potatoes and onions in the ground. Also some califlower ,brocolli and cabbage.

Just tilled up the overwintered turnips. Got a nice harvest of turnips for the fridge.

Polar plunge wiped out my overwintered mustard greens and half of my collards. The other half was covered and made it just fine. Need to take the hoop tunnel down . It's just in the way now. Under it is some overwintered spinach , Chard ,lettuce , parnips , beets and more onions. And some henbit.

Also have some overwintered carrots , if only the rabbits would leave it alone.

HU

I have enough henbit for a bunch of bees, I hate henbit, but some of pollinator seem to love it.

Some of my mustard was killed. The mustard tender greens did not hold up well against the cold, the Florida broad leafed did pretty well. The turnips, mustard tender greens were tilled in in the south garden, along with the Daikon radishes.

My carrots did not make last fall, they were planted too late. The carrots look pretty good now, but too thick and full of henbit and other cool season weeds. I have never done any good with carrots. We pick a few yesterday but they were not as sweet as the ones at the store.

The turnips in the wildlife garden look okay, the tops are damaged, but look to be growing again, I have not picked any to see if they are still good to eat.

The Walmart garlic I planted last fall looks pretty good considering the cold that we had, all the leaf ends are burned pretty bad.

It seems as though I am just too tired to keep up with the garden properly.

Larry, sadly I say that I can understand you (tired). On the other hand, I remember my grandmother who spent hours in the garden when she was in her 70s tirelessly hoeing the rows. I knew probably even then, I'd never be as strong (whether physically or will power wise) as she was. I'm a wimp...totally undeniably.

I wonder (but don't know) if you two above shouldn't be harvesting everything before it starts bolting (in it's 2nd year)? That's what my instincts say should be done..harvest!

Yep , if you're into overwintering then you need to harvest it before bolting.

The problem I have with overwintering is that it tends to get in the way of the early spring planting.

About tirelessly hoeing rows , that was my mom. She was one that would can 80 qts of green beans.

Every year.

Oh my.

HU

I can say that about the summer garden too...I have (in the past) wanted to get rid of it, so I have room and time to start the fall garden :)

I am about to head out, to relocate some more Bermuda grass. I may put out peas... radishes, mesclun, sweat peas... Yup, I think I'll do that too. It's time to see, if the Bermuda died under the cardboard and plastic tarp I put out 2 years ago, and had wood-chips piled on for almost as long.

Out I go.

Moni

Moni, I hope that vile Bermuda died, but I have one that comes up on my window every year (six foot from the ground)...it's persistent.

I got out and exercised a bit of foraging skill, and made a salad of dandelions, chickweed, bitter cress, dead nettle, and white clover. I'm not sure if I should feel healthier or not :)

In for a short break.

Danny, I would use a foam brush with roundup, on a tiny bit that is persistant. I am however, digging up a larger area. :)

Moni

I want to know how the salad tasted, Danny--and what kind of dressing you used. ?? Today was a bust for me, except for the ipomoea alba, YELLOW ipomoea, hyacinth beans and nasturtium seeds I planted. We had company for 3 or so hours and part of the company were two very cute but VERY noisy little ones, 3 and 4. After they left, I just needed to sit and enjoy peace and quiet with GDW. It was lovely.

Are any of you or the larger you all good at hunting morels? I am going to try again this year. Surely I will eventually find them.

I just did a rough count of peppers that I COULD consider potting up, and that came to over 100. That probably isn't realistic. So will have to decide which ones I most want. For sure, Thunder Mountain Longhorn and Ros de Mallorca--just for the visual impact. I have gobs of Midnight Fire ones; they are adorable ornamentals and hot hot hot. And Count Dracula, more for the name than the plant--another ornamental. I'm getting good germination from all of them--better than the tomatoes, shockingly. Just one pepper came up missing a label, so I called it Guess. But I now know it has to be a Marconi. I wonder if I'm repeating myself. Three others I'm very interested in tasting are the Hungarian Spice Paprika, Hungarian Round Pimento, and Aleppo.

