6 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 5/10
A few minutes ago I put some leftover chicken out on the deck (to the west of the house) for Gabby to find on one of her regular visits.
I then went back inside and looked out the front window to check on Rick who is cutting up the trunk of the “grand ol lady” maple tree. Keeping him company was Gabby, our neighbour’s dog.
As I watched, Gabby’s nose suddenly went up in the air and she moved her head from side to side and started walking to the house...
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6 days ago
by DavesYard |
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Here’s my seed list that i’ve planted indoors.
Still have ~24 more cups to fill. Ideas?
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6 days ago
by walthree |
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I haven’t been in my back yard for awhile because of the snow and all the mud the dogs trail into the house. This morning let them out in the backyard and decided to take a peek. I got so excited. I saw little green things coming out of the soil in the containers. My broccoli, lettuce and spinach are starting to grow. I couldn’t take pics b/c its about 6:30am and I’m getting ready to go to work and I won’t be able to take pics when I get home because its dark. But...
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7 days ago
by DavesYard |
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Against the advice of many on this site (Jroot, Bon, Iris) I fear I have planted too early, at least for my beans. When I am determined to do something I am hard to stop, and it’s a big personal flaw.
These things are growing like crazy. The rest of my plants are manageable but these babies might have to go to bean heaven as I will probably not be able to house them for much longer.
I will try to hang onto them, maybe stake them in place, I dunno.
Most of my plants say sow indo...
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7 days ago
by DavesYard |
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Here is the process I used to plant my seeds. It’s probably not perfect but seems to work for me.
- Fill cups 3/4 full with potting soil.- Placed cups in laundry basin and flooded each with water and allowed time to drain.- Squeezed cups gently to remove excess water.- Arranged cups in trays and labelled each cup with seed type.- Dropped seeds into cups. One per cup for large seeds, scattered for smaller.- Covered seeds with dry potting soil according to depth on package. Spread soil...
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7 days ago
by DavesYard |
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For most of you this will be a recap of what i’m doing in my basement regarding starting seeds indoors.
But since I am starting an ongoing blog, I figured I would start at the beginning.
For those of you who are new to this site, my name is Dave, from Whitby Ontario. This is my first attempt at growing plants indoors from seed. I am sure I will make some mistakes along the way.
Here is the setup that I have built.
- Two shelves 4ft long by 2ft deep by 2ft high each. Built wi...
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7 days ago
by rramos50361 |
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Well, another day has went today. Today we planted summer squash and a bunch of flowers. Yesterday I planted some Cream Peas (white cowpea) for my grandmother. Heck, I’ll try them. Today we also stopped and spoke with a chicken breader. I think we’re going to go with about 40 chickens and a couple of ducks. I like duck eggs for cooking. So tomorrow, I have to build chicken pens, which I have been putting off. I have 24 more tomatoes for planting tomorrow. So all in all, not an exc...
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7 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 3/10
This morning I watched a starling go into one of the birdhouses in our backyard. A second starling sat nearby.
Soon the starling came back out of the birdhouse with something in its beak. It dropped the “whatever” to the ground, cleaned its beak and went back into the birdhouse.
The spring cleaning processes was repeated several times while I watched. I guess the couple have chosen their new home.
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8 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Mar. 2/10
With the smell of spring in the air the “itch” is starting to rev up and it will soon be hard to keep under control.
The “itch” is so bad that I’ve been sitting here for the past half hour “needing” to write a blog about some gardening venture but there is no gardening to talk about. Nothing… no new planning to explore, no seedlings to brag about… nothing
oh woe is me
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9 days ago
by Scott Hildenbrand |
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Over the weekend my 4 year old and I went outside to play for a while, then turned our attention to the garden. I ended up breaking down the compost pile and moving the bulk of it into the garden area to be tilled under. Also moved a grass pile I had to the side as well as several bales of straw. I’ve got more straw on the front porch that needs to be moved as well, PLUS I need to empty the chicken coop and clean all the litter out of it and toss it into the garden plot.
Tons of work...
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