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I know it's not spring everywhere...

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    Jodi
    wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 22:34 last edited by
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    Snort. I still have snow in most of my beds.

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      Bernard
      wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 22:52 last edited by
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      It was 59 here today, but stil a foot and half of snow on the ground. The first of April is the soonest I can plant anything indoors as the ground isn't ready until beginning of June.

      But it was nice to have a mild day. I went for a short walk but since I'm dealing with a bout of achilles tendonitis it wasn't all that enjoyable comfort wise. Still, the fresh air felt great.

      I need to put snow drops in, and Hellebores, and a lot more crocuses.. gotta remember this fall.

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        Steve Miller
        wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 23:58 last edited by
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        The Magnolia has buds!

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          RealPlayer
          wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 01:24 last edited by
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          Lovely bike ride in the park today. I think it was in the 60s. But it got windy too.

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            AndyD
            wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 06:42 last edited by
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            It was 20 degrees and summery in London on Saturday. Back to Durham, 2 degrees and snowed yesterday morning.
            Spring here is about two weeks behind London

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              Danielfromwtf2
              wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 05:09 last edited by
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              It's been as high as 81 once. Tomorrow will 83 and the day after 85.

              I'm kind of dreading it.

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                Danielfromwtf2
                wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 20:25 last edited by
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                Or anywhere, really. Lol.

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                  wtg
                  wrote on 21 Mar 2025, 20:58 last edited by wtg
                  #9

                  It was 79 degrees last Friday; we got a couple of inches of snow on Wednesday, the first day of spring. Go figure.

                  We finally had our silver maple tree pruned, a project I had been dreading for a long time. The tree was overhanging the roof on the north (back) side of our house. We kept trying to prune the branches away from the house and roof but finally caved and had a couple of very large lower limbs removed this morning. Mas luz! I think my veggie garden and the roses I planted last year will be much happier.

                  These guys were amazing. We have a three season room with a Lexan roof that can't be walked on. And utility lines. And lots of landscaping. All of which had to be taken into consideration when figuring out how to get the limbs down safely. And just to make things interesting, the wind picked up towards the end of their work. I don't think I could ever work as a tree pruner. Watching the guy move around from one part of the tree to another made my hair stand on end.

                  No damage to anything in the yard, power stayed on and lines stayed up, and the crew cleaned up beautifully. After they were done, the main guy who was up in the tree said he likes jobs like ours where he has to get creative about how to tackle the project. TBH, when he first walked in the back yard he had an "oh, sh!t" look on his face. But they got it done.

                  And the dreaded project is checked off the list!!!

                  When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                    wtg
                    wrote on 21 Mar 2025, 22:18 last edited by wtg
                    #10

                    I took advantage of last week's warm weather to remove four fairly large boxwoods. They have been declining for years and were also growing into an adjoining pine that's gotten really big. Out they came.

                    Funny story...landscaping guy in his pickup truck stopped across the street and came over to give us a business card and to see if he could drum up some business. Guess we looked like a couple of geezers who might need help. I was in the process of digging out the stump for the first of the four bushes, and he offered to dig it out for me. "I won't charge you." 😀 I declined politely and thanked him, pointing to the other three bushes and explaining that I was taking all of them out. He told me that I needed to water the other ones (they were quite brown from a boxwood disease that they had). I thanked him again. He went on his merry way, and I finished up my work.

                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      Steve Miller
                      wrote on 25 Mar 2025, 15:44 last edited by Steve Miller
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                      Ha! My chives and Thyme survived! Rosemary, not so much. 🙁

                      All of the mosses look good. Let’s see which ones spread the most.

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                        Mary Anna
                        wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 11:44 last edited by
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                        The crocus and daffodils are coming out here, and it was so warm that I really enjoyed running several errands on foot yesterday.

                        We are in the last few months of our first year in this house, so we're getting the last garden surprises. I didn't know we had crocus until a patch of purple showed up in our back yard. (Unfortunately, we also have deer or rabbits or something, because something ate them.)

                        I'm not familiar with pieris, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it blooming in our front yard. And the rhododendron has great big buds, so I'm excited to see it come into bloom.