I set out some of the cool temp seedlings yesterday--spinach, lettuces, chard, kale. I still have lots and am kind of out of room. I hesitate to take them to Lincoln, as I don't know how often John will be able to water them. I'll have to discuss with him on Tuesday.

Did I tell you all that I found some yellow tithonia, aptly named "Yellow Torch," so ordered them, along with the Red Torch. I have tons of basil seedlings, alyssum, and a few petunias. I accidentally spilled one of the petunia cups.

I have a long way to go, still, in cleaning up the flower beds. I can get back to that tomorrow. I've cleared 3 1/2, so have 4 1/2 to go, including the BIG 'un. Wish me luck. Not bad cutting the dead plants out, but hate dealing with them after I toss them out of the beds!

Time to think about fixing dinner--very exotic this evening. Tossed salads and fried Spam sandwiches.

We got four big bags of potting soil yesterday, and when I was at the cash register, spied nice looking rotisserie chickens, so snatched one up. Enough for 3 meals (at least--we had it as a main course last night, and then we can make chicken chili, chicken enchiladas, or chicken and noodles or chicken broccoli casserole), plus I simmer the carcass all day with celery and onions added, for 3 or so pints of chicken broth. Now that's what I call an economical buy. I DO mean to switch to local free range chickens, just have not made that leap yet.

Have a great 2nd week of March, everyone--I can't wait for the Daylight Savings next Saturday. I love lighter days in the evening hours. I know there are plenty of people who have the opposite view.

I got some ground ready for my neighbor to come in and till. All that we have planned so far is about 400' length row potatoes. My helper and I got 1 to 1.5 acres of soil ready for final prep., but it is really still too wet.

I would like for some of my turnips to go to seed, they produce a seed stalk that very small birds love. I also hope to have at least a 100' ft. of flowers, mostly zinnias. I have a ton of work to do in the wildlife garden.

I am so tired, I doubt that I will get anything else done today.

Moni, no, I mean it comes up inside the frame of the home and emerges inside my six to seven foot high (from outside) window.

Nancy, the salad was better tasting (to me) than lettuce. I hate lettuce. It could have used some black mustard or watercress to give it some peppery taste though. Unfortunately, while my yard is wet, it doesn't actually grow watercress.

If you want peppery greens , go with mustard greens. It's pretty easy to grow , both spring and fall.

HU

So. Out of all my wintersown flowers and veggies, what are the most logical things to come up first? Probably not zinnias, marigolds, and morning glories, but that’s what is happening. What I need are my scallions, snapdragons, and calendula.

My datura survived the big freeze too.

Not surprising, those fast annuals don't even deserve to be wintersown, just wait and direct sow them or at best/worst, plant them no more than a month before you can plant them outside. The others should have probably been started early inside, because they *do* take longer to achieve any substantial growth (well except the calendula). If you have the place (temp and sunlight), I'd have gotten snaps going either in late summer (my preferred) or by the end of February. Onions seem to take forever to get to the size of 'sets'.

My niche for 'real' wintersowing is mainly those things that A) require stratification B) probably doesn't matter because they're perennial and likely to not flower the first year anyway C) and you want more 'no fuss' growth. Otherwise, more focused stratification in the fridge and starting early indoors if you're trying to get some plants to flower the first year (ie I started germination of false sunflower around Thanksgiving and purple coneflower hybrids in early January). I did do winter sowing of garden phlox and nodding wild onion, I know the onion won't flower the first year, and I doubt very much the phlox will, but even if I started indoors in December, they still wouldn't have flowered the first year...so wintersowing methods were a good fit.

I'm tired too, Larry. I know your health is weighing you down. I guess mine is too. We got everything personal out of dad's apartment. Some how this makes me sad for my mother. Dad didn't care about "things". There were many things mother kept that were just thrown out or went to goodwill. She would have hated it. There were also more pens and pencils in that apartment than I have owned in my entire life. And she saved all the envelopes that come inside your bills. A stash here, a stash there another in this drawer...

Now I have all their stuff at MY house. I have to call the movers today to get the furniture moved.

