What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

I hope you guys don't mind me joining you in the gardening chat!

Glad to have join here always welcome to new thoughts buying to the old tobacco barn you said bet that has great old stories also

 

[CapricornFarm]

Ok friends, here's a non-gardening, non-chicken post, but you're the ones I've been talking to, so I thought I'd ask.
So, my son is off to go skiing with his dad. Excellent. However, before he left, he apparently baked/broiled something in the oven that made an unholy greasy mess. I came home and pulled out a frozen pizza, because I am child free and get at least two slices to my self.
Then there was a fire. Yeah. I just didn't see how very very much grease and just general detritus there was. So, a minor crisis ensued. A fire extinguisher was involved. And my house is full of god-awful smoke. I have every window open and fan running, but I NEED to figure out how to get the smell out. The smoke wilk dissipate overnight but the smell---aauuugh! Anyone have ideas?

Cut an apple up into slices, soaks up smells. Burn a scented candle, spray febreeze on all fabric.

 

[deepbluesea]

Morning! I simmered ACV with lemon slices all night and it seems to have helped. Will try your other suggestions tonight.

Gardening--I moved ten hay bales that my neighbor gave me into new positions to continue to kill the weeds/grass.

 

[chickmom3941]

Haven't done anything but buy seeds for quite some time (not much to do for the garden during the winter in MN). But, this weekend Hubs & I are planning on starting some seeds! So excited, but we need to figure out which ones need to get started first. Really getting anxious for spring!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Chickmom, It's time to start herbs and alliums where I live. Soon my seed shelf will be done. Then I will plant celery, leeks, parsley, basil, oregano and thyme. My herb seeds always seem to start extra slow so I start them extra early. If they get too big they can always go into bigger pots in my bay window for a while.
I will also be planting some lavender in a tray outdoors. They need to be stratified to grow well. I tried doing it in my fridge last year, no luck (got one plant out of about 30 seeds), so I though I'd try outside this year.

 

[Johnny98]

We aren't quite ready to start much of anything just yet, mostly for our lack of planning.

I have however started sunflower experiment part deux.
Last summer we had a bumper crop of sunflowers successfully growing under a bird feeder after a week plus of seemingly nonstop rain. I transplanted a bunch that grew to full maturity. Today I decided to try to start some of those same seeds in cookie sheet fodder trays. I took a couple of heaping handfuls out of the same 50 lb bag and spread them 2-3 seeds thick and will keep them moist in a sunny window.

Nothing lost, nothing gained, or something like that.

 

[chickmom3941]

Chickmom, It's time to start herbs and alliums where I live. Soon my seed shelf will be done. Then I will plant celery, leeks, parsley, basil, oregano and thyme. My herb seeds always seem to start extra slow so I start them extra early. If they get too big they can always go into bigger pots in my bay window for a while.
I will also be planting some lavender in a tray outdoors. They need to be stratified to grow well. I tried doing it in my fridge last year, no luck (got one plant out of about 30 seeds), so I though I'd try outside this year.

Yes, herbs are a good idea, and I do have some herb seeds that will need starting. I also like to start flowers pretty early, so that they bloom by the time we can plant them outside (usually May 15th in MN). I'm sure there's a lot of other things that may need to be started soon, as well.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I keep my herbs going in the greenhouse all winter never have to buy more as most are perennial so can live forever

 

[PouleChick]

Welcome to the garden thread PouleChick. Sounds like your already busy there.

Thank you - after 2 months solid rain i'm just loving it!

Welcome aboard, Poule! Any idea what if anything you're gonna plant on that south facing wall? Beans? Peas? Cucumbers? Grapes? Flowers? For most of us it's planning season for spring.

I'm not sure, I'm going to put my seed starting shelves to put my mini milkbottle greenhouses on. I've used them really successfully the last 2 years. The guy I saw doing it does it somewhere that has deep snow for much of winter and they are amazing and even grow the seedlings under those conditions! I'm thinking some sunflowers would look lovely all along the wall and maybe a grapevine.

Bonjour et bienvenue!

Merci

Welcome, PouleChick! It sounds like a job for goats - do you have any, or know anyone you could borrow some from? They could probably clean your property up, and save you a lot of work!

We really could have done with a couple when we first moved in just over 2 years ago (and did discuss it but didn't know anyone!) but we are pretty under control now - brambles are just being tenacious in that little corner of the garden.

Welcome Poule! I think you're gonna fit in here just fine.

Thank you.

Glad to have join here always welcome to new thoughts buying to the old tobacco barn you said bet that has great old stories also

Thanks Penny, It is actually not as old as we thought - only early 50s I think our neighbour said. The tobacco growth in this area of France apparently really took off after the war. It is pretty amazing though, still has the strings hanging from the beams where they would hang the tobacco to dry. Our house (well barn) and the attached barns are much much older. The middle older section of the building (a one up one down house) we think may be medieval then with barn built either side and was all part of the same farm as the tobacco barn so nice to be rejoining it!

Raining again today but hubby and i spent 7 hours gardening yesterday, sorting / chopping / thinning out a very messy untouched hazelnut on the new land and trimming a few fruit trees and lots of weeding! I'm now getting excited for spring and I want to get my mini milkbottle greenhouses started

Morning! I simmered ACV with lemon slices all night and it seems to have helped. Will try your other suggestions tonight.

So sorry about the horrid lingering smell but so glad you and your house are OK - that is the main thing.

 

[lazy gardener]

Thank you - after 2 months solid rain i'm just loving it!

I'm not sure, I'm going to put my seed starting shelves to put my mini milkbottle greenhouses on. I've used them really successfully the last 2 years. The guy I saw doing it does it somewhere that has deep snow for much of winter and they are amazing and even grow the seedlings under those conditions! I'm thinking some sunflowers would look lovely all along the wall and maybe a grapevine.

Merci

We really could have done with a couple when we first moved in just over 2 years ago (and did discuss it but didn't know anyone!) but we are pretty under control now - brambles are just being tenacious in that little corner of the garden.

Thank you.
Thanks Penny, It is actually not as old as we thought - only early 50s I think our neighbour said. The tobacco growth in this area of France apparently really took off after the war. It is pretty amazing though, still has the strings hanging from the beams where they would hang the tobacco to dry. Our house (well barn) and the attached barns are much much older. The middle older section of the building (a one up one down house) we think may be medieval then with barn built either side and was all part of the same farm as the tobacco barn so nice to be rejoining it!

Raining again today but hubby and i spent 7 hours gardening yesterday, sorting / chopping / thinning out a very messy untouched hazelnut on the new land and trimming a few fruit trees and lots of weeding! I'm now getting excited for spring and I want to get my mini milkbottle greenhouses started


So sorry about the horrid lingering smell but so glad you and your house are OK - that is the main thing.

We like pictures! My garden is still buried under a lot of snow. But, if tomorrow is a bit warm, I may get out and prune the raspberry canes.

I've placed a second order of seeds. So many beautiful flowers to choose from. I placed order with Pinetree this year. Trying Anna Russian and Olpaka paste tomatoes. Have been really pleased with Amish Paste in the past, so this will be a good "comparison" year. Also trying a "leaf cabbage" called Trochuda. That will allow me to have cabbage for slaw and stir fries all summer long without having to commit to wait for or harvest a whole head of cabbage.