta pick up one or two barn cats at the same time, right?"
Sarah's been an indoor cat at our house since Thanksgiving, but now that she's had her vaccinations, been spayed and microchipped, she can go outside with our 2-year-old formerly feral orange kitty Pumpkin - it's amazing how well the two of them get along.
It amazes us even more, since we are definitely dog-type people, who've had cats in the distant past but dogs for the past 20 years, and here we are enjoying and appreciating these two kitties so much.

 

[jerryse]

I have decided to replace my raspberries with thornless raspberries. I bought thornless black last year. I plan to order Glenco thornless purple. I still need to decide on a thornless red. I could use suggestions.

 

[WthrLady]

None of the thornless reds seem to like my cold. I had one that made it two years, and it was a hard two years dothan or doorman, something like that.
I do grand with the thornless blacks though, Arapahoe

 

[Sueby]

Hey all. Love to see everyone getting excited to start gardening! A tiny bit early here, but I can’t do a garden this year anyway so I’ll live vicariously thru y’al! Nothing happening here, got a dusting of snow overnight so I can’t leave the house.

My staples come out on Thurs, my gosh I cannot wait! Sleeping on them is uncomfortable & man I’m dying for a real, full on shower! DH took me to the grocery store yesterday, my first time out in public, that was like a big, fun adventure.