Monday, have a good week.

Amy, I'm taking the week off, but I have to go do this sort of thing at Dad's house. The prospect of him ever being able to live there again, is probably a ship that has sailed.

It will be sad, and even more sad that I may have to cut back on my visits, since he upsets me so much.

Hi guys. I'm thinking of your both. Danny, I can empathize in part. I don't have a lot of warm fuzzy feelings about Mom--but I cut her a lot of slack as she got older. I had a brother, though, that I pulled away from for nearly 8 years because it was so upsetting to try and maintain a relationship with him. I finally actually began seeing him a little just to placate Mom, and then he died 2 yrs later. Garry and I went to Denver to stay with him at the VA hospital for a week at his daughter's request--she had 2 little ones to care for and needed a break. So we went, and when we walked into his room, he burst into tears. (Not only was I his sister, but Garry was one of his childhood friends.) Needless to say, that was one of the best gifts ever--for both of us. So grateful God urged me to go.

And Amy, you sent me down memory lane with Mom. When I was cleaning out her stuff--first at her house, and then at assisted living, her weaknesses were recipes, and greeting cards. She had recipes tucked in EVERYWHERE--books, files, drawers, recipe boxes. And I came back to OK with a box about 2'x2'x1' full of greeting cards that were also tucked in everywhere. I took the cards to a church group. . . the recipes suffered a cruel fate in a large garbage can.

I needed to take pruning shears out with me, but couldn't find them. I spent probably half an hour looking--in the garage with my gardening stuff, out on the deck, and over in the shop. Nope. Garry suggested I order a pair, since even if I found the other pair, we could always use another. So I did. Should be here tomorrow. About five minutes later, Garry walked into my everything room to the nail hooks by the back door, lifted the shears off the nail and handed them to me. I could have clearly seen them from where I sit at the computer, about 15' away.

Hilarious!

Oh, BTW. got a scam call. I happen to know a T. Anderson, and that's who the phone said it was. So I answered and got a recording from "Amazon customer service." Informed me of a $1400 charge that they flagged as suspicious and put on hold. I was suppose to hit 1 if something, and 2 if something else for order number blah blah blah. Beware, all. Just hang up.

Nancy, Madge has had a couple of those calls.

I feel for those who are dealing with end of life, or, near end of life issues with loved ones. I will have to say that everything went smooth when it came that time for mom. I don't know how it would feel to have stress issues with a parent. My dad died when I was 13, but mom lived till I was 75, and I always had a great relationship with her, and was happy to care for her when she got old.

Amy, I think health issues visit a lot of us when we get older. I am not able to do much, but I am able to make a mess everywhere I go. It seems as though I am going to the doctor every week.

My helper and I tried to get ground ready yesterday. I went out this morning and worked up more ground. I even tore up a place for a large flower bed, its about 8 or 10 feed wide and about 100 feet long.

I just got back in from feeding the cows and donkeys some of my pumpkins. I have too many pumpkins, so I took out 6 and chopped them up for the cows and donkeys. I dont walk well, but I can ride my tractors and rtv all over the place, and the cows are getting where they will come up to the rtv, expecting a bite of something.

My mom saved cards too. I figure the Christmas cards were so she had their address, but she saved all cards from my dad and from children. Mom loved syrupy sappy cards. I like funny. My brother and I have a contest to see who can come up with the grossest card. She also had a lot of the free cards sent to you to try to get you to donate. I'm sorry, If I send you $10 and you spend $25 trying to get me to donate again, it ain't happening. And I don't feel guilty about it.

unfortunately, Danny, you have to check everything because they would put money somewhere and IDK, forget about it or think it was hidden or maybe they thought they'd lost it. I also brought home a few things that though bought for cheap might be worth something now because of their age. I found a refrigerator dish from the set she got as a wedding present. There were 2 cut glass "things". She used to put deserts like pudding in them. But they were on stems, like a wine glass. I got those because I remember them from my childhood. my childhood is now "mid century modern" by the way.

