2024 gardens

[Gunner55]

Should be ready to plant in a couple days 

  I sure hope he gets that rototilled today!!                        

[Dotch]

Bleeding heart is blooming nicely. Wasn't sure it would survive the drought & winter. Took the bunny guards off around the burning bushes & hydrangea. All are taking advantage of the bountiful rain.

[glenn57]

Gman just left........got'er tilled up!!!!!! wasnt near as sloppy as i thought it could be!!!!!! dont think i'll put anything in the ground today..........but tomorrow all bets are off!!!!!!!

[HD]

I hope you gave him beer Glenn....

I got tired of the wife bitchin cause I used her colindar...I found this one at Menards for $24... well worth the price...

[glenn57]

Yeppers.. 2 cases of da good stuff   

[mike89]

hey HD I see there was a real bad motorcycle accident real close to where you live...   bad deal

[LPS]

Saw that. 

[HD]

hey HD I see there was a real bad motorcycle accident real close to where you live...   bad deal

Yup, from what I understand....The cycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck a vehicle. The bike was on fire, and the driver was air lifted out.

[LPS]

Good luck to them. 

[Gunner55]

Yeppers.. 2 cases of da good stuff   

I sure hope you can get it planted  .......................the sooner the better IMO!!!                 

[glenn57]

  it's a work in progress    gonna hit it hard this afternoon.

[Dotch]

I managed to do something resembling gardening. After putting the bunny guards away for safe keeping, I planted another astilbe & a lupine the Mrs. bought to fill in the gap in that bed. While I was at it, I discovered another lupine that probably came from seed off of one of the two that bloomed last year.

[glenn57]

Got dill, onions, lettuce,  spinach  and radishes in.

Tomorrow the green beans, kalarabi and carrots hit the dirt. Maybe cukes too.

[Dotch]

Sprayed the garden area with Round Up yesterday to burn down the shepherds purse & dandelions. Also sprayed the downy bromegrass in the new ground. That way when it's dead, I can mow & till the mulch in. Otherwise the crap wraps up in the tiller & I swear a lot. Shepherds purse makes wonderful habitat for armyworms & cutworms too but I digress.

Couldn't believe the number of honeybees yesterday pollinating the apple trees. Usually we see primarily the little native bees of several different species but there was no question about it. Not sure if someone has some hives in the area or as the Boy Entomologist mentioned, they could be hanging out in some old buildings somewhere. Lord knows there are plenty of those around. I see Marla Spivak, the bee lady, from the U is retiring. Heard her speak several times. Always learned something.   

[KEN W]

I have 200 onion plants in, Peas are coming up. Planted Red Romaine and Pak Choi transplants from my green house on my patio. Also have transplanted 2 Bell Peppers and 1 Jalapeno Pepper into pots on the patio.

 One of my greenhouses is full of transplants ready to go in the ground. The other has melon and corn starts i it.

[roony]

Had a few minutes to play in the small garden so took a few pics. The hyacinths were being swarmed by small bees that were tentatively identified as leaf cutter bees. They were also collecting pollen from dandelions, those the red admirals weren't using. Poppy chased a lot of those off temporarily.

If you guys down in the southern parts see any of those funny looking fungus things growing down there yet give a shutout. This warm spring could be a hard one to know when their going to start popping!   

I'm sure you already know it Leech but lots of folks are finding the morels around here.

[glenn57]

i know ole Gunner wont sleep tonight if i didnt post this!!!!!!!!!!!              

except for the maters i need  to get from my brother..........my garden is all planted!!!!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

  Probably gonna quit raining 'til July now!!!1        

[mike89]

Probably gonna quit raining 'til July now!!!1        

 

[Dotch]

At least Barry said it's done snowing...

[glenn57]

Probably gonna quit raining 'til July now!!!1        

such a pessimist. 

[KEN W]

Looks like it's over till next week. Can't rain on the opener can it????

[Jerkbiat]

According to the forecast it is not supposed rain on opener. Kinda shocking.

[HD]

Channel 5 said possibility of frost tonight...

[Gunner55]

  TWC's site says 42 for the low at the lake.

[glenn57]

43 here!!!!!!

[glenn57]

Scored.

[glenn57]

yesterday while putting in my stakes for the garden fence i noticed my radishes popped through the top!!!!!

think there already further along then the ones dotch planted in Jan!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

You would be wrong, brassica breath! 

Both January planted white globe & cherry belle are growing nicely. Not sure there's anything under them but they look OK. The February planting (not shown) is coming too. All cherry belle & the largest ones have some bulbs starting to show.

[glenn57]