Misc Gardening Thread

[Wildboutsnow]

The grocery store in Royston burned down last night. Dill's. Now there is one less place to buy food. Sort of devastating to the community. Been there forever and a staple. Only place to get better meat. Food lion is the other choice and meats are terrible. There is another Dills in Lavonia. They keep other grocery stores from coming and it's a fuss all the time. It's like the grocery store cabal or something. Dill's and Food Lion seem to have a problem with rotating and keeping fresh stuff. It's getting more difficult to navigate food shopping. Prices are outrageous because of no competition. Produce is so old and probably worthless by the time it gets to the table. Can't keep staff. Another reason to be more self sufficient. If it had been the Dill's in Lavonia, there would zero grocery stores to serve the regular and influxed coming in droves. It's crazy. Sad and lil scary really. Nobody got hurt though so that's good.

 

[vtrap90]

Started seedlings on the 20th for my first square foot garden. I purchased heat mats for them and the watermelon raddish, broccoli, leaf lettuce, and cabbage have already sprouted after 2 nights. I already have grow lights for when the true leaves start but i need to build my two 4x4 boxes soon. My first time doing this.

 

[POWERSTROKE]

Will deer eat winter rye grass?

Havent touched mine. Been sowing it past 7years or so every fall.

generally don’t eat grass

 

[Wildboutsnow]

I got some seed trays with lids and lights. It only took two days for the beans to sprout. Now they are touching the top and lights and I don't know what I should do with them. I know normally they wouldn't go outside yet but I wonder if they could since it doesn't look like cold weather coming. Never know though.

 

[EmersonGA]

I got some seed trays with lids and lights. It only took two days for the beans to sprout. Now they are touching the top and lights and I don't know what I should do with them. I know normally they wouldn't go outside yet but I wonder if they could since it doesn't look like cold weather coming. Never know though.

The ground temps will likely kill them. Pot them up into some solo cups.

 

[Wildboutsnow]

The ground temps will likely kill them. Pot them up into some solo cups.

Thanks! Good idea!

 

[cyclogent]

Spent a little time this weekend building a couple of raised vegetable garden beds out of cedar. Still debating where in the backyard to put them lol.

Gonna do cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, zucchini, green beans, and lettuce.

 

[Rain Cold]

Spent a little time this weekend building a couple of raised vegetable garden beds out of cedar. Still debating where in the backyard to put them lol.

Gonna do cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, zucchini, green beans, and lettuce.

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Those would make good snow boards, for measuring snow. They're deep enough to hold several years' worth of snow!

 

[SASQUATCH]

I used old Keurig cups to start my seeds this year. I mixed the old grounds with starter soil. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Tarheel1]

I used old Keurig cups to start my seeds this year. I mixed the old grounds with starter soil. We'll see how it goes.

Just saw that on FB the other day! Great idea
Also those solo shot glasses are great, but have to put drain holes in

 

[SASQUATCH]

Just saw that on FB the other day! Great idea
Also those solo shot glasses are great, but have to put drain holes in

Yep...The positive with the k cups are: I already buy them so they can be repurposed, and coffee grounds add nutrients of some sort. Plus, there's already a drain hole...(That's what she said)

 

[BHAMWX]

Spring is here !

 

[tractor girl]

it's getting really dry out here but I did plant some okra and corn last weekend
clover for nitrogen


Turned under clover before it went to seed:


planted okra and corn now just waiting on the rain

 

[tractor girl]

Corn's coming up

 

[NCSNOW]

Yea these lawns are going brown at warp speed. My Grocery store out back is doing excellent, Thanks to the nearby waterhose

 

[Tarheel1]

My garden is flourishing!

 

[$alt]

My garden is flourishing! View attachment 147569

Were you keeping some of this indoors/greenhouse up that way?
Down here, we haven't had much in the way of cool snaps so I was able to transplant seedlings to the ground all the way back in mid march.

 

[Tarheel1]

Were you keeping some of this indoors/greenhouse up that way?
Down here, we haven't had much in the way of cool snaps so I was able to transplant seedlings to the ground all the way back in mid march.

Yeah, that’s just my houseplants! Rule of thumb here is do not plant veggies/annuals outside till after Mother’s Day. The garden centers are opening up more by the day. I’m on the look out for my usual ‘Sunsugar’ orange cherry tomatoes and the Carolina Reaper plants, that’ll grow in pots in my porch.

 

[Heelyes]

The tomatoes are happy

 

[$alt]

Yeah, that’s just my houseplants! Rule of thumb here is do not plant veggies/annuals outside till after Mother’s Day. The garden centers are opening up more by the day. I’m on the look out for my usual ‘Sunsugar’ orange cherry tomatoes and the Carolina Reaper plants, that’ll grow in pots in my porch.

I bought some reaper seeds directly from Ed.. and the plant produced a couple peppers in year one that I saved and let dry out.. tried planting the seeds this season (from those saved peppers) and they're actually coming up!