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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 5:03:41 PM
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Lordy I hear you Terri and I just heard on the news that they've issued another rainfall warning for the next 24hrs so brace yourself. I've a huge mess to clean up from earlier this week when we flooded (bridge washed out and 200' of fencing down) and now we're supposed to get it again. I think I'll curl up with my seed catalogues tonite and dream of sunwarmed tomatoes and basil!
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
330 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 5:22:16 PM
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Yes! I'm poring over the catalogs to order what I want, and now, before someone else snatches up the last packets of what I want to grow. Can't do anything with the 2 feet of snow/sludge (not quite as nice as slush) on the yard/garden, that's for sure.
Not quite too antsy to get to seed starting, but give me a few more weeks when the house doesn't feel as insane (with all the canning that took me forever to finish this fall and the babe, it's not a pretty mess).
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2009 : 5:33:48 PM
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Me too, I am ready.. but I know it is toooooo early to even go there.. except pouring over the wish list & seed catalogs.I have lots Other things to do too.. so I better stop wishing for Spring It will only disapoint me.
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Come visit the barn at http://barndoorcreations.blogspot.com/
Cheryl
Farmgirl #309
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou |
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LisaLu
True Blue Farmgirl
126 Posts
Lisa
Wildomar
Ca
USA
126 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 07:54:31 AM
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I guess this isn't the place to get any sympathy from you gals, my neck and back are killing me after spending the day out in the garden! I worked all day in the strawberry patch, and found a few to nibble on. Mmmm Mmmm Good! (Am I terrible, or what?) It had to be in the high 70's, but really windy! I don't know how you gals do it. I guess you get a lot more knitting done than we do here.
Has anyone seen the new Burpee seed catalog? I've made my list...don't you just love the pictures? I want to grow everything! However, my climate limits me as well....will someone grow some hydrangea's for me? Mine always burn up!
Anyways, off to find some Advil...ouch, uch, oh, ut o ....
LisaLu
Happiness is homemade... |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 08:27:57 AM
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How funny - I looked at the thread title and thought, "NOW!" And then I read your post. Great minds, as they say.
We haven't had much snow, just cold. Yesterday reached a surprising 52 degrees but today the temperature drops and snow is expected. Next week, highs of 10, lows below zero. What would I do without seed catalogs that allow me to dream? Probably get more done around the house!
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & Maven's Haven Editor
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 5:25:13 PM
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We are WAT too wet here to even think of gardening. I need to get my front pasture and garden plowed, but it will have to wait til spring now. I sink up to my ankles in most spots and some other places even deeper. So I try to stay away from the brown areas.
But so looking forward to spring and getting in the garden again. I have gotten lots of catalogs so far. Just need to get orders ready now.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 6:55:26 PM
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My quick answer is -"not soon enough!!" but will have to wait for a couple of months:)
I will start seeds this year but again, that will have to wait a little, any way you look at it January in Eastern Washington is too early........heavy sigh
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 12:26:42 PM
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| I am pouring through the seed catalogs. I did an inventory of left over seeds and have a lot. I heard or read somewhere that lettuce seeds arn't good the second year. Has anyone heard that? |
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
330 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 2:48:08 PM
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Originally posted by Bellepepper
I am pouring through the seed catalogs. I did an inventory of left over seeds and have a lot. I heard or read somewhere that lettuce seeds arn't good the second year. Has anyone heard that?
The germination may not be as good as the first year, but I've got 2yo lettuce seeds that did just fine last year. My own problem has been putting them in a shady enough spot so they don't immediately bolt, but I think that's more user error than seeds or anything. 
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4738 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4738 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 07:48:37 AM
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We have just finished digging out of the snow here. I just heard on the news we are expected to get up to another 5's by tomorrow and go from severe winter warning to blizzard conditions for tonight and tomorrow. I am busy reading my gardening journal from the past year and am plotting on my vegetable garden. I need to figure out what seeds to get, I'll start them the end of February. Even though it looks like a winter wonderland outside, I'm going to curl up this afternoon with my most colorful gardening books and magazines. A girls gotta be frivolous too!
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marcy jo
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Marcy
Wawaka
Indiana
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 10:17:01 AM
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I cant wait to start gardening!!! I am not ready...just itching to get out of house and into the warm dirt!!
Marcy #257
When I stand before God at the end of my life I hope that I would not have a bit of talent left and could say “I used everything You gave me”.(erma bombeck) |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 10:29:41 AM
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I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ready for my Dirt Manicure......need garden therapy & I need it now!
Sewing is fun but I need SUN!
I hate watching (& yet I do) all these Garden Shows on T.V. which were filmed last Spring/Summer, it just toments me....
Already in my pea brain I have "grown" a fantastic-but unrealistic Garden! lol!
Guess the Winter Blahs are getting to me!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 2:20:04 PM
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| Ohhh, yeasterday was so nice here, I was able to go out and pot some of my Hosta roots that I dug up and moved here from Oklahoma, and then I went to the garden and dug up and potted 14 "Wave petinias" they grow year round here, we just call them native petunias, but they cscade and ramble just like the "wave" ones....I lucked out moving to a place where the garden plot was already thick with them....Sure is going to make my front porch and back deck really pretty this summer....and for so much cheaper!!!....lol....I just can't wait for spring! next month is my seed starting month....And I'm so dizzy with excitement that I can't make up my mind what all I'm gonna do!!! I just love it!!! Kelley |
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DairySue
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Sue
Connecticut
67 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 07:28:57 AM
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I can relate. Looking at our snow and ice is making me want to garden all the more. Why do we often want what is out of reach? Well, Indoor gardening is not totally out of reach. I study my catalog wish books. I placed an order for geranium seeds. Some I've been successful at in the past, and I will try growing them again. Some veggies will be started too.
I've been watching my canna tubers. They are wintering well...so far. I wonder when I should plant them in pots to get and early start. Any one know.
Sue in CT
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