Danny, I winter sow those things because they don’t do well direct sown for me. Between squirrels, birds, clay soil, and various other things, I choose to do them in a more controlled environment. No more wasted seed this way. This way I actually get flowers from them.

So you plant them in fall/winter and leave them outside? (that's winter sowing)

If you just start them indoors, that's not winter sowing.

I agree about not starting in situ, I no longer have much of any luck with direct sown stuff either...just seems that they never germinate (or are eaten...and I'm pretty sure it's this one). I remember being able to do that easily...wonder what changed? (probably bugs and slugs)

My goodness, the pens and pencils and greeting cards. Oh my! My grandmother nearly died around Thanksgiving. She had an infection go septic and couldn’t get a hospital bed because of COVID so was sent home and not taken seriously until it caused chronic heart failure. After nearly a month in a “swing bed” she got home. While we sorted out care, I was splitting my time between my house and her house. One week here, one week there. Two days here, two there. And so on for a couple months. As I straitened things up, I was uncovering all the same things you all are describing. Thankfully, Grandmommy recovered - she’s the most petite little tank you’ll ever meet - and I took her a couple weeks ago for her first COVID shot. By the grace, was able to get that done, and a daily caregiver for her, before I had to start teaching the kiddo math. My aunt has stepped in to coordinate second shot and I’m trying to catch my breath. Thank goodness for garden therapy!

I planted all my Cole crops this weekend and direct sowed snow peas. Cole crops will be covered next week since the weather this week won’t acclimate them to cold. Henbit and chickweed are apparently the only thing I had survive the freeze. I was sick though and didn’t have enough give-a-hoot to mess with covering, especially when, as HU pointed out, they were going to be getting in the way of spring planting soon.

My quarantrellis- the 10’ trellis I built during lockdown last spring from macrame cord and salvaged tree limbs - took a bit of a hit during the October Ice storm. I plan to repair in place on the next weekend we get decent weather. Really though, considering the damage to my trees, it’s remarkable how minor the damage to the trellis turned out to be.

We’re now in the race to finish the new tomato box before the rains start later this week. I tweaked my back a week ago and offered to pay the kiddo to do the work of removing the dirt from the existing box. She took me up on it because she’s saving for some cosplay shoes - and everything cosplay is expensive! Still, the work isn’t happening as fast as I’d like. I’m sneaking out occasionally to help things along. I don’t want her to see me though because she’s finding a lot of pride in her hard work.

Nancy, I can relate to your grow cart situation. I’m starting my bell peppers this year and my grow cart is completely packed with those and tomatoes. Thankfully, Bruce is going to help me with the other peppers I need. And I’m sure I’ll find some things I can’t live without when we get together next month.

I was sorting thru seed packets earlier and have cumin seeds. Someone here has tried growing that, right? What do I need to know?

I grew--or tried to grow--cumin two years in a row. It didn't work here, but you should go for it. I planted the seeds indoors, but when I set them out, they never did really grow into anything worth fussing with. I may try them again at some point. Because I sure use a lot of cumin. If I try it again, I'll put out half a dozen plants, at least.

I only did the winter-sowing in my large transparent totes the one year, Rebecca. That was the year I grew insane numbers of herbs, natives, and ornamentals or other plants. Thing is, now the beds are so full of stuff, there's no need to winter sow! lol I was watching Episode #803 of Growing a Greener World this morning. Enjoy listening to Craig LeHoullier so much. He has many great tips for tomato gardening. This one if from several years ago, and like the rest of us, he has learned even more in the years since.

Some of you have mentioned planting things in memory of Dawn. I was out clearing beds yesterday (or trying to), and thought, "There's absolutely no reason I need to plant anything in memory of Dawn." I can't go to any of my beds without Dawn being there. (And many of the rest of you.) I was tearing back catmint clump, which is HUGE. That was from Dawn. There was the new growth cheerily coming up. I'm not doing a pristine clean-up since cold weather will be back and I want the newly emerging plants to have protection. The verbena bonariensis wasn't from Dawn. Although she brought it for folks 3-4 years ago, I got to Paula's too late to get any. But I was so determined to have it, I successfully grew it and clumps of it now grace two of my beds. Pineapple sage--she loved it so much. So I had to get some. Doesn't do squat here. LOL. It doesn't get enough sun, and doesn't begin blooming soon enough here. Same with heavenly blue morning glories. But other Dawn memory things were datura, bronze fennel, zinnias, zinnias, zinnias (lol--she loved her zinnias), blue bonnets (won't grow here), corn poppies, the evening primrose that she cussed. But it's true, too, that all of you are with me when I'm out in the garden with the Bermuda and bad bugs and c. moschata.

