bigpaul
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nobody plants anything out here until the frosts are all over. first thing to go out will be broad beans.
What have you done for garden prep so far?
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Arcticdude
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Yesterday I noticed a little green around the edges of one of my springs. Yesterday's high was 33, which makes about 6 days above freezing since mid November. We're getting close now. Only about 3 more months until we can start planting.
I don't do gardens but this year I am going to give it a shot,,,,taters ,tomatoes ,onions,corn, and some melons ,and a strawberry patch,,,,,,,,,,,,
Brent S
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Ouch, 3 months! I was impatient about three more weeks! I just saw we are going down to freezing tonight and to 28 tomorrow night. I think the potatoes and onions will do fine, but am glad I didn't plant much else outside yet.
I noticed that as well. I'd be even more jittery than I am already! The Sweet Peas are chitting on some moist tissue ready to be sown. I like to grow them in the veg garden to attract the Bees, the perfume is amazing, they make nice cut flowers for the house and look nice in the garden.
Arcticdude
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Sweet peas are one of the wife's favorite. We'll be planting a bunch around the garden this spring and the house after it gets built.
Brent S
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Yeah, I just finished planting the greenhouse! I allready had it mostly full, but added more carrots and radishes. I also planted green peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers for transplanting outside once all chance of frost is gone. I got it all watered in well, and now am just patiently anticipating that first tomatoe. I have been enjoying salads for a while now with the lettuces, carrots, radishes, onions and spinache allready growing in there. I just finished one that I added everything I could find in the fridge to it, including fried chicken, olives, cheese, and red wine vinaigrette. I'm a happy camper right now.
Billy Roper
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We have all of our seeds, and I raked the leaves of of the new garden plots in preparation from tilling the soild for planting. No more freezes are forecast, so it will be soon.
Danil54grl
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This week I ended up planting my tomatoes, peppers. . I have been patient enough! N their own little greenhouses using old milk jugs, pop bottles & coffee cans.
Brent S
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It's a crap shoot every year with the weather but at least you are taking steps to help minimize the risk. I guess I'll go look for some peanuts to plant now. Anyone know if the raw peanuts they sell in the grocery store will work well for growing?
I have Tomato, Peppers and Chillies on the windowsill. I grow tomatoes indoors in growbags. For 4 years running I lost the crop from the plants I had outside and growing in soil in the polytunnel to blight. I don't risk it anymore. It was heartbreaking watching in excess of 70lb of tomatoes going brown and rotting before they were even ripe. I have tried picking the green tomatoes as soon as I saw blight on the leaves, but it's still too late, the disease is already in the fruit.
Billy Roper
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They just said last night we may have more below freezing nights, so we'll hold off on planting here for a bit longer. Still working on storm repairs to the house, anyway.
WGregMiller
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As long as they're raw peanuts they should be fine.
Seems like (yeah, been more than a week) I planted the whole peanut, shell and all.
WGregMiller
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Nope. Googled it. Shell them first. I googled it.
Gazrok
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Numerous expensive truck repairs (old truck, but a water pump and then major brake work on a huge diesel truck) pretty much sucked most of my money away (even money I didn't have). So I couldn't get the junk hauled off in time for this season's garden. 
ing for the next one. I did get the fencing I needed, and I believe I have a spare gate I can use.
ing for the next one. I did get the fencing I needed, and I believe I have a spare gate I can use.
Brent S
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I got some work done on the grape vines today. All the posts are deteriorated pretty badly so I'm replacing them all. I finally got tired of digging so many post holes and bought some metal posts for the posts in between the ends. They drive in really easily and I'm betting will outlast the wood ones by a lot. I still have a lot of work just on the grapes, then off to the fruit trees, blueberries and black berries. Farming is great, but sure is a lot of work!
Oh, I have some of the potatoes starting to poke up out of the ground! This is a good thing as I'm down to one tray left of last falls crop.
Oh, I have some of the potatoes starting to poke up out of the ground! This is a good thing as I'm down to one tray left of last falls crop.
Brent S
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I read that too about shelling. Guess that's good since one peanut can have two or three seeds in each pod. I'm hoping to find some at the feed and seed store tomorrow.
Brent S
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We just bought a third service truck. It's my first diesel, and it's a c550, which is way bigger than anything I've ever had before. I was looking at the tires and brakes and was wondering how much it will be to have them serviced. Then I decided it was best not to think about it until needed! I do know that 75 bucks worth of diesel didn't last long at all. It's a great truck, with a ladder/bucket that's got a 47' reach. What is cool though is it reaches out sideways as well. Our other bucket reaches up great, but has no lateral reach to speak of.Numerous expensive truck repairs (old truck, but a water pump and then major brake work on a huge diesel truck) pretty much sucked most of my money away (even money I didn't have). So I couldn't get the junk hauled off in time for this season's garden.
