Re: The thread for people who have Green Thumbs (Gardening)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 9:46 am
It's kind of funny how much gardening stuff is going on in my little world when gardening season hasn't started yet for most people around here.
Good stuff: The peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, celery, and watermelons look awesome!! I need to go take some more pictures to update on here.
All but one of my tomatoes is up now, and I'm hoping within the next couple days the last one I'm waiting on will be up as well.
Also my tomatillos that I had to replant are all up now as well. Yay!
My sister helped me replant the last of the peppers that weren't up yesterday so I'm hoping in the next two weeks those will all be up as well.
Annoying stuff: My pepper plants from last year are still packed full of ants. The Borax sugar solution didn't seem to work too well as it gelled when I put it out in my greenhouse and the ants either didn't seem interested, or got glued to it. So now I've put out a mixture of peanut butter and borax, that seems to be working a lot better. I've found several ants on it and around it.
The other annoying thing is that I'm just having rotten luck with my broccoli and cauliflower. They're all still alive, but I wouldn't say doing well. They just look sick. My sister thought that they're not getting enough sun, but I think they're getting too hot when I do put them out in the sun. At any rate, I'm going to be replanting some in a couple weeks straight outdoors. I figured it's no big deal if we end up with too much broccoli. If it all dies, oh well.
Here in two weeks, I'm going to start planting. I've got my potatoes ready to go (we got Yukon Gold, Russets, and a new one, Red La Soda) and I also plant to plant garlic, onions, leafy greens, and brussel sprouts (and probably broccoli and cauliflower again as well ). That's all going to be out on the in-law's farm. In my backyard, I think I'll just be planting the leafy greens and onions.
Oh, and one last thing, my herb garden is coming back to life. The chives and garlic are up, underneath the straw the oregano and thyme look awesome. Peppermint's coming up, sage is turning green again, and I've got a billion little cilantro coming up as well. Haven't seen any dill yet, but that's sure to be close behind. Also my rhubarb and strawberries are poking up as well.
Spring is here!! I'm so excited!!
Good stuff: The peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, celery, and watermelons look awesome!! I need to go take some more pictures to update on here.
All but one of my tomatoes is up now, and I'm hoping within the next couple days the last one I'm waiting on will be up as well.
Also my tomatillos that I had to replant are all up now as well. Yay!
My sister helped me replant the last of the peppers that weren't up yesterday so I'm hoping in the next two weeks those will all be up as well.
Annoying stuff: My pepper plants from last year are still packed full of ants. The Borax sugar solution didn't seem to work too well as it gelled when I put it out in my greenhouse and the ants either didn't seem interested, or got glued to it. So now I've put out a mixture of peanut butter and borax, that seems to be working a lot better. I've found several ants on it and around it.
The other annoying thing is that I'm just having rotten luck with my broccoli and cauliflower. They're all still alive, but I wouldn't say doing well. They just look sick. My sister thought that they're not getting enough sun, but I think they're getting too hot when I do put them out in the sun. At any rate, I'm going to be replanting some in a couple weeks straight outdoors. I figured it's no big deal if we end up with too much broccoli. If it all dies, oh well.
Hooray!! I'm still waiting on Burpee to send me my onion sets. I'm expecting them any day as they could probably go in the ground now.Kat wrote:My seeds arrived in the mail today!
Here in two weeks, I'm going to start planting. I've got my potatoes ready to go (we got Yukon Gold, Russets, and a new one, Red La Soda) and I also plant to plant garlic, onions, leafy greens, and brussel sprouts (and probably broccoli and cauliflower again as well ). That's all going to be out on the in-law's farm. In my backyard, I think I'll just be planting the leafy greens and onions.
Oh, and one last thing, my herb garden is coming back to life. The chives and garlic are up, underneath the straw the oregano and thyme look awesome. Peppermint's coming up, sage is turning green again, and I've got a billion little cilantro coming up as well. Haven't seen any dill yet, but that's sure to be close behind. Also my rhubarb and strawberries are poking up as well.
Spring is here!! I'm so excited!!