What Did You Do In The Garden?

[aftermidnight]

This morning I dug up tender annuals (impatiens and wax begonias) and potted for indoors this winter, all white flowers.
Yesterday, DH didn't want to share his car--STILL need to locally list my truck!!! --and he told me to drive my truck to my closing. SO, I went shopping afterwards. I bought fine pine shavings, Equine Fresh, and sweet feed AND dog food, and two brand 12 packs of pints for canning the first time with my pressure canner.
The other truck, which has shavings and Equine Fresh still needs to be unloaded, but I made space in my grain room for the Equine Fresh from THIS load.
I laid down a 4 x 4 plywood board so the bags wouldn't sit directly on the floor, 7 bags stacked, 13 bags to go.
Outside of the grain room I laid down 2 particle boards (from a single bed, now burned) and stacked 18 packages of fine pine shavings, 12 more to go.
I unloaded 13 bags of (now) 55 lb packages of sweet feed. Filled all of my sweet feed cans.
Should be good on sweet feed for 4 months, maybe 5.
Should be good on stall bedding (bc I also have 48/50 bales of straw that I bought) through January (for Equine Fresh), and through February for the shavings, and through March for sweet feed.
I FIGURED that:
--I had the truck in town already
--The weather and the roads were good.
You NEVER KNOW if you will have to buy supplies when there is ice and slush and are bad conditions.
Feeling proud of myself for not waiting until the last minute on this.

Annette

 

[Nyboy]

@murphysranch The smoke trees you sent me are still alive

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

How in the heck did you know that I was thinking of you two days ago? I brought up 3 of my smoke trees to Oregon, planted one about two weeks ago, and said to myself: I wonder if they will make it here? I mailed them to Nyboy and I don't know if they lived in his cold climate.

Well, since I'm in a warmer climate than you, you just answered my question!

 

[Nyboy]

Sunday I was walking thought garden saw them, they looked good thought of you !!!!

 

[ducks4you]

I kept reading about moving my (now I know that they are) juniper trees (5-6 ft. tall now and in the wrong spot) in November. Now, not sure if it's too late. I will have my boy putting up the rest of my hay, soon, a 1 hour job, and I want to hire them to also move the trees, etc. same day.
Should I try moving them now, or wait until next Spring? Not sure...

 

[Nyboy]

They would need water like any transplanted tree. Is your ground frozen solid ?

 

[ducks4you]

Nope, ground is NOT frozen solid.
Also, we will get rain for probably the next 4 weeks, off and on and some winters we hardly get snow.
Should I wait until Spring, or plant now?

 

[ninnymary]

Ducks, I would plant now. Get it over with and clear up the space where they are currently planted.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

I kept reading about moving my (now I know that they are) juniper trees (5-6 ft. tall now and in the wrong spot) in November. Now, not sure if it's too late. I will have my boy putting up the rest of my hay, soon, a 1 hour job, and I want to hire them to also move the trees, etc. same day.
Should I try moving them now, or wait until next Spring? Not sure...

Do it now. Tree roots continue to grow until the ground is frozen solid even when the top is dormant. It's actually easier for the trees to focus on recuperating from a transplant when there is no canopy to support while the roots regrow.

 

[ducks4you]

Thanks! That helps a LOT! If they die, I am only out the $ to my help, bc the trees were a gift when they were 12 inches tall.