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Garden Gate:  Garden Plans 2017 - Now We Put Our Gardens to Bed  |
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
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 Posted - Mar 01 2017 : 2:14:00 PM
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My orchids and roses are blooming, my artichokes are huge but no veggies yet, but I loss all my blueberry blooms a few weeks back during a heavy rain. I am getting so antsy about planting my veggies for 2017 and hope to get out into the garden this weekend to start prepping (weeding, turning the dirt and adding compost).
I'll bet the daffodils and paper whites are beautiful this time of year!
Jana
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http://www.emhardt.com
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
1505 Posts
Alicia
Charlestown, IN
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Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 04:18:23 AM
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Girls! I am so overwhelmed with everything... I had all my plans. Then it changed with moving into the house and putting a big garden up there. I know it will be better to keep away deer having it next to the house. Deer tracks aren't through there nearly as much. I just can't wrap my head around planning a whole new garden.... I worked so hard on the other plans...
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
1505 Posts
Alicia
Charlestown, IN
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 05:17:07 AM
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Jana, orchids sound so exotic to me. Do you grow them outside or in?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 05:23:03 AM
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Alicia, I know what it means to plan for a garden than life changes and we have to do something different. Take a deep breath, think on the positive things about the new garden, use what you can from your plans for the old site for the new garden. One thing about gardening it teaches us to adapt to what life throws at us.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 07:42:04 AM
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There is no rain in the forecast for the weekend, which means I will be out cleaning, weeding, trimming and adding compost and mulch to the garden.
Shannon - I love that someone else uses graph paper to layout their garden each year. Do you do it to keep track of plant rotation and/or plant compatibility? Good luck with your surgery and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Welcome to MJF Roxanne, I hope you are having fun exploring and joining in on the conversations.
Nora - I love your helpers in the garden. They must have been happy campers following behind the tilling. How is that indoor green house coming along?
Marie - How are you feeling, did you get out and start your clearing yet?
Jana
#7110
http://www.emhardt.com
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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firecatinc
True Blue Farmgirl
1252 Posts
Lenora
Fulks Run
VA
USA
1252 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 10:04:44 AM
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Jana, my zipper has broken on my indoor greenhouse, I don't know how much good it will do. But I'm going for peas, onions and lettuce in the garden next week. The helper would have been happier if the ground had been warmer. There wasn't much for them to find yet.
Nora
Farmgirl Sister #7131
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2017
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3919 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
3919 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2017 : 1:27:49 PM
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I am feeling better. I believe that DH did not pick up a package from the UPS access point with all kinds of stuff I ordered from a garden place. GRRR! He threw away the tracking slip and everything. GRRRRRRR!
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2017 : 11:50:49 AM
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Kelly's had some of their herbs out today. They grow them in green houses in a small town near Paris. I got two cilantro plants, basil, sage, sweet marjoram, and spearmint. Will pot them this weekend. When the weather is a little warmer they should have lemongrass and I want one if my doesn't show new growth.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2017 : 11:11:19 PM
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I got Cinderella pumpkin seeds to plant in May. They are large and brilliant orange.
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firecatinc
True Blue Farmgirl
1252 Posts
Lenora
Fulks Run
VA
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2017 : 08:11:59 AM
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I planted 2 1/2 rows of peas this morning. I had a lot of help with the chickens and kittens. The kittens thought chasing dirt clots was fun until they tried eating them. Just like kids, everything in the mouth.
I came in an printed off the planting guide for my area and found, much to my delight, that today was an excellent day for planting peas.
Nora
Farmgirl Sister #7131
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2017
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2017 : 08:21:25 AM
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Nora, good job and it's always better when you have company in the garden.
I haven't potted the herbs I bought last week. Thought I had potting soil left from last fall but I don't so I'll have to get some. Maybe later this week.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2017 : 11:23:46 AM
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Jana,,, I think we are getting through the last of our massive rains... sun even poked it's head out today... and the Robins are having a field day on our property pulling worms outta the yard...
