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Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
it is later. had a long post typed out . it didn't send and I lost it. see how this one goes. -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
i am having fits with the computer , even the typing is delayed action. it takes over ten seconds for each letter to appear i will try again, later. -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
I was locked out of the computer until just now. Kalib woke up to go to work and fixed it for me. I got the lettuce planted this morning. went to the wood chip pile with Ollie to see if I could scrape up some well rotted chips. I scooped a bucketful up and dumped it on top of the pile. took a... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
64 F and looking like it might rain. yesterday i got the carrots planted. i made a "salt shaker" out of a plastic container. put about 1 1/2 cups of corn meal in it and mixed in the whole pkt of carrot seed. it worked like a charm. bro Dave came to visit , so I didn't get the lettuce planted... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
i stole six buckets of black dirt from Barby. might have to get some more. will make a layer of rotted wood chips in the bottom of the tub, then i will need less dirt. 59F this morning. i hope it stays cloudy for a while i have the bathroom fan on, sucking cool air through the kitchen window. -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
it probably took Bruce that long to remember you. Annie bought 2 tubs/. I haven't been outside to see what she got. Barb, if you plant lettuce, put it in the shade. keep it as cool as you can. I have to go steal some dirt from DD Barby 's stock pile. one of these days it will run out. I put... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
I am sticking close to the AC today. had rain at 7 this morning. looks like some more this afternoon.' Lisa, I will plant the lettuce in a container and keep it in the shade. i don't think it needs direct sun. especially the hot hot sun. tomorrow i will go to menards and get a couple of... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
Happy 4th to all. what happened to Thursday ? I sure am messed up we have a cantalope in the fridge. almost as good as watermellon. finally got a ripe one . can eat it right down to the rind. it just started to rain hard. 7:o5 am, good, my new corn seeds need it. so much for having coffee on... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
good morning, i don't mind watering. it takes only ten minutes to do six raised beds and five tomatoes. i went back to the corn patch and planted four more rows. still have seed left, but my shoulder hurt so bad , i had to quit. ten rows is enough for us. Lisa, you can bank the corn with dirt... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
me again this morning i did try Ollie. he started right up. so i had to take a ride. i loaded the antique push cultivator into the bucket , grabbed the packet of new corn seed and went to the corn patch. it was 78F before noon. i used the push cultivator to prepare the rows and planted five rows... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
GGson went home. the house was so calm and quiet. we sat with the tv off. we both dosed off. I thought I heard a noise outside. took a look. Jason's van was there. I went to get my shoes on, went out and Jason was gone. I am guessing the noise I heard was Ollie starting up, I will check on it... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
Barb, happy birthday. i think what happened to the date was I looked at the bottom corner of my screen and copied the 7 o2 time as the date. yes, the little cuties are still here. this morning as we were having our coffee out on the deck, two of them came to visit. they went under the deck... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
good 63F July 2nd and sunny to you all. notice, I didn't say y'awl,. I don't like that. Yesterday, through our "zoo" window we saw a deer in the corn field and at the same time there were 4 of the tiniest skunks we ever saw, under the apple tree. I hope the skunks were just passing through. now... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
there are baby tomatoes on the plants. I hope you are right about a bumper crop, I trimmed some more of the bottom branches and tied up the tops I took pictures of all the beds. but they somehow do not show up on the computer, we had a thunder rain come through at 2AM today at 8AM it is... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
this is my whole garden. the white poles are the optimistic stakes, 5 feet tall. hoping the tomatoes get that tall. -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
another cool morning. 63F. I could get used to this. My brother Dave was a medic in Nam. he told me that the best thing to drink for dehydration is milk. i will stick to the water, i can't stand drinking milk. today I will pick some rhubarb. Annie said she would bake a pie. she just made a pot... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
we had a thunderstorm while we were eating supper. had the door open the whole time. Annie had grilled some meat and it set off the dinner bell. on wednesday, i planted 12 , 16ft rows of corn. got finished about 15 minutes before the rain started. on thursday it rained on and off all day the... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
I just lost a long post, too angry to rewrite it right now, will do it later. have a great day. -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
sorry to hear about Carolyn. she should be feeling better by today. the tiller ran great. me following it, not so great. but i managed to get the whole garden tilled enough to plant some corn. of course nothing is cooperating with the corn planting. the push planter did not perform so well. i... -
Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
cool 66F this morning. the tractor fixit guy came yesterday . go Ollie started, but has to order a diode. the battery won't stay charged because of it being bad. going to replace the distributor cap, also. it will be a few days until he comes back. I had to take the recoil starter from the...