Dan Purgert wrote:

> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
> > yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
> > start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
> > square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
> > down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
> > coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>
> Nice.
>
> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few
> weeks. Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard
> to try, plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the
> kiddos for sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.
>
>
> > deer already found some of the spring flowers.
> pests.

None of my seeds show sigh of life yet. (dripping tears)

On 3/17/2024 6:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Dan Purgert wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
>>> yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
>>> start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
>>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
>>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
>>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>>
>> Nice.
>>
>> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
>> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few
>> weeks. Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard
>> to try, plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the
>> kiddos for sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.
>>
>>
>>> deer already found some of the spring flowers.
>> pests.
>
> None of my seeds show sigh of life yet. (dripping tears)
>

I've got 25 taters (of 40 planted) peeping thru , plus red beets ,
bok choy , spinach , and today I saw the first strawberry blossom .
Everything but the strawberries was planted outdoors starting on 2/24 .
Looks like I need some new lettuce seed , doesn't look like any of what
I planted germinated .
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"They may take our lives but
they'll never take our freedom."
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On 3/17/2024 6:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Dan Purgert wrote:
>
>> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
>>> yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
>>> start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
>>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
>>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
>>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>>
>> Nice.
>>
>> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
>> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few
>> weeks. Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard
>> to try, plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the
>> kiddos for sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.
>>
>>
>>> deer already found some of the spring flowers.
>> pests.
>
> None of my seeds show sigh of life yet. (dripping tears)
>

Forgot to mention the red/yellow/orange bell pepper and 3 kinds of
tomato seedlings in trays in the dining room window ... other stuff to
start closer to last frost date .
--
Snag
"They may take our lives but
they'll never take our freedom."
William Wallace

On 2024-03-18, Snag wrote:
> On 3/17/2024 6:06 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> Dan Purgert wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
>>>> yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
>>>> start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
>>>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
>>>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
>>>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>>>
>>> Nice.
>>>
>>> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
>>> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few
>>> weeks. Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard
>>> to try, plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the
>>> kiddos for sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.
>>>
>>>
>>>> deer already found some of the spring flowers.
>>> pests.
>>
>> None of my seeds show sigh of life yet. (dripping tears)
>>
>
> Forgot to mention the red/yellow/orange bell pepper and 3 kinds of
> tomato seedlings in trays in the dining room window ... other stuff to
> start closer to last frost date .

Good bit of stuff for the garden from the sounds of it. Don't have too
much sun here (trees shade the yard quite well), but leafy things did
pretty okay last year, as did radishes and other "quick-harvest" things
like that.

Though I think my main problem is "poor soil" -- I did comparatively
little there, as I want to take it slow to give myself time to learn and
also time for the plots themselves to get their own soil life, etc.

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Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
>> yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
>> start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>
> Nice.
>
> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few weeks.
> Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard to try,
> plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the kiddos for
> sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.

we've gone back to colder again, like this morning when
i went to take the trash out there's a little snow on the
ground and it was cold enough overnight to refreeze the
surface. there won't be any gardening done here today...

>> deer already found some of the spring flowers.
> pests.

yeah...

songbird

On 2024-03-18, songbird wrote:
> Dan Purgert wrote:
>> On 2024-03-04, songbird wrote:
>>> yesterday it was warm enough to get outside and
>>> start some gardening tasks. i scraped a few hundred
>>> square feet after burying some garlic and onion seeds
>>> down deep enough that they'll have a tough time
>>> coming back up (i also put some cardboard over them).
>>
>> Nice.
>>
>> With our (90%) frost date (allegedly) being April 15th, I filled out
>> some seed trays yesterday for planting out in the garden in a few weeks.
>> Not a whole lot to speak of -- some lettuces and swiss chard to try,
>> plus some chives. A few cells have been commandeered by the kiddos for
>> sunflowers as well, so that should be fun for them.
>
> we've gone back to colder again, like this morning when
> i went to take the trash out there's a little snow on the
> ground and it was cold enough overnight to refreeze the
> surface. there won't be any gardening done here today...

Must've been the same weather system as here. Got about, ehh, an inch
maybe. Good thing it got cold and gross outside before the kiddos and I
got any farther than "removed the old stalks and such that we left for
over-wintering useful insects" over the weekend.

I hope this passes pretty quick like, I've got way more to do!

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