My dwarf tomato seeds arrived yesterday so I'll get those going this afternoon. I'll have six varieties: Sweet Sue, Fred's Tie Dye, Noah's Stripes, Blazing Beauty, Waverley, and Beauty King. I'll have those for Lincoln (and me) and then just a couple cherry tomatoes for Lincoln. Victory Seeds is one of Nuske-Small's and LeHoullier's Dwarf tomato project partners, as well as TomatoFest. Not sure who else right now.

Poor us. The plumber was out and did a great job. Garry just noticed there is still a slow leak. He's afraid it might be coming from under the concrete floor of the shop. Another call in to the plumber.

And congratulations are in order for me. I called to get a doc appt this morning. Of course this doctor isn't accepting new patients, and I really really liked her. (I hadn't seen her before, but Garry did, in the absence of his regular doc.) I whined a lot, and the nice appt lady said she'd ask the doctor if she'd take me. If she won't, there's another doctor there that I can get an appt with.

So Garry is out working on the boat. I'm in here babysitting the phone.

This is funny, Amy--nope, found NO greeting cards from any of us or anyone else. These were all brand-new "to be sent" cards. Good intentions. lol

I guess I can get these tomato seeds in the pots and ready to grow!

Best to you all.

Danny, this is using the winter sowing method to start seeds under covers that mimic a greenhouse situation, so seeds can be started outdoors in winter without freezing.

I'm pretty sure you all discussed warm weather and potentially early planting in a thread a few weeks ago, but now I can't find it. I'm looking at the 2 week forecast and the long-range forecasts and have about decided to start planting tomatoes the last weekend of March. This is pretty early for the north OKC metro. Normally, I push for April 1, which only happens about half the time. Still with all things considered, I'm thinking this might be the year to jump the gun. Of course, I'm equipped to protect them if the weather decides to take a dip, and I wouldn't share this in any of the facebook gardening groups. Whew, can you imagine the firestorm that would set off!?! But for this group I'm not afraid to give you a peek into my attempts to outsmart the weather. (Famous last words? Probably.)

I got off the treadmill a little early this morning because I remembered a cracked clear plastic tote in the garage and decided that there was a small nook in my garden it would cover. I was right, it was just the right size, so I sowed about a dozen bush green bean plants. It's also a little early for them but with my makeshift greenhouse, I'm hoping to beat the heat.

Since I can't find the comments on the prior thread, if y'all don't mind humoring me - when are you planning to plant and how does that relate to other years?

After last year, I'm being cautious and generally not planting out anything that can't take it, and not starting things too early. I have all summer after all :)

The polar vortex has me all confused. Part of me says it's solid spring and party of me is like it's still winter. I don't know anymore.

That being said, I'm still sure we'll get another freeze or two between now and mid April.

I made the comment that I am expecting a warmer and dryer than normal spring and summer. But now they're saying El nino (?) May make it a worse tornado season. So that might bring more spring rain. I won't be able to plant early. I would if life weren't making me crazy now, but I haven't even started seeds yet. More power to you Megan.

Amy, I'll save extras of everything I have for ya. Maybe a trip to Tulsa to see you guys next month? I posted earlier today but had one too many photos, apparently. GW didn't like it. What it said, in essence, is that I am planning to plant later than I have yet. I just yesterday got the dwarf tomatoes sown and on the cart. The other tomatoes are tiny. Peppers are a bit bigger but just now getting their first true set of leaves. Lots of healthy greens seedlings are living out on the deck, but haven't been potted up. I'm hoping just to get them into the ground somewhee. I have many in the containers already.

