Loss Of Two Veteran Friends

Some of you know as I posted on FB 

that I got word that one of my gardening

friend, Richard has passed away.  His

friend sent me an email about

his passing last month.   I hadn't heard 

from him in a couple weeks after we 

chatted about making a visit to see

another friend next month.  He checks

in a couple times a week.   So I sent him

an email checking in on him and got no

answer, now I know why.  May he rest

in peace and enjoy gardening on the 

other side.  

I personally want to thank Flannel 

Farms for their tribute to Richard and

for them to know he truly enjoyed all

the videos that they have produced.  

There was one more request that 

Richard had was to have me send to

them a couple banana starts so that

they could have them there.  This am

I worked out the matter with Mr. & Mrs.

Flannel Farm and as soon as they come

up I will be sending them out.  Richard,

I'm still full filling your requests.  Rest 

now in peace.  Let me also shout out to

David the Good for another place that

Richard enjoyed.  Happy Growing and 

sharing with others.

We also talked about visiting another

dear friend in April and Richard wanted

to bring his friends here for a visit.  Our

gardens are open for those that might want

to visit.

This comes after loosing another friend

last Oct., Lauren was another guy that

loved coming to the gardens and see 

what was growing.  Lauren would check

in daily and it was a shock to get a call

from his friend telling me he was in the

hospital.  During covid they wouldn't 

allow folks in the hospital so I wasn't 

able to go visit.  May he too rest in peace.

 

Why am I posting about my friends, 

simple.  Do you have a will and some

one with a power of attorney?  Do you

know if you don't the State will step in?

Your poor friends have to find your family

members, so please have contact information

available.   Keep all doc in a safe place and

the person that has the power of attorney 

know your final wishes in writing!

Life is just to short!! 

30,000

 Thank you for stopping in as 

we just reached 30,000 today.

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!