What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

What zone are you? I’m 5B. I can check my notes about when I started carrots if your zone is same!

5B or 6. I'm right on the border of the two.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning gardeners. Heading to Tractor Supply this morning to pick up chicken feed and T-posts for the yard expansion. I've been looking at prices for the past month and a half and TSC has the best prices for these. Even with the discount I get at HD and Lowes the prices are still lower at TSC. I'm going with the 6 footers so I can drive them deeper than 1 foot. I still want to put split rail corner posts at the rear corners with a few rails to clearly define the space and for added strength. It would be nice to do the whole thing in split rail but after digging the holes for the forty foot length in the front yard last Spring I just don't have that much time to be hand picking stones from the post hole. There is a lot of granite in that newly deforested hill where this fence is going. My leeks are doing well. Not all the cells germinated so I might try pulling a few that have more than a few seedlings and insert them in the empty cells. Hoping that works. Time to get busy starting the tomato plants, hot peppers, lettuce, chard and kale indoors. The plan is to get them started within the next few days. We still need a lot more of the ice cap to melt before I can examine my garlic and asparagus. It's melting slowly which really is a good thing to keep the sump pump from getting overworked. I'm really hoping this last snow storm was the last for this season. Even with lightly clouded skies the reflection from the snow /ice pack is a bit overwhelming. I'm in zone 5B @BReeder! and I start my carrots when I plant my kale and other cool crops. As long as I can work the soil and there's no more hard frosts, I plant. I've noticed over the past few years that frost is a bit lighter or "kinder" in the raised beds. Have a great day all.

 

[jerryse]

Cloudy and breezy here. I finally ordered some hardy mums. An assortment of colors. It has been years since I had any mums.

 

[CNJ]

That’s the one from the television commercials! Is it supposed to boost testosterone levels?

I have not seen the commercial, but I have taken expensive off the shelf testosterone supplements that were worthless in comparison to Centrum Sliver 50plus. However, there is no claim on the label that says it has anything to do with testosterone. They only claim it supports heart, brain, eye health and muscle function. There is also a warning not to take additional zinc supplements with this product.

 

[CNJ]

Did you already toss the box? Could they still be in it?

Its not in the box..............I am not going to look for them anymore, I have other old nozzles and brush heads that fit. It will probably show up when I don't need them.

 

[CountryCuratesWife]

New to the thread,
I'm finally getting a garden started on our new property. Last year we were moving right at planting season. Needless to say I'm dying for planting to begin!!
I'm starting herbs, potatoes, okra, tomatoes, and pumpkins soon.
I'm trying out Survival Garden Seeds this year, they had some great reviews so I'm hoping for a good turnout.

Today I added more soil to our raised beds.

 

[BReeder!]

Update on tge diy grow tent/starts:

In herbs oregano, basil and thyme are sprouting.
In greens we have kholrabi with first true leaves, baby choi and both lettuces (igloo and four seasons) are all sprouted with first/false leaves, and swiss chard is currently sprouting.
Then there's tomatoes and peppers, which are all doing well. Once we have true leaves formed I'll up-pot them.

 

[BReeder!]

New to the thread,
I'm finally getting a garden started on our new property. Last year we were moving right at planting season. Needless to say I'm dying for planting to begin!!
I'm starting herbs, potatoes, okra, tomatoes, and pumpkins soon.
I'm trying out Survival Garden Seeds this year, they had some great reviews so I'm hoping for a good turnout.

Today I added more soil to our raised beds.

Welcome. To the thread! It moves very fast, and will continue getting faster as Spring is rolling in. There's a lot of great info here and friendly, helpful people.

 

[BReeder!]

Question of the day:

Thinning... Do you wait to thin out seedlings until you have true leaves or do you thin the sprouts? I'm specifically curious about tomatoes and peppers right now, but this will apply for my cucumbers and melons too when I start them.

 

[Paz]

New to the thread,
I'm finally getting a garden started on our new property. Last year we were moving right at planting season. Needless to say I'm dying for planting to begin!!
I'm starting herbs, potatoes, okra, tomatoes, and pumpkins soon.
I'm trying out Survival Garden Seeds this year, they had some great reviews so I'm hoping for a good turnout.

Today I added more soil to our raised beds.

Welcome to the thread