I laughed at the army of jonquils surrounding the house on the west and south. Especially since the rest of the yard is so ugly. And note emerging evening primrose, Megan! lol

Oh my gosh, Jen, that is way funny. I almost spurted tea at the monitor.

Good luck thinning that out.

Moni

You have time to clear out the grassy bed and make more room. For the Tomatos!

Danny, I seriously would if it weren't for the fact we're on track to move by this time next year & I want that area to go back to grass before we put the house on the market. But it's tempting. I just keep reminding myself that when we move I'll have space to do whatever I want. For now I have to attempt to cut back.

Lol, I see. However, you aren't familiar with my theory of bermuda cultivation. The more you improve the soil, water, and fertilize, the more the bermuda grows. So...in effect by planting tomatos and caring for them, you're guaranteeing a bumper bermuda grass crop.

Lol I know, right? Someone asked in a facebook group how to get bermuda to grow & I replied "plant a tomato". Best way to get Bermuda to grow is to say "I don't want grass here." It hears what you say & laughs.

Well Larry, I did a 'you' (went out to eat). I don't do it very often, but I wanted to run to Rogers and stock up on a particular butcher shop's breakfast sausage, and I can't fry fish worth eating...so Fish City Grill. It wasn't quite what I was hoping for (plain Fish and Chips), and the fries were at best lukewarm. I guess that's why I don't go out much ;)

I do have 8 lbs of breakfast sausage in the freezer though.

I also sent a couple of plants to a guy in Michigan, with whom I've traded some natives over the years. Due to barerooting the crowns (wet dirt is DARN heavy), I was able to fit them in the smallest priority express box, thus postage only $8.75 (only?).

Jen, you're sick. How will you decide which varieties to keep? (I think many, if not most of us, are sick.)

Danny, I love eating out, but Covid sure put the skids to that, for the most part. We're done with the vaccinations, but too many businesses are totally lifting any restrictions, so we still won't be eating out much, I'm sure.

Have you all noticed that our below freezing forecast for next week has changed? Now there are NO freezing temps forecast for here. Yay. I hope it doesn't change again.

Doctor's office called and set up appt for me, but it's not until Apr. 16. I wonder if I can talk her into drugs while I'll be waiting for them to sort things out. It's like a miracle that I actually got up the gumption to call. And now am bitterly disappointed I can't get in until then. LOL Yes, I get the humor in that.

My last seeds FINALLY came--they were from Pinetree, and included Heavenly blue statice, Amaranth Illumination, Tulsi basil, Chives, conventional Mountain Mint, and the broccolini. Have any of you grown statice? I had 100% germination on all the many peppers and other seeds--except tomatoes. I'm still waiting on them. In fairness, this is only the 8th day, but the Jersey paste, Egg Yolk, and Beefsteak have yet to show up.

Gotta run. . . . later, all!

I started some black eyed susan vines (thunbergia alata) last week (about 7 days ago). Not only has the majority germinated already, but the first one that germinated has the second set of true leaves. Considering that avg germination time is 10-21 days, I'm impressed, they clearly want to live and grow. (just wanted to share being impressed).

Edit: I realized it's nearly St Patty's Day and I should go to Aldi's for some corned beef and bangers (hey I only eat those two seasonally and indeed bangers are not available usually but now).

Nancy, I changed doctors... sort of. I got an appointment for the end of this month... but I garnered the time last month.

I am without my high cholesterol meds. might be a good thing, and I find out I don't actually need them???

I was disappointing it didn't really rain yesterday... because I worked so hard the previous day... but didn't go back out to do any more.

It is raining at the moment. I got lucky, and it didn't start till I was back home from a 25 mile bike ride.

Stay dry folks

Moni

I bought plants today. Some herbs, lettuce, broccoli, collard, tomatoes: Cherokee purple, Juliet, Arkansas Traveler, Early Girl, Jerstar and large red Cherry. We will not go without.

Also bought 2 outfits. Needed a mother of the bride outfit. Have 2 options now. Maybe get something else, going to David's bridal, tomorrow. Ron and I are both exhausted.

