What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

I got a quote from Andersen about 2 years ago. They wanted over $40k to replace 15 windows... Granted, 4 of those are really big (7 or 8 ft), but that's still stupid excessive.

Hearing your experience makes me really glad I told them to pound sand.

My windows are all 4x4 feet. And I don't think they were ever installed properly.
I'm going to work on adjusting them tomorrow while the weather is nice and see if that helps.
As for the door in the bedroom. OMG...annoying as heck with it's draft too. That I'll add insulation to.
There's a chance that all I really need to do is replace the weather stripping, not cheap, but cheaper than new doors and windows.

 

[cj2024]

I got inspired to grow potatoes in containers. I will be trying different potting soils and mixes from my local Lowes. This gardener in the video grew a lot of potatoes from just one slip. Amazing! However, he sure took a long time excavating them like an archeologist.

 

[chickengr]

I usually start to many seeds and don't want to kill any after nursing them, so I end up planting too many and can't take care of them like I would with less. My new motto is less is more. I planted only two cucumber vines this year and haven't strayed from my plan to alternate Alaskan fish fertilizer with Alaskan Bloom yet. I normally get sidetracked when I have too many plants to take care off.

the same here. I decided to plant less. my winter garden is manageable now.

 

[akroberts1085]

I unfortunately wasn't able to do anything today because I have a new puppy and I don't want her to get near my dog Bella because she's been being really bad lately so I'm going to try to get my new puppy outside with me in the kennel instead of just letting her run around and possibly get hurt.

 

[cj2024]

the same here. I decided to plant less. my winter garden is manageable now.

I found some Yukon gold potato seeds that I bought maybe 4 years ago. I just put all the seeds in water. I will divide them up into a small 12 cell domed tray tomorrow morning. They probably won't hatch. I never grew them from seed before.

 

[cj2024]

I ordered some live Irish Cobler potatoes from amazon; it was kind of expensive, but I wanted to grow and taste them, so I ordered them. I also bought a pack of pelleted Clancy potato seeds to play with.

I remember the last time I ordered live potato seeds they arrived rotten, I hope I get some good ones this time.

 

[Acre4Me]

My windows are all 4x4 feet. And I don't think they were ever installed properly.
I'm going to work on adjusting them tomorrow while the weather is nice and see if that helps.
As for the door in the bedroom. OMG...annoying as heck with it's draft too. That I'll add insulation to.
There's a chance that all I really need to do is replace the weather stripping, not cheap, but cheaper than new doors and windows.

Drafty Windows! Ugh. We had an old house, tall ceilings, a single pane window at top of stairs. Single pane windows throughout the home actually. In the winter, that big single pane window would create an actual flow of air that you could feel flowing down the stairs. Not bc it was drafty (poor seal) but the indoor air would hit the window, cool down, fall bc it was cooler, and flow down the stairs. We had to replace that window. But the whole house was generally cold due to the old style of non insulated walls, so during really cold spells we would wear hat and gloves to bed.

Our second house had double pane windows but original to the house, 25 years old. Worked fine, could have been updated, but waaaay to $$ as we did get an estimate from one of the big companies. It was a shocking amount.

This current house has generally smaller windows, all on first (and only) floor. It was definitely drafty in a few spots. So husband pulled off the trim around one large window in front of house, which gets the full force of winter winds. No wonder it was drafty…they had stuffed loose chunks of insulation around the window and kept it in with the trim. Out came the random insulation, vacuum out the debris, and used window spray foam to fill in gaps all around, add back the trim and it made a huge difference. We repeated this process to all the windows in the house. Much much better!!

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

One observation from Garden Seasons past my chickens don’t seem to like potato plants as far as trying to eat the green leaves. But they will tear up the soil around and can dig up potatoes by accident. I can probably get away with less protection on future potato plants once they mature sufficiently as a result

 

[LaurenRitz]

I noticed that chickens will go after anything that's protected, walled off or carefully set in a bed surrounded by bare soil. If I make it chaotic and don't try to protect anything, they nibble and move on.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Drafty Windows! Ugh. We had an old house, tall ceilings, a single pane window at top of stairs. Single pane windows throughout the home actually. In the winter, that big single pane window would create an actual flow of air that you could feel flowing down the stairs. Not bc it was drafty (poor seal) but the indoor air would hit the window, cool down, fall bc it was cooler, and flow down the stairs. We had to replace that window. But the whole house was generally cold due to the old style of non insulated walls, so during really cold spells we would wear hat and gloves to bed.

Our second house had double pane windows but original to the house, 25 years old. Worked fine, could have been updated, but waaaay to $$ as we did get an estimate from one of the big companies. It was a shocking amount.

This current house has generally smaller windows, all on first (and only) floor. It was definitely drafty in a few spots. So husband pulled off the trim around one large window in front of house, which gets the full force of winter winds. No wonder it was drafty…they had stuffed loose chunks of insulation around the window and kept it in with the trim. Out came the random insulation, vacuum out the debris, and used window spray foam to fill in gaps all around, add back the trim and it made a huge difference. We repeated this process to all the windows in the house. Much much better!!

We replaced 4 windows this year and we're shocked at how there wasn't any insulation around trim. So expensive to replace but ours needed more than insulation. Glad yours were fixed with the foam!