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sidelock

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Got my garden tilled up today and also received my seed shipment today. I'm ready to plant cold weather stuff next week. Warm now but expect more snow before anything is up.
 
Sorry guys. I tip me hat to ya for living in MT. My daughter & her Husband-[Doctor] moved from Lame Deer MT this past fall after a 5 year stretch there. I did get to go there 2 times for visit and had a wonderful time there. Got to hunt and brought back a few good hides. Beautiful scenery there. :hatsoff:

I have 3 foot high plants in the grown.
 
Last night was 25 degrees but the next seven days have lows above freezing. Hopefully we here in central Virginia have seen our last freeze till fall. The hops are coming out of the ground & I just rigged 12 bailing twine verticals for them to climb. Six more rhizomes have arrived for the new hops bed & I hope to have them in the ground by Monday. Finally I have found a crop that the deer don't eat!
 
I will be starting my "square foot " garden plants at the end of the week. I put them into a translucent storage bin. I invert the bin, so they rest on the lid, then cover them with the bin, and put a couple of bricks on top, to hold everything down if it gets windy. This is set in the back yard and becomes a DIY mini-greenhouse because the bin is translucent....you can find them cheap at Wally World and I use the largest bin to give the plants "head room". After two weeks the started plants are normally trying to touch the "top" of the container, and it protects them from a freeze or frost. I should be planting by May 1st.

LD
 
we had a rare bit of mid April snow Saturday am. The "Onion Snow" as old timers called it. That last little hurrah of winter when you were to plant onions. In years past, I transplanted tomato seedlings out doors the last Sunday of March, but in recent years, the weather has been too cold. According to the weather ag people our mean last frost is April 10 for this area. Although, I have seen frost into early May every 15 years or so. Had frost on Memorial Day one year in the 1960's.

I am late this year. Haven't even tilled the garden yet. Last year I planted tomatoes in large flower pots 24 inches high and 30 inch diameter. Less weeding, easier to pick etc. Might do the same this year too.

My plum and peach trees have bloomed already. Getting ready to start spraying. A buddy gave me a gasoline powered orchard sprayer which should make the job easier.
 
Our ground is so wet I won't be able to work it till we have a decent dry spell. I almost lost some potted seedlings and plants Friday night/Saturday morning when we went below freezing, brought everything into the garage at 4am when one of the dogs got me up and I walked outside and realized how cold it was. I think I saved the trays and pots, so far so good.

The strawberry plants are coming out and some even have blossoms. The hops are up and I fed them yesterday. We plan on more herbs this year, and I hope we have a decent growing season - when it is this wet this early I wonder about a drought come August.
 
It's been too wet and cold to work the garden soil so far. Need at least several dry days. This week I'm setting up one of those light weight, collapsible green houses tied to the fence. If you don't secure it, even a mild breeze can tip it over. Our tomato seedlings are outgrowing the grow light frame so it's time to start the hardening off process. We've never had the tomato seedlings do this well. Wish I knew what we did right this time so I could do it on purpose. :grin:

Now for the big decision: do we start the squash seeds indoors or plant directly into the garden when it gets warm enough? We've had good results (and bad) both ways. Guess it's time to flip a coin.

Jeff
 
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