Your 2026 Garden

[Debbie292d]

The daffodils are up, not yet blooming. And my day lilies are sprouting.

But my daffodils have leaves!

We won't see a stem of anything for at LEAST a month. The ground is still frozen solid. It's been 40F during the day, but still below freezing every night. It's a good thing they don't sprout even if they could, as they'd just be freezing every night.

 

[jxp]

Soil temp is 54°-59°F at 4"down to 24". Perfect for tree planting.

I found a nicely symmetrical Contender peach tree with a strong leader, good branching, and no signs of bug infestation, damage, or disease which I didn't know I needed until I saw it waiting patiently for me at the local big box store. It was off the truck just 3 days and we'd had a good rain the day before.

I picked up some worm castings to add into the native soil along with finished compost and and a little coir. In the end it wasn't needed judging by the number of fat juicy worms I found for my happy fluffy helpers.

 

[Molpet]

Yesterday I was out in the garden moving a grown up fence to let the poultry in. Later I had a tick crawling on me.

 

[fuzzi]

Daffodils are officially blooming.

Elderberry bush is leafing!

It was burned badly with the 14° nights we experienced a couple weeks ago.

Purple deadnettle and vetch

 

[dirkandlorie]

i just ordered these. i'll see how they go. supposedly rust resistant if they are good, i'll let you know.
i forgot to add the link
https://www.amazon.ie/Garden-Stainl...9c0-ad25-d8554fa15083&pd_rd_i=B09XKG3ZBD&th=1

Those are the ones I've used for a couple years in the garden, holds the netting and row covers on my hoops. No rust yet, and a good tight hold.

 

[pollipazzi]

Those are the ones I've used for a couple years in the garden, holds the netting and row covers on my hoops. No rust yet, and a good tight hold.

really good to know about the rust! i got mine today and they do have a strong hold. thanks for sayin!

 

[StarOnFire59]

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My crocuses bloomed in January when we were up in the 60s. Now we're getting in the low 20s at night; stressed out plants. The leaves are still there, but will the flowers come back when it's actually spring?

 

[jxp]

Peach trees is blossoming, guaranteed we're going to get a frost in the next couple of weeks. I may as well hang out fresh laundry and call down a thunderstorm, too.

 

[jxp]

I will see your daffodil.

And raise you some viola that smiled through the crazy winter weather of late January.

 

[Debbie292d]

My crocuses bloomed in January when we were up in the 60s. Now we're getting in the low 20s at night; stressed out plants. The leaves are still there, but will the flowers come back when it's actually spring?

I don't know about crocuses, but last spring, or was it the spring before we had that early warm weather, then freezing weather for a week. Anyway, the tulips and a few other things around here came up about 6 inches, and even though we threw sheets on them, they still froze. A month or so later, they came back up. I think it stunts them and puts them back into hibernation? I do not know. I just know they did come back.