What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

I checked the green house. I had plugged up the visible mouse holes with steel wool and then spray foam on top of that. I also set a trap near the (last remaining) spinach plant.

No new holes, no mouse in the trap. HA!

On this evenings news, the showed the forecast for next week. We could be up to 48 degrees next Thursday. W. T. F. Talk about weather whiplash!

They are really selling this storm locally. We could get 6-10" of snow with 40+ mph winds. And then the lake effect snow comes on Saturday, and who knows how much that might be? We're far enough inland that we won't get as much as 30-45 miles west, but we're out in the middle of nowhere. If the power goes out, it can be out for days at a time.

The generator is on the porch, and so is a couple days' worth of firewood. We're hunkering down for the next few days...

 

[The Birb King]

I did not do anything because my garden is dead

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Congratulations on selling the house @chickengr. Wishing you a speedy recovery after your surgery tomorrow @Sueby. I did the last of my shopping and storm prepping today. The stores were all crazy. Even Tractor Supply only had one cashier working and folks lined up with animal feed at the checkout. But all is done. We’re forecasted to get heavy rains and winds until the temperatures drop. Prepared for the worst, hoping for the best. Good luck to all in the worst of the storm.

 

[Ascholten]

I have a keg and a half of beer, 5 chickens and a cockatoo.
Food, check
Drink, check
Im good

 

[Sammster]

This is the only garden I have for the next several months.
87 days until spring!

 

[WthrLady]

@Sally PB it's part of the rewards program.
just ask your local Tsc manager for the details.

our HIGH temperature was -8'F
our coldest windchill was -52'F

I'm hoping to get the alpacas out Saturday afternoon. The high will only be 10, but that's far better than it has been. Sunday will be 22'. By Thursday we'll be back to 44.

 

[WthrLady]

I checked the green house. I had plugged up the visible mouse holes with steel wool and then spray foam on top of that. I also set a trap near the (last remaining) spinach plant.

No new holes, no mouse in the trap. HA!

On this evenings news, the showed the forecast for next week. We could be up to 48 degrees next Thursday. W. T. F. Talk about weather whiplash!

They are really selling this storm locally. We could get 6-10" of snow with 40+ mph winds. And then the lake effect snow comes on Saturday, and who knows how much that might be? We're far enough inland that we won't get as much as 30-45 miles west, but we're out in the middle of nowhere. If the power goes out, it can be out for days at a time.

The generator is on the porch, and so is a couple days' worth of firewood. We're hunkering down for the next few days...

Go to TSC and sign into your Neighbor rewards accound.
Then on the bottom right of the screen you'll see a red wallet. Click that and it will show you your rewards, and coupons.

Then you can see if you have delivery. It has come in STUPID handy for me in the middle of projects like fencing when I run out of something or something breaks and I don't have the hour and and a half for the round trip to the city.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Well, with wind chills hitting -20 below tonight, I can say sayanora to anything that was still growing in the garden... The real heartbreaker is figuring out what will not come back up this spring because of this crap.... And to think by this time next week it's going to be in the 60s again. Smh.

 

[Ascholten]

wind chill for the most part does NOT affect plants. ie The COLD won't hurt them, but if it's a crappy breezy day, high winds and very low humidity can desiccate them and kill them off that way by drying them out. If you think this might happen, giving them a good watering before the freeze hits them can actually help.

Aaron

 

[CNJ]

I went to to Lowes to buy Kellog Garden Soil and Peat Moss to make my own potting mix. I was also planning to buy a Brandy Wine tomato plant, but all the plants in their nursery got hit by the heavy rain. I ended up buying another tomato seed packet. I know I said I wouldn't, but It was only 1.78 and I couldn't control myself. It's a heirloom indeterminate beef steak type. I planted only 3 seeds from the packet, hopefully one grows.