Baymule's 2018 Garden

[RUNuts]

Are we ever ready? Sleet and snow will shut the world down. The sky is falling!

Must be something wrong with the forecast. Those numbers don't look real. Check back tomorrow. Still working on the raised bed edging.

 

[baymule]

It's 35 now, it will be snowing somewhere around 2 AM. We are planning on staying in tomorrow, but have to go to town on Wednesday. The bright spot is that it won't last long, so I won't have to tote buckets of boiling water from the house to water the animals. It won't be above freezing for a few days. @henless winter can bring it on! LOL

 

[henless]

Hey Bay, how's it goin at your place? We got some snow, about 2" or so. Looks pretty, ready for it to go away, LOL!

 

[baymule]

We got two inches of snow too. I put on every warm article of clothing I had and carried boiling water to melt ice for the animals. I broke ice and scooped it out.

The dogs liked it.

The garden.

More snow!

A fence post snow cone!

 

[RUNuts]

3 "snows", and I use the term loosely, in the same winter in Houston. Whoda thunk it?

We got ice pellets. Everyone got sent home. Cute. Real cute.

60's for the weekend. Wet, wet, wet. May get to play with the post pounder.

@baymule I would like to say that you are adorable in your coat and rolled up pants.

What does everyone use to start seeds? Store bought dirt?

 

[baymule]

Those pants are rolled up because those Carharts belonged to my son when he was in high school. He is long legged, he gave them to me a month ago. I sure am glad!

@RUNuts I use the expandable peat pellets in flats and store bought dirt in cups. I bought a box of 1,000 peat pellets last year.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097WBJR...t=&hvlocphy=9027087&hvtargid=pla-350187152331

 

[RUNuts]

Regardless, you are still adorable!

Store bought dirt it is then. After the thaw, I'll run to town.

 

[baymule]

I couldn't stand it, I planted 5 flats of seeds. I used the Jiffy peat pellets, just add water and they grow! Each flat holds 65 Jiffy pellets.

Ready to plant.

A little friend looking for spring.

1 flat Yellow Pod Sweet peas, 1 flat Sugar Snap peas, 1 flat Tendril Snow peas, 1 flat Cherokee Purple tomatoes, 30 Motrgage Lifter tomatoes, 10 Artichoke seeds, 80 Broccoli, and a few other things including 30 Passion Flower seeds.

 

[flowerbug]

@baymule any warm snap we get this winter we are finding plenty of box elder bugs inside. funny how different years have different friends coming inside. some years it has been lady beetles. other years squash bugs. this year box elder bugs... we both agree that box elder bugs are the best of the three. they don't smell when you catch 'em...

peat plug potting planting plotting performed perfectly princess!

 

[baymule]

We have lots of Lady bugs. They really swarm in the late fall. I find them in the house all the time.