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Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 9, 2017 10:14:00 GMT -5
Devil Boy (not his real name)(He's in witness protection) is a beautiful cat. You chose well. And I'm thrilled to hear that with Love and Patience as well as a few battle scars, he in turn has learned to Love You!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 9, 2017 10:18:43 GMT -5
we can still talk gardening even when I am locked in the deep freeze here in the East. We can always talk gardening, no matter what the weather. I miss the old days of sitting at the table with my 4 favourite Seed catalogues spread out in front of me, picking out an order. I would determine who had the most varieties I couldn't live without and order from one vendor. Seed saving and the cost of catalogue mailings has changed that for me, but that will always remain as a fond memory of winter.
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Post by aqua on Dec 9, 2017 11:32:37 GMT -5
(really enjoying the posts on this thread, no matter where they wander)
Today in the garden here in Jacksonville, Fl, the brox and letti are loving the cool damp 40's outside. With over an inch of rain in the past twenty-four hours, all the leaves look like sparkly jewels with raindrop ornaments.
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Post by Gianna on Dec 9, 2017 13:33:04 GMT -5
september, I too used to have a cat like your Baby Doo who liked to be carried around. Fritter Cat - a dark brown Burmese. She would sit on the floor looking up, and if I didn't pick her up soon enough, she would jump up, grab my waste band/belt and hang there till I brought her into 'Madonna/Child' mode. She was a good shoulder cat too - great balance. She used to nap on towel bars, leaning against the wall, with two legs on each side, hanging down from the towel bar. She like relaxing on the tops of doors too.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 9, 2017 13:37:24 GMT -5
Well now it has started snowing and the ground is covered. It looks pretty but if we didn't get any more snow for the rest of the year I wouldn't be upset.
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Post by bestofour on Dec 10, 2017 16:55:15 GMT -5
Cold and frosty here but I was talking gardening with friends at lunch today. May plant beets again this year and try limas. Never planted limas but sure do love them.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 10, 2017 20:08:15 GMT -5
bestofour, Half of the Limas I grew this year never even made it out of the garden, well at least not in their pods. I ate them fresh right off the vine! If you love Limas, you'll find a place for them. Starting to snow a bit, flurries expected until midnight. It's currently 27F . Tomorrow, a storm system is coming in. 2 to 4 inches expected.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 11, 2017 13:50:04 GMT -5
bestofour, fresh lima beans are delicious but I only grow the baby ones, Henderson's Baby Lima's because I don't like the big, fat starchy ones.
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Post by Gianna on Dec 11, 2017 16:25:13 GMT -5
A few years ago I grew limas from grocery store seed. I had no idea what I would get. Fortunately they were bush limas because I had planted them in a boarder of the front yard. Much to my surprise, they just kept living month after month. Turns out here they can be perennials. Who knew? I eventually removed them because they were looking a bit ratty in the front - not because they had stopped growing or producing. I think they were in there for about 2 years.
I've wanted to plant some again because I do like them. Maybe this coming year, ...and in the back yard.
In my searches, I discovered that in my part of coastal California, they used to dry farm limas and tomatoes as cash crops.
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Post by bestofour on Dec 12, 2017 0:07:10 GMT -5
Bush limas - good to know. brownrexx I like the big ones too and bluelaced my green peas never make it to the house. When I get the peas and limas growing I'll take my chair to the garden and just eat outside
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Post by spike on Dec 12, 2017 8:27:51 GMT -5
Well currently my garden is under an inch of snow! OMG I LOVE SNOW!!!
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Post by Gianna on Dec 12, 2017 13:42:16 GMT -5
I'm very frustrated right now. I'd love to be outside working but our air quality is so bad I shouldn't. It's been this way for too many days now. Only thing I've done outside is some necessary watering, and minor transplanting. Everything is covered with ash. I would rather it be snow.
Todays job would have been mulching in the far back to prevent weed growth - assuming we get any rain this year. Grumble, grumble.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 12, 2017 14:18:04 GMT -5
Not much. I'm going to cover they new Meyer Lemon tree at nightfall since it says 34F tonight,
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Post by bestofour on Dec 12, 2017 19:57:29 GMT -5
Gianna, sorry you're having to live through this. We're praying for California.
40° but extremely windy here today.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 13, 2017 7:22:12 GMT -5
It is 19 degrees this morning and my gardening is sleeping under it's thick covering of straw. I am going to the gym to try to keep in shape for when gardening season returns!
