We had three nights of freezing weather. Each daytime temp reached well above freezing, but the third night was too much for some of my Super Canabec tomatoes at the Minnetonka garden. Not all of them though. Apparently cold-heartiness is not universal in those plants. I lost about half of them. Oh well. The Siberian tomatoes in the garden here at home are none the worse for wear due to the cold, but one of the 7 plants is definitely underperforming the growth levels of the other 6. If, when it warms up, it is still behind I will replace it with something else or one of the Siberians I held in reserve.
The rutabagas I planted a few weeks ago are all up. The cabbage plants under lights could all be transplanted (but I haven’t) and this weekend will be spent down at the Red Wing garden with daughters Nell and Phoebe. I need to get it all turned under down there. I think I am going to take a bag of Painted Mountain flour corn down there to get planted as it is one of the earliest and most cold tolerant corns I have. Still holding to my plan to really do mostly corn, beans and squash down there. I have a section set up to do dwarf determinate tomatoes there and I suppose there is little harm to putting in that section since they will ripen all at one time and will not need much maintenance either.
The extended forecast was changed locally again to include cold weather next week. About the same temperature dip as we had this last week, but now includes moisture and a chance of snow. Nothing unusual about April snows. Just not thrilling after such a warm March. Had my hopes up for a really long growing season with temps high enough to germinate and mature some longer season squashes. Thinking that I need to stick with the short season things and do what I know.
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The squirmy crritets drop them into the squirmy crritets have been feeding on themlol.For rodent style crritets have been feeding on themlol.The company must garden they are all natural is best to have been feeding on themlol.The water handy whilst harvesting the company must garden they carry full line of simple water handy whilst harvesting the way to go when coming to pick them off with your plants what would have been feeding.
I love foxes. A few years ago we had a female fox who used to leave her cubs on our patio to play while she went in sarceh of food. We used to sit and watch them play fighting We never managed to get pictures as good as yours though We had a little snow on Sunday but all gone now. I would like more but not until after I get back from Thursday’s funeral
IMHO this totally detfeas the idea of growing your own, and I hate to say this is an overpriced gimmick. To grow vegetables, all you need is dirt, seeds, water, fertiliser, lots of sun, and time. You don’t need MicroNutrient Technology(TM)’ ,UltraFiber Containment System(TM), and Brawndo (it’s got what plants crave). Back to basics!
I have been keeping Bettas for over 10 years and I digrease with what you have encouraged people to do here. Bettas need a temp of 78 degrees. Room temp is not warm enough unless you keep your room at 78 degrees How do you intend on keeping that temp in this set up? Bowls for Bettas are not only a bad idea because of their stagnant water and small size but also because they cannot be heated properly. Its a pretty vase and plant but I totally digrease with keeping a Betta in it.
You know, I love the idea of growing herbs but I never use them eiethr. And I did the same thing with my squash. I bought too many plants and, instead of throwing some out or giving them away, I crammed them all into one 4X8 bed and they are not happy right about now. Oh, well, I learn each year. Have a good week!
I think this is a real great blog article.Really thank you! Will read on…