What did you do in the garden today?

[Eagle343]

Loving these tips and taking notes, thank you!!

I'm only planning to start a small portion of my seeds (which is a sub-selection of everything else that will be direct-sown as usual) so if the onions fail indoors, NBD. I wonder if varietal makes a difference -- these are bunching onions not bulb, so maybe that's not as risky?

Marigolds -- yes, adding those to my starter plan. I have a couple seed packets so like with the rest, I'll do some as starters and direct-sow the others to stagger a bit. Definitely saves $$ from buying them later on.

The tin foil idea... I have a couple of old space blankets tucked away somewhere, so I think I'll use one to take advantage of this! My greenhouse cover is clear, so maybe I can bungee the blanket on the outside. Must find ways to keep kitten from getting too nosy

What kind of Marigold are you growing?

 

[akroberts1085]

Got lots and lots of seed packets today. Dollar Tree has them 4 for $1, so I came home with $7 worth. I also found asparagus onions potatoes and sweet potatoes at The Home Depot. Gotta get them planted in the big green house today.

 

[castillo_de_luz]

What kind of Marigold are you growing?

According to Burpee, it's "Marigold, Happy Days Mixed Colors" which doesn't tell me all that much other than it's a fairly generic varietal. Non-edible though.

 

[WthrLady]

Well, darkness is closing in and the snow has started to fly. By morning we'll have 8-12 inches of snow, but winds will be pushing it around so much, there's no way to measure it. Drifts will be massive.
The noodlenecks are locked inside with deep, deep straw to lay on, their coats are on, and they have an extra stall to sit in and complain about being locked in. They also have heated water and a radio.
The hens have to extra bales of pine shavings to stand on. All their windows are shut, and they have heated water as well and wide perches. It's currently 7'F and it's 22 in the run, and that's without sunshine. If we can get rid of the clouds with these intense cold days at least they'll be toasty and well fed the rest of the time.

Now we wait.
Windchills will be -45-52'F and normal temps Won't break above 0F until next Wednesday.
Lows will be down to -20F

 

[akroberts1085]

this is my garden book I was talking about.

 

[CNJ]

To get rid of the eggplant water, skin it, cube it, salt it, and put it in a strainer over a bowl. The water will drip out of the eggplant.

https://www.culinaryhill.com/how-to-salt-eggplant/

That pizza looks great

Yes, that's true, but my ninja blender can't puree it without some water, and I have to precook it anyways.

 

[Smokerbill]

According to Burpee, it's "Marigold, Happy Days Mixed Colors" which doesn't tell me all that much other than it's a fairly generic varietal. Non-edible though.

I grew some kind of marigold seed mix last season and saved a bunch of seeds last fall. There were two or three different colors of flowers. I need to test some of the seeds I saved to find out if they'll germinate. I saved a lot of zinnia seeds too.

 

[Smokerbill]

Well, darkness is closing in and the snow has started to fly. By morning we'll have 8-12 inches of snow, but winds will be pushing it around so much, there's no way to measure it. Drifts will be massive.
The noodlenecks are locked inside with deep, deep straw to lay on, their coats are on, and they have an extra stall to sit in and complain about being locked in. They also have heated water and a radio.
The hens have to extra bales of pine shavings to stand on. All their windows are shut, and they have heated water as well and wide perches. It's currently 7'F and it's 22 in the run, and that's without sunshine. If we can get rid of the clouds with these intense cold days at least they'll be toasty and well fed the rest of the time.

Now we wait.
Windchills will be -45-52'F and normal temps Won't break above 0F until next Wednesday.
Lows will be down to -20F

From your previous posts it sounds like you're well prepared for the storm. Do you have a generator for when the power goes out? I have a couple of little Honda 2000 watt generators for backup power that work out well for me.

 

[WthrLady]

From your previous posts it sounds like you're well prepared for the storm. Do you have a generator for when the power goes out? I have a couple of little Honda 2000 watt generators for backup power that work out well for me.

We aren't without power for more than 13 hours. We have big one, but have never used it. Too much bother.

 

[WthrLady]

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Looks great. This place had me chuck my planner out on year two. Now I just work year to year, although I do keep a canning,dehyrator logbook.