And the quail are out and about too!
I need to start thinking of what I want to do around here....
Checked on the trees,,, We lost 1 but the others are showing buds.... Yahhhh!!!!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2017 : 10:30:07 AM
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Checked on my three Mexican marigold "Texas Tarragon" plants today and two are showing green. I planted them last spring and since they are biennials they will bloom this year. Last year I was able to only harvest the leaves for cooking.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
1505 Posts
Alicia
Charlestown, IN
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2017 : 03:15:52 AM
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Alicia, good for you making the seed mats. Keep us updated on how they do.
Potted the six herbs yesterday. More coming the end of this month and first of April.
Today I hope to plant a package of Dutch Irises.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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DandeeRose
True Blue Farmgirl
1505 Posts
Alicia
Charlestown, IN
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2017 : 04:22:25 AM
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I have purple irises from my grandmothers old place. I remember her irises from the 1940s and I got my start of six in 1973 when her house was sold. They bloom a couple of weeks later than other irises in this part of Texas. Last fall I transplanted six from the backyard to the front and they have already multiplied. Have six new ones.
Since the Dutch Irises are annuals I will put them in two big pots on either side of sidewalk to front porch. The beds along the sidewalk are a mixture of pots and in the ground. MJF garlic and grandmother's irises are in the ground. Moss rose, thyme, and marigolds in pots. Have two large pots next to porch that are empty. It's in the shade there so it will have to be a shade loving plant. As the trees grow around me finding a sunny spot to plant is getting harder.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2017 : 09:42:51 AM
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We had a beautiful day in Southern California, so much so that I headed out to the garden and worked in my hummingbird/butterfly section. I cleaned out the dead stuff, trimmed others and planted eight new plants. Today we have a marine layer with heavy dew! Next weekend, weather permitting, I hope to get out and work in the veggie/herb section.
Jana
#7110
http://www.emhardt.com
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 09:01:19 AM
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I forgot to mention that I have asparagus and rhubarb that are in their second year, along with strawberries and artichokes that are in my garden and this morning as I was leaving for work I notice that my artichokes have their first growths of the year.
 
Jana
#7110
http://www.emhardt.com
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2864 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 09:18:14 AM
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Wow! I would love to be able to grow artichokes!
And Sara, I love irises, but have never planted them. I need to get some bulbs and try.
Yesterday, I stared WAY too many seeds.
72 tomato plants-I have so many varieties, they all sound so great in the seed catalogs, and I end up planting at least 4 of each kind of seed, then give some plants away too.
36 pepper plants, some hot, some sweet
12 cell packs of bunching onions
12 cell packs of marigolds
Coffee cans full of viola, echinacea, and dahlias.
The cucumbers and squash I will wait a bit later for, and the kale,chard ,lettuce etc will go directly in the ground, along with the beans, red okra, zinnias and sunflowers.
We shall see!
"We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” – R.R. |
Edited by - nubidane on Mar 13 2017 09:19:42 AM |
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 09:36:51 AM
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It sounds like a lot of seeds, which I am assuming means you have some land around you. It appears that you are off to a great start Lisa and good luck with 2017 garden!
Here in Southern California I plant my seeds straight in the garden and hope to do just than next weekend.
Jana
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http://www.emhardt.com
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 09:45:11 AM
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Jana, your artichokes are beautiful.
Lisa, your south facing window must look like a greenhouse with all your seedlings. Hope each and everyone of them make and your raised gardens are as beautiful as they are bountiful.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3919 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 1:31:07 PM
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We got about 5 inches of snow yesterday so I didn't get out in the yard to do any preparation. I will be starting seeds probably today.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6812 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2017 : 2:13:06 PM
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Marie, I'm already dreading the hot days of summer so it's hard for me to remember you and others are still having winter. Hope you get out into your backyard soon.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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Garden Gate: Garden Plans 2017 - Now We Put Our Gardens to Bed |
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Garden Plans 2017 - Now We Put Our Gardens to Bed