                        I'm going to be too busy with the new book to do any vegetable gardening this year, but I've got four tabletop aeroponics systems in my office that are doing great. I've been getting red cherry tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, and lettuce for a while, and I picked my first cucumbers this week. The yellow cherry tomato is covered with blossoms, and the Fairy Tale eggplants have buds. The LED grow lamps on those things keep an upstairs window lit up for part of the night, so I think our neighbors think I'm growing pot up there. 🙂

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                        • M Mary Anna
                          26 Mar 2025, 11:44

                          The crocus and daffodils are coming out here, and it was so warm that I really enjoyed running several errands on foot yesterday.

                          We are in the last few months of our first year in this house, so we're getting the last garden surprises. I didn't know we had crocus until a patch of purple showed up in our back yard. (Unfortunately, we also have deer or rabbits or something, because something ate them.)

                          I'm not familiar with pieris, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it blooming in our front yard. And the rhododendron has great big buds, so I'm excited to see it come into bloom.

                          I'm going to be too busy with the new book to do any vegetable gardening this year, but I've got four tabletop aeroponics systems in my office that are doing great. I've been getting red cherry tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, and lettuce for a while, and I picked my first cucumbers this week. The yellow cherry tomato is covered with blossoms, and the Fairy Tale eggplants have buds. The LED grow lamps on those things keep an upstairs window lit up for part of the night, so I think our neighbors think I'm growing pot up there. 🙂

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                          wtg
                          wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 13:43 last edited by
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                          @Mary-Anna said in I know it's not spring everywhere...:

                          I've got four tabletop aeroponics systems

                          Ooh, tell us more!

                          I didn't know we had crocus until a patch of purple showed up in our back yard. (Unfortunately, we also have deer or rabbits or something, because something ate them.)

                          Rabbits love crocus leaves and flowers.

                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                            Steve Miller
                            wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 02:56 last edited by Steve Miller 4 Apr 2025, 03:01
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                            The weeping cherry lives!

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                            Sunny and 70 here today - time to assess the carnage.

                            Looks like ‘most everything survived the winter but the yellow roses look pretty ratty. The big pot with the pink rose in it shattered all to hell and being as the rose never really looked right in the space I chucked the whole mess in to the trash.

                            Most interesting are the mosses, which I planted in the fall. Each plug has been frost heaved right out of the ground. Some survived, some didn’t. Prolly ought to plant them earlier this year.

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                              Bernard
                              wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 03:18 last edited by Bernard 4 Apr 2025, 03:18
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                              March did not go out like a lamb here. We've had 3 bouts of mixed precipitation, each with 1 to 3 inches of accumulated snow/ice. Each was followed by one or two days of 30s -40s F. Yesterday, I swear, slush was falling from the sky! Temps have been on the rise for the past 8 hours and we're now at around 50F and aren't supposed to go below 45F tonight. So I didn't light the stove. It's cool in here, but not too bad. A little space heater gets the chill out from around the desk.

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                                pique
                                wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 18:29 last edited by
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                                MA, I'd love to learn more about your hydroponics system--including some photos.

                                fear is the thief of dreams

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                                  wtg
                                  wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 19:27 last edited by
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                                  We continue to have whipsaw weather. Really warm temps and then they plummet. We may get some snow on Monday. I've been catching up on garden organization projects that aren't weather-dependent. Always seems like I chuck a bunch of pots back in the corner of the yard at the end of the previous season, leaving an unsightly mess. I went through those, got rid of some, and stacked the rest neatly. I also emptied out the elevated beds and am mixing some fresh soil and compost in so that I'm ready when it's time to plant. I have one early daffodil that bloomed last week.

                                  My neighbor is taking out three very tall arborvitaes that shade an area adjacent to my veggie garden. More sun!

                                  So what are y'all going to be growing this year in the way of veggies?

                                  When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                    4 Apr 2025, 19:27

                                    We continue to have whipsaw weather. Really warm temps and then they plummet. We may get some snow on Monday. I've been catching up on garden organization projects that aren't weather-dependent. Always seems like I chuck a bunch of pots back in the corner of the yard at the end of the previous season, leaving an unsightly mess. I went through those, got rid of some, and stacked the rest neatly. I also emptied out the elevated beds and am mixing some fresh soil and compost in so that I'm ready when it's time to plant. I have one early daffodil that bloomed last week.

