How Does Your Garden Grow??????

xtsho

xtsho

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I picked up seeds for crops that can be planted early. Beets, turnips, greens, peas, etc... Also grabbed some corn and a pack of Armenian Cucumbers. I've heard good things about them. I also have a tin full of seeds of beans, squash, cucumbers, etc...

I just started some seeds on March 1st. Have a tray in my veg tent sitting on top of the T5 until they sprout and then they go under the light. Tomatoes, red and green peppers, eggplant, and petunia's. I'm going to grow some hot pepper varieties but I'll just buy live plants for those. I only need a few anyway. I know a few places that always have a good selection. I'll probably end up with more than I have room for since I already want a Carolina Reaper, Habanero, Thai, Serrano, Cayenne, several Jalapeno's, and a couple more. I plan on doing a bunch of plants in large nursery pots that I'll be able to move to wherever I can fit them in. My gardening plans are bigger than the space I have.






 
xtsho

xtsho

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too larry said:
@xtsho, you will love the Armenians. Regular cukes will never be the same for you.
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Yeah I'm anxious to give them a try. It seems like they have almost a cult following online. I did a google on them and there is a ton of information. I'm looking forward to grilling some this summer and making some Turkish style pickles as well. I've already bookmarked some recipe's.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Novabudd said:
We got 20+ cms of snow last night. Watching another one for monday morning. Sure puts the kybosh on fishin fever
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Do the stores still have kale? I ask because here in Portland the city went into a panic over a forecast of a few inches of snow. People stormed the grocery stores. Lines were all the way to the back. And they ran out of kale. It was panic and pandemonium all at once. Since I always have backup of everything I was well prepared and watched the chaos unfold on the local evening news.
People cleaned out the milk, eggs, bread and yes toilet paper as well. The city of Portland Oregon goes into a panic and shuts down for an inch of snow. I'm not making it up. True story. Hard to believe but it happens. It's embarrassing to see my hometown act so ridiculous but most of the panic comes from the California transplants and apparently they like their kale.


https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/02/08/panicky-portlanders-strip-grocery-shelves-bare-of-kale-as-snowstorm-descends/

 
Novabudd

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xtsho said:
Do the stores still have kale? I ask because here in Portland the city went into a panic over a forecast of a few inches of snow. People stormed the grocery stores. Lines were all the way to the back. And they ran out of kale. It was panic and pandemonium all at once. Since I always have backup of everything I was well prepared and watched the chaos unfold on the local evening news.
People cleaned out the milk, eggs, bread and yes toilet paper as well. The city of Portland Oregon goes into a panic and shuts down for an inch of snow. I'm not making it up. True story. Hard to believe but it happens. It's embarrassing to see my hometown act so ridiculous but most of the panic comes from the California transplants and apparently they like their kale.


https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/02/08/panicky-portlanders-strip-grocery-shelves-bare-of-kale-as-snowstorm-descends/

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Hi, yes i was in one of the grocery stores yesterday and they had bunches of kale on sale. A lot of the produce here is brought in from Brazil and Cuba so maybe it came from there -- i dont like it so i never look. People panic soooooo easily now days. The media plays it up too, 10-20 cm of snow on the way !! Make sure you hsve plenty of supplies, stay off the roads !! Its ridiclous. Ok im feeling a rant.
Yup we have kale :spew:
 
Novabudd

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
it happens here all the time, people flip out in the snow....every time we have ANY snow forecast, people start buying shit up like it's a fucking asteroid coming, instead of a few flakes of snow....
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Like a bunch of sheep being led around by media. I thought it was only here because of our metric system. Sheep hear 20cm and panic because they remember 20". The local news here really plays it up too, like a natural disaster is about to hit.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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I have a serious problem. While at the local Fred Meyers to grab a few food items I somehow ended up in the garden section. The Zinnias are going out in the front yard but I have no idea where I'm growing the rest of it. I guess I'm going to end up turning my front yard into a garden. I've got a big strip on the side of the driveway that I'm planning to put raised beds on. It gets good sun as well.

I also bought some Mason bees and tubes for a bee house I will have to make. As if I needed another hobby. Now I'm playing with bees.

I wanted to put the onions in today. It was clear skies and sunny but cold as hell. 25 mph wind just blowing. I get the east winds from the Columbia Gorge and the chill factor from the wind is chilling. Ground was half frozen. Not today. My dogs won't even go outside.



 
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