What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

I want to garden and dig in the dirt. Too early and too wet. Forget the groundhog spring arrives about March 21.

Our groundhogs don't come out on their own until the middle of March. Someone rips me out of bed a month and a half early for a photo op, and I'm ripping their hand off.

 

[Molpet]

Our groundhogs don't come out on their own until the middle of March. Someone rips me out of bed a month and a half early for a photo op, and I'm ripping their hand off.

A few years ago the one in Wisconsin bit the Mayor's ear

 

[WthrLady]

A few years ago the one in Wisconsin bit the Mayor's ear

Exactly.

 

[Smokerbill]

Carried four 7 gallon buckets of chicken compost up from the woods and spread it over the last raised bed. I put a layer of compost on it yesterday but decided that it needed just a bit more.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Got a couple of hours free this afternoon so I put together one of the cold frames I bought, carried it down to the garden, and sowed some lettuce and greens. The cold frame was cheap and it's obvious. I bet this thing won't last more than a season or two. Oh well, live and learn.

I also finished cleaning up the strawberries in the 2nd barrel. Just one more to go! I really really hope I get a good crop this year! I'm due...

 

[Molpet]

Got a couple of hours free this afternoon so I put together one of the cold frames I bought, carried it down to the garden, and sowed some lettuce and greens. The cold frame was cheap and it's obvious. I bet this thing won't last more than a season or two. Oh well, live and learn.

I also finished cleaning up the strawberries in the 2nd barrel. Just one more to go! I really really hope I get a good crop this year! I'm due...

I had a couple I bought from Menards. The plastic panels went after a few years. I was growing greens and when I compared the price I paid on clearance and the price of organic greens I didn't buy I figured I broke even.
After the plastic was useless the turkeys used one as a nest and then as a preening roost. Unfortunately 3 jakes weighed too much this winter and the one collapsed.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I’m trying to use an empty rainwater collecting bin as a raised bed,I read it is supposed to work out, I just need to get it filled I’ve got some currant bushes I’m thinking of planting in it

 

[NanaK]

I planted some sweet william, foxgloves, hollyhocks and cleome seed in containers winter sowing style yesterday. I have a couple more things I want to start this way and have the containers ready.

I also have some vinca, 3 colors of petunias, cabbage, cayenne and bell pepper, a couple tomato seeds started under lights inside. I'll be starting more tomatoes in a week or so.

Nice to play in the dirt!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

The gardens are still covered with snow and ice, although it's melting slowly. I went through my seed collection and organized them a bit and there were only a few packets that needed to be tossed. With what I've purchased in the past few weeks I only need just a few things. I'll be planting potatoes again so I'll need to buy those and more lavender seeds as well.The temperatures are above freezing during the day for now and no appreciable precipitation in the 10 day forecast so I'm hoping to be able to do a little work in the garden in a few days. I need to replace the plastic garden fence that I used when I expanded my big garden area. I have T posts and 2 x 4 inch wire on hand to do that. In the future, when planning on planting a lot of beans and peas I think it might be more economical to skip the little packets and go for buying them by the pound. Since bean seeds last for a couple of years, this makes better sense to me.

 

[NanaK]

In the future, when planning on planting a lot of beans and peas I think it might be more economical to skip the little packets and go for buying them by the pound. Since bean seeds last for a couple of years, this makes better sense to me.

I agree. When you find certain varieties do well for you and plant them every year, it is cheaper to buy larger amounts. Those little packets get expensive if you need a bunch. You know you can save most bean seeds from your crop to use as seed the following year too. I've been doing this with a butter bean for years now. I noticed that variety is hard to find now. Glad I started saving those!

There is a small mom and pop hardware here that sells garden seed by the scoop. They are much cheaper than most catalogs. I get some things from them. I have found some catalogs offer larger amounts too. I store the extras in the refrigerator. Most will keep a few years at least. Some will keep much longer if stored well.