What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

OH look, another night coming of zero visibility freezing fog. I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you!

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon gardeners. Nothing outside for me today. I do need to water the cilantro but it’s too close to dark now for that so will do it in the morning. Got my grocery shopping done and all the animal dishes were run through the dishwasher. The spices are measured for Norwegian meatballs for dinner tonight, making some gravy from scratch for mashed potatoes to go with. The ducks will be in the mini coop by next weekend and I’ll be working on their pool area a bit after work each day this week. Our highs are supposed to be around 70 so good physical labor weather. I also need to get everything in a single pile for bulk trash next month and get hubs on the burn pile soon. I’m having trouble visualizing the pool area for the ducks and that’s bothering me! I need it to be accessible for cleaning but I’d like it to have at least a little bit of cover while be visually appealing. Can’t put it under the tree in that yard because it’s a very messy tree, so I’m still thinking about it. Anyway, sorry to ramble, have a great day all!

 

[TJAnonymous]

so where is there? No need to be super specific, but posting in a garden forum, and it was inevitable to be asked where you are at! I'm in Western Ohio, and I put this in my profile, so it shows up by my user name.

I grew up in northern Indiana....where Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio come together....

I've lived in Central Arkansas since 2003. I can probably count on one hand how many times we've had snow since I moved here. When we do get it, it is usually melted by noon but that doesn't stop the local population from acting like the snowpacolypse just hit........ They cancel schools for FLURRIES....ha ha.

 

[Acre4Me]

I grew up in northern Indiana....where Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio come together....

I've lived in Central Arkansas since 2003. I can probably count on one hand how many times we've had snow since I moved here. When we do get it, it is usually melted by noon but that doesn't stop the local population from acting like the snowpacolypse just hit........ They cancel schools for FLURRIES....ha ha.

so, you definitely have a longer season than some of us!! Local folks act a bit like chickens when they see snow for the first time!!

 

[TJAnonymous]

I have 3 compost piles going for the spring garden... My husband made me a side by side bin that I filled BOTH sides up completely within a month. We had a corner spot in the pasture where I had a big round bale that had composted down. Each time I'd clean the coops and barn, I just started throwing the waste in that corner spot. Now I have a big compost heap that is probably 15' x 15' full of hay, pine shavings, straw, dead leaves, and manure (goat, chicken, horse, and duck).

Today when I cleaned the coops, I stuck the pitchfork to the bottom of the corner spot to look at how it was progressing. Two words - black gold. About 4 inches deep so far that's already completely composted. That's not counting the other 4+ inches that is still composting. It's gonna be a good year.....

 

[chickengr]

weeding with my 4 little helpers. I should plant some more onions and horseradishes. as soon as I make room for them - somewhere in between.

 

[TJAnonymous]

weeding with my 4 little helpers. I should plant some more onions and horseradishes. as soon as I make room for them - somewhere in between.

I've tried for 2 years now to get onions to grow with no luck. The first year I tried to plant them in containers. I think they dried out too much and got too hot. Last year I planted them in the ground. They seemed to go well until I left for 10 days on vacation and weeds overtook them.... This year I'm ready....lol. I have a plan to keep the weeds out and keep them watered in self-watering containers. *fingers crossed*

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Good morning all. I guess we lucked out last night and only got about an inch and a half of new snow. Not worth shoveling as the temps are supposed to "zoom" up to near 40F today. The Christmas trees are down and boxed up, still need to get the outside decor and put away. The painter is coming back this week hopefully and finish up. He'll be painting my living room ceiling so I don't sling paint all over the hardwood floor. Next up, I get to remove the wallpaper and paint the living room. I'm contemplating planting Jerusalem artichokes this year. Has anyone here grown them? I don't grow onions since I use a lot of onions and I just don't have the space for that many. Spring onions grow quicker and last longer in the refrigerator than store bought so I plant those.

 

[Acre4Me]

Onions. planted 4 types of onions last year - bought the little bulbs for 2 varieties (from TSC), and bought 1 variety from the local garden store, which had no real bulb at the bottom, but had some greenery above the root end. Then also bought some Burpee seeds at the garden store for "bunching onions". Several of the bulbed ones rotted. Some grew, but none grew very big at all. The bunching onion seeds didn't grow at all - weird bc I planted them in June, when it was hot. All were planted in all day full sun areas.

I posted a pic of my recent Territorial seed order that arrived. There are two types of onions seeds I purchased. They had some good info on the website about onions and daylength, and which ones are good for which areas, in general. So, that will be my onion experiment this year.

Also, I looked up companion plants for onions. Apparently good with the Brassica family - repels those irritating cabbage loopers. Also good with other plants, but NOT good with beans or peas or sage. So, maybe I'll space them out this year among the plants like I do with carrots.

 

[karenerwin]

Onions. planted 4 types of onions last year - bought the little bulbs for 2 varieties (from TSC), and bought 1 variety from the local garden store, which had no real bulb at the bottom, but had some greenery above the root end. Then also bought some Burpee seeds at the garden store for "bunching onions". Several of the bulbed ones rotted. Some grew, but none grew very big at all. The bunching onion seeds didn't grow at all - weird bc I planted them in June, when it was hot. All were planted in all day full sun areas.

I posted a pic of my recent Territorial seed order that arrived. There are two types of onions seeds I purchased. They had some good info on the website about onions and daylength, and which ones are good for which areas, in general. So, that will be my onion experiment this year.

Also, I looked up companion plants for onions. Apparently good with the Brassica family - repels those irritating cabbage loopers. Also good with other plants, but NOT good with beans or peas or sage. So, maybe I'll space them out this year among the plants like I do with carrots.

Just don't let them get completely shaded out! I've tried planting mine by the tomatoes and they end up getting so shaded out that they die and disappear.