Getting Ready To Plant!

 

I was asked where we got these.  Amazon!! 

I was looking to replace the one I got from 

Park seeds many moons ago.  I came across

these after finding the one I have has a steep

price.    I ordered just one and boy were they

nice and small and don't take up much room.

I filled the first ones fast and then ordered

two more.  

On these you just have to pop in the vent 

black circle in the top cover and put the 

middle into the black trays.  Fill with dirt

and put on the cover.  

Yesterday was planting Tomatoes, Peppers,

and Hibiscus.

With today is our Daturas after they

soak over night.  

All done and now they just need to 

grow.

3/13/2022

6  trays of the above photos have

started to sprout!!  We are on the 

way to 2022 Veggie Garden! 

3/19/2022

I have taken all the Tomatoes out to 

the one greenhouse and brought the

containers from the garage potting 

table inside up under the lights.

Here They Come

 

Peonies!!

It is just so much fun watching there come up!

Hoop House

 

It's here!!   Got to wait until the ground drys

a bit to set it up.  Got to give the Hostas some

shade!

On Hold!!  Missing parts and issues.

Have spent the last couple days dealing with

this company to get the parts.   We have

removed it to the deck and are moving

another direction to protect the gardens.

I just got confirmation that the new parts

are on their way!  They are also going back

to the engineering dept and hopefully iron

out the issues on these.  All connections should

have wholes so they pipe are connected 

securely and not what we got as the pipes

can slide out.

I didn't have time to build another PVC

greenhouse and thought this one would

work.  It can be taken down and moved.

Bless you Pearl for all your help!!

Well another attempt to put it up and

let's just say not!  The new pieces were

not any better than the first pieces.

The welds aren't holding and I think it

will be best to put it up over by the

kiwi and let them climb up it.  Or it 

will be used to hold the corn up next

year.

Lets Talk Clivia

 

I have been ask for information on Clivias

and just received this from another grower 

which I think it is good advice.

I recently was on a quest to find the best way

to clean the water spots off the leaves.  Last

year I put them in the brug house with the

eppies over the top of them, so when I would

water the eppies they would drip and water

the Clivias.  Some folks recommend the 

cleaning of leaves monthly.  What I found

that works best if equal amounts of Lemon

juice and water.  Some of the ones that 

haven't been cleaned a while the water

spots need another rubbing.

2/24/2022 View

 

Got up to 29 degrees this am and a covering of

the White Stuff!!   By 3PM most of the snow is

gone.

It maybe cold outside but we are warm and

toasty inside!  Here is the bloom found this

am!

Spring Cleanup

 

Back yard all raked of fir needles and I noticed

some eyes of the hostas are up.  Hellebores

are starting to bloom.  I know the fence needs

some attention again but until they remove the

trees we aren't going to fix it.  Veggie Garden

will be cleaned up after the trees are remove.

The plastic over the beds are covered with 

fir needles.

Have been working on the front yard to get

it ready to grow.  Cleaning up and stirring up

the mulch, I have some seeds to get out but

they say our weather should turn cold for a 

few days.

April 15th Opening Gardens

 Every year we open the gardens on April 15th 

but this year it's going to be delayed.  We 

received a certified letter from the neighbors 

to the west and in this letter we were 

informed that they are taking out the 

last 4 -- 80+ foot fir trees on April 9th 

and they stated that it could take

2 to 3 days.  

We are glad they are finally taking them 

out due to all the damage these trees have

done to our fence and yard over the past years.

Again recently we had branches come down

and again a letter was sent to them due to

branches dangling.

On Nov. 16th of 2017 if you remember that

post they removed 2 trees on the north due

to what our Arborist we hired and a local 

tree trimmer told them that they were split.

Here is the mess they left us during the 

growing season.  We had asked in our 

letter that they do not do of this during

the growing season as our yard will

take the blunt of their removal.  

We had wood chips all over the yard

roof and driveway out front.  No notice

and no way to protect our beautiful

gardens.  We watched their tree

trimmers cut these down and no way

would we allow them into the yard

due to the plants were already up.

Again they have offered to cleanup

our yard and we have written them 

back with a decline as again this

isn't the time of year for them as 

our gardens will be up.   Our 

original letter to them in 2017 

stated they need to do their

cutting when the yard is dormant.

Besides I have just spent the last couple

weeks cleaning up the winter mess to

allow for the plants to come up.  We 

are already seeing spring plants pop up.

The cleanup was done so that when I

have knee surgery it won't have to be

done and I can rest for the gardening

season.

It's cleaned of the fir needles and it better

stay this clean!

Last date for frost is the 15th of April!

We are in the process of trying to figure

out how we can safely cover the back yard

and not do damage to the plants that

are currently coming up.

We also are concerned about the branches

that have been dangling for the past year

that were not taken care of.  

Sadly, we are not going to be opening

the gardens until it's safe to allow

visitors.  Please make an appointment

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Thank you!!

We have the first two pieces of putting

up some shade to keep our hostas safe

when these are removed.  

Plans have changed the the greenhouse

isn't going to work like we had hoped.

Here is the plan now.  We are in the process

of putting up two gazebos back to back

and hope to have the tops up by this weekend.