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lol some of my seeds say start 12 weeks before last frost date. i wouldn't have time to put my flowers to bed before I'd be planting seeds along with bulbs for the next year and then I wouldn't have any time to enjoy the holidays. Nope I think Mother Nature does just fine with the schedule. I wouldn't appreciate spring nearly as much if it weren't for winter.

I was telling DH that I'm gonna miss planting and digging in the spring...apparently he said he'd help......and if we have the extra money we'd just fill in spots with planters. He said he's also build me a little raised bed on legs for me to plant some veggies if I'm not healed up in time to garden.

I can see that for you--BUT I myself do not start too many seeds indoors--I eaitehr plant plants or just wait for the seeds to grow from when I plant them.

dad does h ave a green house though--I am sure I could 'borrow' a corner of it if I wished--perhpas I will try that this year--

You got that correct tk.....
The feelings are greater in the spring, after a long winter.

OH TK ....my Orchid is in bloom again.. 2 Buds opened on the whitie..

Wee how is yours?

bar

fantastic. Nothing on mine yet. I don't think that I fertilize them often enough. I'm going to have to work on that. Where do you have yours located?

:ding:

tk,

The Phalaenopsis is the one in bloom>> South window .. No sun required. It is on a window sill and loves it.

The Golden showers from Malaysia.........Is getting new growth on one don't know if it will bloom.......that is on the east window and gets sun in the am.
I only put miracle gro one time a month.
I do keep the saucers under the plants with water at all times.. Do you do that?

b

Naah you can keep summer forever

I love winter...

The spriritual Enlightment we receive in the spring, makes all the winters worth the wait.......

Think about it .

b

I put out my trays of winter seed sowing out today. I hope my DH don't get a chance to laugh as he thinks I am just wasting dirt and time Please someone tell me I'm Not

Your not ......I have seen every one do it, except me.. However I do plant them directly in the beds in October an cover some with a plastic grape lid..(See thru) Did that last year and lots of them did grow?

Tell us how it works..
My man laughs too.

b

We put out lime today where I plant my tomatoes. I hope this will take care of the blossom end rot in the spring.

What month do you consider spring down there?

b

April. What about you?

I know I am jumping in here--but while I too call
April spring---

I plant the first week of May--well unless we are talking spinach or lettuce or maybe radishs

April 20 is spring here in my zone 5......

YOu can plant peas an onions then.....If there is no snow.
May 15 it is safe for stuff like lettuce , radish , beans.

Last week of May I sneak out a few tomatoes and keep guard . incase.

b

Carol, I'm going to plant my radishes earlier this year. This past year is the first time I haven't had good results and I think I waited too late or maybe it was too dry.

dodge, what type of peas do you plant? I've never planted peas. Aren't they a lot of trouble?

Bestofour,

Progess 9.............
They arent too bad.. But we didnt do them last couple years.. We both have arthritis in the hands and dont like pick and shelling them.. It agitates the fingers and they hurnt.

They grow easily......cool weather crop........
My radishes always fail, but I keep trying.

b

do you never get a radish?

yes
I get them but they are usually brown inside and only last a short while..
DO you do them in your area?

They are cold weather loves.. Maybe they like loose soil and mine is tight with rocks.

b

Last year was the only year I didn't have good results with radishes. I think I put them out too late. They love it here I guess.

I didn't get any beets though.

OK.......Must be something else with my radish ..Maybe I will try sand.

The beets werent growing here either.. They were still marbles in the fall.
b

I'm going to put out strawberries this year too. I've never planted them before. I've got to find a good place to order some plants from. I think I read one time that they shouldn't be planted close to tomatoes.

Look under companion planting and it will tell you which plants hate each other.

I do them also....Have to hurry to beat the robins to the profits..
b

you plant strawberries?

Yes ...........i do .
Got some new ones last year from Gurney.

I sort of like their service........DOnt like any of the postage.

b

Is that a good place to order from? Do you have them in pots or in the ground?

yes .......Just do it early and they seem reliable to me..
Mine are in the ground.......I live on a farm and have room..

b

I'm going to check their site right now.

I don't have a lick of sense. It's 20 degrees and has been cold for sveral days. I put on my shoes and gloves and went outside this morning to plant bulbs. You'd a thunk I'd know that the dirt would be frozen.

You need above 32

b

I don't like Gurney--as I recall I ordered a clump birch from them--only to have it be DEAD not dormant. We planted a free soft maple in its place---

To each his own......Gurney will replace anything that doesnt grow.. I have seen worse places.....

b

Too late Carol, order has been sent. I'm going to buy a good called growing the Best Strawberries so I can have better berries than Dodge.

Ha ha ha
Just starting will be ahead of me..LOL

I arent good at it ..But we get a few to freeze for preserves thru the winter..
Good luck an make me eat crow..

do you make frozen strawberry jam? I used to have a recipe for that but lost it. I've lost all my recipes. I wonder if my daughters have taken them.

No not frozen jam.

I freeze the berries......When we need some jam we thaw it out an make it ..
Cup for cup.. Delicious.

b

I have had strawberries before and they did good the first year and than get worse after. you have to move them around as they deplete the nutrients in the ground so fast. As they have runners and make new plants you are suppose to plant them over a row and get rid of older plants. That is what I read any how but DH wouldn't let me do it Because of my job and working nights I don't have enough time to tend to them. Dodge is right the birds are faster than you and get the best berries. WE put a net over them once, but it got a chipmunk caught in it and I was so upset. DH got him out though and then we did away with the net and let them have the berries.

thanks Dodge for the the encouragement on winter seed sowing. My sister in law says she just plants them out in October in pots and then sinks the pots in the ground. I'll keep you posted on how mine does. :list: