What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning all. Love the photos and cartoon @TropicalBabies. Keep them coming. I want to apologize to anyone who thought I was being snarky or mean by my earlier post. It wasn't meant as such. I was just trying to convey that many of us have health issues and tons of "baggage" to deal with, but we don't let that define us. We just go on about our everyday and do our jobs. Feed the chickens and whatever else we are responsible for and tend our gardens. Moving on from the Mea Culpa - (I'm not Catholic so I hope I spelled that right) I ordered egg cartons from Amazon. Since this Covid-19 drama is seemingly going to last a lot longer than originally anticipated, I thought I could put up a sign in front of the house to sell "Coronavirus-Free eggs." I have no plans to leave my property for anything except to go to the drive through ATM if I need cash. I have tons of things to keep me occupied for quite some time. The big thing is that pile of dirt in my driveway. I will begin moving that today. They are forecasting a dusting of snow tomorrow with temps in the 60's on Friday. I will need to get the hoop garden up soon as well since my cabbage and endive seeds just sprouted. Wow, I may have fresh greens sooner than expected. I hope you are feeling better @jerryse. The blood sugar thing is scary. Fortunately I'm still new to this diabetes thing and have just within the last 2 weeks started taken medication for it. Mine isn't all that bad and I've already started losing weight, which is a good thing. I'm sure all this stress isn't helping either. So please take good care of yourself, we need your gardening know-how, now more than ever. Have a great day everyone and stay healthy.

 

[jerryse]

So I will share a frugal gardening tip . I share every year about this time . If you buy your tomato and pepper plants . Even petunias . You can buy fewer and take cuttings to root . Leave enough of the old plant for it to send out new shoots . So 1 or 2 leaf nodes . They root readily and often shoot past the old plant . This is because bedding plants are often root bound by the time you buy them . Break up the root ball to help overcome this . I even do this if I am short a few plants on ones I start from seed .

 

[igorsMistress]

So I will share a frugal gardening tip . I share every year about this time . If you buy your tomato and pepper plants . Even petunias . You can buy fewer and take cuttings to root . Leave enough of the old plant for it to send out new shoots . So 1 or 2 leaf nodes . They root readily and often shoot past the old plant . This is because bedding plants are often root bound by the time you buy them . Break up the root ball to help overcome this . I even do this if I am short a few plants on ones I start from seed .

Good reminder, thank you! I was going to check for Roma tomatoes at the garden center today, so if I only find a couple this will help.

 

[Farmdog267]

Good morning all. Today looks to be sunny until around 2pm when the clouds roll in and rain in the evening into tomorrow first half of the day. It did not get half as warm as they predicted yesterday due to the clouds. Hopefully today is a little bit different.
I'm trying to get a new printer set-up on my work computer and I'm about ready to throw it out the window. Once I get this figured out, I'll be outside uncrating some new tractors for a few hours. Enjoy your day!

 

[WthrLady]

gloomy and foggy and rainy this morning. I'll take it over snow any day. PLUS the field need the deep moisture this time of year. News in banned in this house. It's all garbage, both the topic and the delivery.

Always forward. Makes for a happier day.

If the rain hold off, I'm going to start digging holes for the newest orchard trees.
Walked the garden this morning in the drizzle. Some of the berry plants have buds. Some of the Michigan bulb plants look horrible and they've already been replaced once. Not buying from them again. Good customer service, but the plants are not hearty. I'll replace with local stuff if they don't make it. Strawberries have tiny green leaves under there so I'll top with straw when/if I go out today.
If it warms up to 55 I'll see if the bees need fed.
The hen house needs cleaned, STINKY with all the fog. Phew!
Wild plum and willow have the color glow of full buds ready to blow! Ahhhhhh.......

 

[Nelson-Collier]

So the weather around here is 60’s and upper 50’s. I’ve got small greenhouses that increase the the temperature a couple of degrees. Well it’s going to dip into the upper 40’s around 48 -49 once or twice this week and then the warm weather is coming. My question is will my okra seedlings survive this? How about my cucumber seedlings?? (They’re inside currently)

 

[Nelson-Collier]

Any replies will be appreciated

 

[BReeder!]

So the weather around here is 60’s and upper 50’s. I’ve got small greenhouses that increase the the temperature a couple of degrees. Well it’s going to dip into the upper 40’s around 48 -49 once or twice this week and then the warm weather is coming. My question is will my okra seedlings survive this? How about my cucumber seedlings?? (They’re inside currently)

If they are in trays, pull them inside for those days to be safe and keep near a window. If that's not possible, they'll probably still be fine. I plant outside in the beginning of May, and the temps can vary greatly here then. At night it will get down in into 40-50 range regularly and plants do fine, including cucumber in particular. Last year was our first attempt at okra, and we only had one or two successful plants, but I blame the weeds more than anything. I do recall a lot of okra sprouting and growing the first few weeks just fine.

 

[Farmdog267]

I would think your cucumbers will be ok as long as it don't get below 42 you should be fine. I haven't dealt much with Okra so I can't comment there.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

If you can’t bring the trays indoors cover them before dark.