TheBigDog Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 Shannon... errr... Wife-Pooh errr... Pookie-Bear, is doing a garden with the neighbor again this year. We have a trey of seeds in the kitchen beginning the germination process by the back window. The broccoli is coming up strong. Variety of hot peppers too this year. And some sunflowers that promise to be 12 feet high! Plus some summer squash is planned. Tomatoes. And a whole section of herbs. Should make for some fine cooking! Bill Quote
Turtle Posted March 7, 2006 Author Report Posted March 7, 2006 Shannon... errr... Wife-Pooh errr... Pookie-Bear, is doing a garden with the neighbor again this year. We have a trey of seeds in the kitchen beginning the germination process by the back window. The broccoli is coming up strong. Variety of hot peppers too this year. And some sunflowers that promise to be 12 feet high! Plus some summer squash is planned. Tomatoes. And a whole section of herbs. Should make for some fine cooking! Bill ___If you see a turtle in the garden or near the back porch, it's just me. (Please don't make a pet of me.:confused: ) That is a great selection Pookie...err Ms. Bear.;) Keep us posted so we may garden vicariously. ___I did plant some decorative squash a few weeks ago; I just buried the whole little fella in a mound. It was a leftover from the Halloween display. The garlic is alive & growing & so at the least I can have some fresh garlic greens before I heave ho.___I retrieved the crown of the Cedar & it will make a very nice staff. The break left 2 pieces, one the staff & the other a section about 6ft long & 4" thick. I brought them both up, & split the 4" piece in two along its length. These I plan to make into pulling poles for the wagon.___Racoon came to visit & told me what I thought was a Lemon Verbina is not a Lemon Verbina; I forget now what he said it really is. ___The rains have come & that is all.:hyper: Quote
Buffy Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 The plum trees outside just fired off. (cough) (wheeze) Much worse than the cherry trees that fired off last week. (kaff) (ahem) Gotta love mother nature,Buffy Quote
Turtle Posted March 7, 2006 Author Report Posted March 7, 2006 The plum trees outside just fired off. (cough) (wheeze) Much worse than the cherry trees that fired off last week. (kaff) (ahem) Gotta love mother nature,Buffy ___Mother says sorry about the allergies.:circle: She knows she's not always right.:singer: ___As you mention Plums & Cherries in bloom Buffy, have you noticed if the bees are out polinating them? Wet and/or cold conditions can keep the bees at bay & have a serious impact on the crops. Loving Mother Nature inspite of her mistakes,:confused: Turtler Quote
Buffy Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 Mother says sorry about the allergies.:singer: She knows she's not always right.:confused: Even when she's wrong, she's right. Yay Mother Nature!have you noticed if the bees are out polinating them? Wet and/or cold conditions can keep the bees at bay & have a serious impact on the crops. Rain, rain, rain. Not too many bees buzzing. ("Tut, tut, looks like rain!") but then we're 30 miles from the nearest croplands, so its not as big a deal here.... Enjoying the beautiful magenta and ivory panorama out the window (coff),Buffy Quote
Racoon Posted March 7, 2006 Report Posted March 7, 2006 ___If you see a turtle in the garden or near the back porch, it's just me.___Racoon came to visit & told me what I thought was a Lemon Verbina is not a Lemon Verbina; I forget now what he said it really is. It was Variagated Thyme of a lemony variety.. Definitely not the Verb....:confused: Quote
Racoon Posted March 14, 2006 Report Posted March 14, 2006 I'm getting excited for this grow year! :( it's always a fresh experience... Planting Basil early in trays - easy grow- big $$$ Parsley is my new-next-big thing - a true super-food... searching for polychromatic complimentary flower for my Chinese Bell. :cup: Onions are goin' in early - Walla Walla Sweets :hihi: :cup: my blood pressure and cholesterol are going down... Every growing season provides opportunity! :cup: ain't it great? Quote
anglepose Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Hav you ever tryed planting somthing that isnt meant to groe in your climate.i planted a bannana tree and its still living and its growing like reli fast. Quote
anglepose Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 im planting some peppers, hot spicy ones so i can put them on my pizza Quote
Queso Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 if marijuana wasn't illegal I would be growing it all over my house, everywhere.and outside I would have hundreds, maybe thousands of marijuana plants. I love that weed to my dying days. Quote
anglepose Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 lol did you hear of that case where some oap was growing cocaine in there garden and putting it in cakes lol It might have been a program awell Quote
Racoon Posted March 20, 2006 Report Posted March 20, 2006 Spring Time!!I love it...:) :dog: the Holly Tree is doing great! Its on year 4.IN a Container! :D Do you realize how hard those trees are to transplant from wild to container??:cup: (I've failed many times)I will transplant it again to a more glorious pot Looks like my Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum pictum) might not have made it :( Got it last year at Washington State Ag. Extension... Damned squirrels keep digging in my bonzais :rolleyes: it disturbs the Moss... Lots of dirt under my fingernails,Racoon Quote
Racoon Posted March 31, 2006 Report Posted March 31, 2006 Weather is getting better! :rant: Ready to start planting some seeds in my Vegetable garden area.Gotta work some compost in the soil! Make em' grow big! Snow peas again... Onions early! :xx: Tomatoes later.... Gonna' head to the nurserys in a week or three and pick up some Herbs! Love the Spring time renewal... Trimming the dead off last years perennial herbs>French Lavender mmmmmmm.>Lemon Grass>Sages>the Mints The Raspberries need to be pruned already so they don't overcrowd and hog all the sunlight. Feels like a great growing season! :hihi: something so Zen about it.... Quote
Racoon Posted March 31, 2006 Report Posted March 31, 2006 I grow Organic!! I buy ladybugs and use Cayenne pepper spray to ward off little hungry and unwanted critters. Bugs always leave alone my hot peppers...:hihi: :rant: :xx: Quote
Racoon Posted April 3, 2006 Report Posted April 3, 2006 Does anyone have a remedy for blight??? :hyper: We get a Southwest Washington variety around here...I heard adding Lime to the soil helps. ;) Please help if you know anything... It has ruined several Tomato and Bell Pepper plants before, and wiped out the rest of what would have been a Great first year of Snow Peas for me! :hihi: I'm planting more Onions and Carrots this year too... thinking that growing beneath the soil as opposed to above might yield more.:hyper: My grow space is somewhat limited by Sun-light patterns with Neighboring structures and digging dogs... Although I have "fenced-off" areas they would like to piss, ****, and dig in...:evil: I'd just assume get rid of all dogs, but I'm kinda' obligated at this point for their well being. Quote
TheBigDog Posted April 3, 2006 Report Posted April 3, 2006 I'd just assume get rid of all dogs...Dogs don't go down easy, espesially to ring-eyed varmits. :hyper: + Racoon = :hihi: + :hyper: Remember, it ain't the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog! Bill (;)) Quote
Racoon Posted April 3, 2006 Report Posted April 3, 2006 Dogs don't go down easy, espesially to ring-eyed varmits. :hyper: + Racoon = :hihi: + :evil: Remember, it ain't the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog! Bill (;)) Right BigDog!But I don't think Dogs want a nasty case of Rabies either! :hyper: I love dogs. I just don't want them tearing up my whole place and then looking so sweet and innocent! Quote
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