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Post by aqua on Dec 27, 2017 17:39:19 GMT -5
Ohh- so many folk stuck inside under record snowfall- but here in North Florida, I cut two heads of broccoli to take to my 84yo mother.
The Pacman broccoli took 90 days from planted seed to first ready head. Looks like the Goliath Broccoli will need at least another 21 days.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 27, 2017 17:59:14 GMT -5
I cut a couple of heads of Oak Choi yesterday and 4 turnip roots.
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Post by aqua on Dec 27, 2017 18:01:01 GMT -5
I cut a couple of heads of Oak Choi yesterday and 4 turnip roots. What all do you have growing right now? Will this cold snap affect any of your garden?
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 27, 2017 18:01:44 GMT -5
I cut a couple of heads of Oak Choi yesterday and 4 turnip roots. That would be Pak Choi.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 27, 2017 18:04:58 GMT -5
Pak Choi, Green Glaze collards, Purple Top turnips, and Chioggia beets. All of this had 7 inches of snow on it a couple of weeks ago which is about as much as we see in a 100 years. It is still alive though the peppers are graveyard dead. First year that I haven't picked peppers on Christmas Day in about 10.
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Post by aqua on Dec 27, 2017 18:05:01 GMT -5
I cut a couple of heads of Oak Choi yesterday and 4 turnip roots. That would be Pak Choi. Oak Choi being the acorn variety.
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Post by bestofour on Dec 27, 2017 23:50:38 GMT -5
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Post by spike on Dec 28, 2017 9:52:36 GMT -5
As I sip my nice hot coffee, looking out the window at my thinly snow/ice covered garden, I plan the rows! (that counts some don't it?)
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 28, 2017 10:01:18 GMT -5
As I sip my nice hot coffee, looking out the window at my thinly snow/ice covered garden That is virtual gardening!
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Post by aqua on Dec 28, 2017 10:29:07 GMT -5
I am always gardening in my head...
Used to even amuse myself by drawing all the flowers of the different vegetables with colored pencils.
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Post by Gianna on Dec 30, 2017 0:25:49 GMT -5
Had to water today. All the seedlings, and the things on the salad table. Ate two still small, one inch hoity-toity turnips. Juicy and sweet-crunchy. They should get better with more size, but I couldn't wait. Altogether I have 5 nursery flats of these growing, with more coming up.
Also had to water the blueberries, which are beginning to seriously bloom now. This is about a month later than last year. Moderate bees visiting, and one bumble bee sighted. Also found 4 ripe ones hardly enough to taste. I have several pots of basil in bloom now, with lots of bees on them. I might move some of these pots near the berries to encourage the bees to go there too.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 30, 2017 9:20:39 GMT -5
It's snowing in my garden today.
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Post by Gianna on Dec 30, 2017 10:17:47 GMT -5
brownrexx , If I recall, you keep bees. I think I've read that when bees are gathering what they gather, that they will stick to the one species, but don't concurrently visit totally unrelated bloomers in the same area. Is this true? Or do they visit anything in the area that is ready at the same time? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the garden today, the plan is to fill the green can for next weeks pickup. I need to eliminate some bunny habitat. And then maybe plant out some of the sunflower seedlings in that area.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 30, 2017 10:40:39 GMT -5
Gianna, I don't have any hard scientific data on this but I have 4 hives of honeybees and I see bees on all of the flowers in my yard and garden all season long. They do not seem to show a preference for any particular variety of flower. They appear to be visiting anything that is blooming. They really do LOVE our fruit trees though. When they are blooming, you can actually hear the trees buzzing when you walk by! However when the fruit trees are blooming, not much else is blooming at the same time. I would guess that the bees visit whatever flowers are most plentiful at the time. I don't think that they are showing a preference for variety of flower, just abundance of flowers.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Dec 30, 2017 12:04:47 GMT -5
Had to water today. All the seedlings, and the things on the salad table. Ate two still small, one inch hoity-toity turnips. Juicy and sweet-crunchy. They should get better with more size, but I couldn't wait. Altogether I have 5 nursery flats of these growing, with more coming up.
Also had to water the blueberries, which are beginning to seriously bloom now. This is about a month later than last year. Moderate bees visiting, and one bumble bee sighted. Also found 4 ripe ones hardly enough to taste. I have several pots of basil in bloom now, with lots of bees on them. I might move some of these pots near the berries to encourage the bees to go there too. Blueberries! And Basil! Sounds like all you need is a nice wedge of cheese and you have a perfect little snack.
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