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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... -
Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"
TOR. the seed was too old. i thought i would give it a try anyhow. 1ooo Serendipity seeds. from Jung. they don't sell it by the pound anymore. this rain and then heat should germinate the new seeds very quickly. i will side dress it shortly after it emerges. eating peas and strawberries...- jvls1942
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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... -
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well, i had the corn planted, none of it came up,. yesterday i bought new seed and planted 10 rows. kind of iffie , but i have to try. going to drag all around the corn patch and plant buckwheat. if it doesn't grow either, i will get some winter wheat. that always grows. I got Ollie fixed. he...- jvls1942
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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
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Helpful hints for building coops
Molpet, thanks for the info. here's a tip for you. the best thing to drink for dehydration is milk. i was going to send a couple pictures of my raised beds, but the computer is no cooperating. today is starting out cool. 63F. I could get used to this.- jvls1942
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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... -
Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"
good cool wet morning. 56F/ yesterday I got up early and planted 12, 16ft rows of corn I figure about 3oo seeds. that should be enough for us if they even grow, that is. Serendipity . I will plant the rest of the garden in buckwheat. I got finished planting about 15 minutes before the rain...- jvls1942
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Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2
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Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"
got the corn patch all rototilled. the tiller worked great, me running behind, not so great. but the saga of not getting the corn planted continues,. the planter's disc refused to rotate consistently. so i cleaned it and greased it, then it was too hot to stay outside any longer. I will give...- jvls1942
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we lucked out the last two mornings, 66F, but that lasts only until about 10AM. yesterday I tried to plant corn. it is about the limit for doing that. naturally, the saga of not getting the corn planted continues. the push behind planter didn't want to work. so I cleaned it all up and greased...- jvls1942
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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...