Hi everyone.

My heart goes out to you who are dealing with parent/family stuff. I feel so fortunate because, like Larry, I have a good relationship with my Mom...and did with my Dad and really, all of my relatives. It makes my heart hurt for those who do not have that. Love to you!

Amy, I'm so glad you got some plants. The stores are full of them now.

My life is extremely busy, but I won't bore you with the details.

Garden work is a great, relaxing thing and I was able to enjoy it today. Spring Break! I had planned on rain and housework, but instead planted 34 strawberry plants (that Rick brought over this morning), as I was waiting for the sewage pump truck.

I also cleaned out a lot of beds and checked for things that survived the very cold temperatures.

Random plants survived. Also, the bed of carrots and another bed of carrots and parsnips.

The blackberry plants, the raspberry, all the elderberries (and I talked to Lori Darling last week--she told me how to fertilize them.)

Onions are planted, potatoes are planted, as well as strawberries, brussels sprouts, and green peas.

Cabbage harvested tonight resulted in coleslaw. There's still more out there too!

The garlic planted in October is a no show.

The new hoop house is full, but soon the cool season things will go out--hopefully this next week. Need to bring in a bit more soil for the cabbage bed.

Eldrerberry tree wemt from dead stick on Thursday to fully budded out yesterday. Rose bush has buds, daylilies have started growing, and I think I saw new growth on my sage. Those were the main ones I was concerned didn't make it, so overall I'm happy.

We currently have a houseful of 5 separation anxiety females in addition to our 3 boys. Seriously, I'm really starting to believe "covid puppy" is a real condition.

Hoping to get outside sometime this afternoon, but at the very least I need to move my plants out. They've done well with hardening off, so they're spending all day outside now.

How soon can you plant broccoli? I have some started, just forming 2nd true leaves.

I have my onions and potatoes planted also. I am doing my potatoes differently this year. I have planted, or just laid the potatoes on top of the soil, or just about an inch under. I will keep them covered with mulch as they grow. I have never done anything like this, and it may all flop, but I just cant dig anymore. At this point the $.99 ten pound bag of potatoes from the grocery story looks the best I have planted them in the wildlife garden because I don't think the wildlife will like to eat on them like they would other crops. I will also put up electric fence in many areas. I will also plant small grain along the tree line, hoping to serve as a decoy garden for the wildlife.

All my fall planted garlic is up, but needs to be fed. The last I checked none of onions sets were up.

I bought 9 tomato plants to pot up, and hope for a head start. They have been on the deck for a few days, but will come in when the weather gets bad.

I have been working on the wildlife garden, what a job it has been. It is very wet in some areas, but I have over an acre of area to cultivate. I planted some irises over there yesterday. I am really getting a lot of use out of the rtv I bought. I can drive it anywhere, and I can haul mulch and compost right up to where I need it. I can also place all my tools and a stool in it and take it to the work area, it really cut down on the walking.

Well, I had better get up and do something. I hope al of you have a nice day.

Jen, I bought broccoli starts, they went in about 10 days ago.

I still don’t know if my Arp rosemary survived. It’s brown but there’s still some green on the inside when you break off a branch. I guess I should consider it a goner.

Read your posts, be back later.

After weakness looking at PlantDelights, I wandered down to the local nursery and found one of the wanted plants, a non-native blue rush. It came home with me, with the thought, I can divide it into at least five pieces and start some clumps.

I also noticed the ONLY salvia greggi I have, I think it's 'Wild Thing' and it didn't lose any leaves during -15F. Impressed. I must make some cuttings and multiply it too.
I have plans to start some seeds in a bit...I'm waiting on the potting soil to absorb moisture before sowing...was lazy and didn't premix it..so it's sitting in a dish of water hopefully absorbing something.

I just got through planting 2 flats of seeds. I am too late on most things, I hope to plant another flat tomorrow. I also planted some walking onion bulbils that have been sitting on a rack on the back porch for most of a year, some were very dried up, but I think most will grow.