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  1. Pat

    Why would my leaves start to turn light green/yellow?

    Yep, I'm right there with nubsmum ( :throw ) it's been cold up the in the Pacific NW!!! Too cold for the garden to grow... well at least the things I like to eat! So I'm limpin along :old I brought in all new soil from a reputable place... a mix of many things.
  2. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    Ok 4 hours east west north or south? ;) I know my cucumbers are really looking pitiful.... I only have one strawberry plant that has blossoms! My squash is bad. :he My radish's are growing well. I'm lucky that our neighbor bought mason bees and I do see some around :bee I so sorry to all of...
  3. Pat

    Why would my leaves start to turn light green/yellow?

    I have new boxed gardens with really good soil in them... Now the problem is that on my pumpkins, cucumbers, squash and a couple other things... the leaves are turning yellowish/green. Now I can't tell if it's too much watering :watering or not enough watering. Not enough sun??? :coolsun Which...
  4. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    LOL I've wanted Chickens for over 13 years and finally my hubby and agreed!!!!!! Where do you meet at Starbucks? In the Seattle area? :watering
  5. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    Along with the chicken addiction... I couldn't agree more about the plant disorder also... I'll meet you in the looney bin! :weee
  6. Pat

    Composting chicken poo?

    Thanks so much ~ I thought to myself OH NO what if I have to pick the poop out of the pine shavings... I don't think so! :hu
  7. Pat

    Composting chicken poo?

    I also asked this question in the BY Chicken Forum ~ I'm getting a compost ready and my husband asks can you compost pine shaving??? :hu I don't know??? :idunno Thanks~
  8. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    I have no actual peas either. I have two foot hight pea plants but not a sign of blossom. I think the cold nights and days have tricked the plants into hibernation. :dance Just planted 25 sweet potato slips last night. I hope it warms up or they will be packing their little potato bags and...
  9. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    Hi Nubsmum! You have peas and little tomatoes???? I don't have anything! :barnie Everything is small and shivering! :rant I love the idea of bee leg-warmers :bee and spiked hot chocolate! I think I might need one of those! But this is what I look like lately ~ :caf
  10. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    Where bouts are you? Isn't the pits... we had a terrible summer last summer too! Nothing hardly grew... and the telling part was there wasn't even any yellow jackets! Course I'm not in 100 degree heat like my friends in Az. :coolsun
  11. Pat

    I'm here in Washington state

    That you would not believe that it is the beginning of summer! The winds are howling, the rain is beating on the windows and it has hardly gotten about 60~~~ and that's not today it's been that way for awhile~ :rant My chicks can't go outside. My vegetables are getting squashed! Not growing...
  12. Pat

    Does anyone have a favorite com-poster??

    Do you mean the ground ground???
  13. Pat

    Does anyone have a favorite com-poster??

    I'm looking for one to use for my chicken "poop" and all around composting... I've heard the roll around ones are good... Pat :watering
  14. Pat

    Butter cups?

    Thank so much ~ Yep ours here have an incredible root system almost unbelievable! As soon as it gets really nice here I'm going out a digging! :rainbow-sun
  15. Pat

    Flippin' kids! X(

    X-actly!!!!!! :barnie
  16. Pat

    Herbs and not Herbs...

    Well she's done gardening in the neighborhood and was recommend by a friend of a friend... She seemed Ok :idunno I know I felt hear broke~
  17. Pat

    Herbs and not Herbs...

    Thanks... I could of just straggled her.... I've worked so hard on that garden.
  18. Pat

    Butter cups?

    When I was a child I loved Butter Cups....played in fields of them :throw but now as a gardener I have butter cups growing everywhere! Any suggestions? And they seem to have a mind of their own, they grow inside another plant so hmmmm :hu how do I remover the butter cup without removing the plant?
  19. Pat

    Herbs and not Herbs...

    I posted this in another section, but I see it's more appropriate here. I had a woman from our neighborhood come to "weed" out my herb garden. I had Thyme, sage, rosemary, oregano, lemon balm, lavender. I told exactly what I wanted done to them "trim" them. After an hour she came in and said...
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    Flippin' kids! X(

    Well mine wasn't a kid... but I had a woman come and week my herb garden (today in fact) I told what I wanted to keep repeatedly!!! I go out an hour later and she has removed everything!!!! :rant :barnie I couldn't believe it I didn't know what to say... except she said she's be back Thursday...
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