What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

More chicks hatched yesterday . Getting the urge to start tomato seeds .

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Heading to HD today to pick up more paint. We had a lot of melting here yesterday, but apparently someone shook up the snowglobe and it's snowing again. There's about an inch of fresh snow on the ground but it is supposed to warm up and turn to rain in a few hours. I do plan on getting my sunroom ready today and lay out the starter trays so they don't look too chaotic. Seed starting is still nearly a week away for the early stuff. The baby chicks are adorable @jerryse. I'm thinking about passing on a batch of chicks this year. I really hate integration and since I had to turn the grow out pen into the rooster's bachelor pad, I don't have the space. I'm hoping the rooster's hormones have calmed down as he is turning 3 this April and perhaps I can put him back with his ladies.

 

[Justso]

Today I scattered my spinach seeds on top of the 2 ft of snow that remain on my raised bed garden. Then I scattered some coffee grounds on top of them, maybe a little solar heat will help sink them down to the soil.
I'm going to start doing some other prep work around since it appears winter is finished. I figure I better get it in before next week, we're supposed to get into the '50s and I don't want to get heat stroke.

 

[Acre4Me]

First night in the actual brooder. They adjusted well and like the heat lamp, even though they have a heat plate in there as well. The reason for both a heat lamp and heat plate is mainly bc they are young, not a lot of feathers and temps are still a bit cold at night. And, if you are wondering, the lamp is actually hanging from an old basketball metal hoop, which gets the lamp further out into the middle of the brooder.

 

[Elyrian1]

@Artichoke Lover May I ask what variety of collards you grow? They look fantastic and I'm getting hungry for collards and bacon over here, lol. they don't really carry them in stores here, and when they do it's stupid expensive. A serving for one maybe two people runs over $4, and the collards are usually wilted already.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

@Artichoke Lover May I ask what variety of collards you grow? They look fantastic and I'm getting hungry for collards and bacon over here, lol. they don't really carry them in stores here, and when they do it's stupid expensive. A serving for one maybe two people runs over $4, and the collards are usually wilted already.

I’m pretty sure they are Georgia collards. I picked up a 6 pack on sale at Ace in the fall. Collards are pretty easy to grow. Especially if you’ve grown cabbage before. They over winter here pretty easy in 7b.

 

[Elyrian1]

I know, I'm from Georgia originally, just out here we're zone 5ish. I can't remember what my grandparents used to grow, but then... they ordered their seeds out of a paper catalog by mail until they were in their 80s.

 

[BReeder!]

The garden outside is still not ready to be worked, but we are getting closer. There's actually areas where dirt can be seen already. I'm hoping the rest of this snow will be gone in the next few days. It will not be long until cold hardy vegetables like the brussel sprouts go outside. I wasn't planning on spinach this year, but maybe I'll sneak it in with the brussel sprouts in between them. After all, the brussels well grow taller so the spinach won't block sunlight for them. Potatoes should be shipping soon from Gurneys. They'll go in mid-late March or early April depending on when they arrive and the weather conditions. The native plums are also supposed to ship and they'll go in as soon as I can prenatrate the soil with a shovel.

 

[Sally PB]

Next week, I think I'll spend some time making toilet paper roll pots. They're great for starting seeds when you want to start a lot of something, but don't have a bazillion pots to put them in. They hold enough dirt for starting, roots can grow right through, and they decompose.

 

[WthrLady]

Just put a 20 pound brick of coir into soak.
I'll mix up seed starter and get onions going this week.
The garden is far from being even looked at.