                                    My neighbor is taking out three very tall arborvitaes that shade an area adjacent to my veggie garden. More sun!

                                    So what are y'all going to be growing this year in the way of veggies?

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                                    Bernard
                                    wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 22:40 last edited by
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                                    @wtg Tomatoes, one Zucchini plant, Cucumbers. These will all be started soon in trays.

                                    I'm going to try planting lettuce, radish, and peas very early this year. In fact if the ground is workable now I might even give it go this early. Reason is that if I wait to plant until our last frost is past, they will bolt.

                                    I will also grow Swiss Chard and maybe Carrots. Maybe a few potatoes plants too.

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                                      Steve Miller
                                      wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 23:04 last edited by Steve Miller 4 Apr 2025, 23:13
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                                      Rosemary, French thyme, lemon thyme, chives (back from last year), Tarragon (back from last year), sage, basil, cilantro, bay leaves (survived winter in the house). Maybe hot peppers of some kind.

                                      Meanwhile, I’m pulling weeds. They are always the first things to appear. 😡

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                                        wtg
                                        wrote on 4 Apr 2025, 23:20 last edited by wtg 4 May 2025, 01:01
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                                        Potatoes - Kennebec, Pink Gypsy, Russet and Red Pontiac.
                                        Tomatoes - Little Sicily and Sweet 100s.
                                        Cukes - several different pickling varieties
                                        Green beans - Kentucky Wonder
                                        Mesclun mix (a modest planting, as Mr wtg isn't a fan)_
                                        Bok choy
                                        Peppers - Mostly poblano, maybe a jalapeno or two.
                                        Sorrel - I have seeds that are old but I'll plant them anyway. Sorrel soup is excellent.
                                        Onions and shallots
                                        Spinach

                                        @Bernard I like the idea of Swiss Chard. Have never grown it. Is it hard to grow?

                                        I did peas last year and I love them but yields weren't great.

                                        @Steve-Miller I have chive plants my Dad dug up from his garden that he gave to me back in the 1980s!

                                        I'm currently looking for DYI critter protection ideas on You Tube. The squirrels always want to get into the beds and I want to be ready for them this year. I also need to build some kind of frame so I can put a row cover over the black currants and hopefully avoid the aphids I've been getting on them every year since I planted them.

                                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                          4 Apr 2025, 23:20

                                          Potatoes - Kennebec, Pink Gypsy, Russet and Red Pontiac.
                                          Tomatoes - Little Sicily and Sweet 100s.
                                          Cukes - several different pickling varieties
                                          Green beans - Kentucky Wonder
                                          Mesclun mix (a modest planting, as Mr wtg isn't a fan)_
                                          Bok choy
                                          Peppers - Mostly poblano, maybe a jalapeno or two.
                                          Sorrel - I have seeds that are old but I'll plant them anyway. Sorrel soup is excellent.
                                          Onions and shallots
                                          Spinach

                                          @Bernard I like the idea of Swiss Chard. Have never grown it. Is it hard to grow?

                                          I did peas last year and I love them but yields weren't great.

                                          @Steve-Miller I have chive plants my Dad dug up from his garden that he gave to me back in the 1980s!

                                          I'm currently looking for DYI critter protection ideas on You Tube. The squirrels always want to get into the beds and I want to be ready for them this year. I also need to build some kind of frame so I can put a row cover over the black currants and hopefully avoid the aphids I've been getting on them every year since I planted them.

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                                          Bernard
                                          wrote on 5 Apr 2025, 00:32 last edited by
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                                          @wtg said in I know it's not spring everywhere...:

                                          @Bernard I like the idea of Swiss Chard. Have never grown it. Is it hard to grow?

                                          Swiss Chard is easy to grow here, except for that year when it was attacked by leaf miners. So I didn't grow any the year after that and when I started again, did so in a different area. It did very well last year. I love using Swiss Chard in quiche w/ leeks.

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