CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

57 minutes ago, clochette said:

My mom's parents did that. They had a very big garden and they had vegetables all year round and feed us all. We never bought veggies. Now we put potatoes and zucchinis at my dad's parents' for the whole family. Dad take care of it when he goes there on Sundays.

Might be a nice time to share with the grandkids too. How are they BTW?

They're all doing great. My oldest granddaughter just turned two.   I would like to grow zucchini and potatoes and carrots for sure. Peppers too... and peas... maybe watermelon... my kids love watermelon....

[clochette]

13 minutes ago, Headstall said:

They're all doing great. My oldest granddaughter just turned two.   I would like to grow zucchini and potatoes and carrots for sure. Peppers too... and peas... maybe watermelon... my kids love watermelon....

All nice and easy to grow vegetables. Watermelons are easy to grow. Just pinch the branches without fruits to help the one or the couple that have fruits. It's impressive how quick it grows. Ours was getting 5 centimeters wider every days during the heatwave!

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

It's one of those 'thoughtful' days for me...

Hmmm, and just what sort of thoughts did he inspire?

[dughlas]

19 minutes ago, Headstall said:

They're all doing great. My oldest granddaughter just turned two.   I would like to grow zucchini and potatoes and carrots for sure. Peppers too... and peas... maybe watermelon... my kids love watermelon....

Those all sound wonderful ...

[Headstall]

5 minutes ago, clochette said:

All nice and easy to grow vegetables. Watermelons are easy to grow. Just pinch the branches without fruits to help the one or the couple that have fruits. It's impressive how quick it grows. Ours was getting 5 centimeters wider every days during the heatwave!

Have you ever grown spinach? If so, is it easy? Hopefully I still have another year or two with my mare. 

[Headstall]

4 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Hmmm, and just what sort of thoughts did he inspire?

Deep ones.  

[clochette]

13 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Have you ever grown spinach? If so, is it easy? Hopefully I still have another year or two with my mare. 

I tried last year but I sow them too late, mid to late February and then it got too hot so they grew to fast instead of making leaves and with the heat we had to face bugs... I'll keep you posted about those from this year. I've sow them 2 weeks ago and they're coming out. Thought you can also sow spinaches in September to have in Autumn/Winter. 

But yeah of course you've still got lot of time with your mare

Edited February 7, 2020 by clochette

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

They're all doing great. My oldest granddaughter just turned two.   I would like to grow zucchini and potatoes and carrots for sure. Peppers too... and peas... maybe watermelon... my kids love watermelon....

Watermelon is delicious. One of my favorite things to do is make watermelon salsa. Or shaved ice.   

Potatoes are easy, and zucchini requires a bit more love. Carrots, on the other hand, can be tricky, at least in my experience. There's so many varieties, each with its own preference for soil/fertilizer conditions. And the seeds are so tiny! 

Edited February 7, 2020 by Page Scrawler

[Page Scrawler]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Hmmm, and just what sort of thoughts did he inspire?

Thoughts of drilling documentaries.

 

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Deep ones.  

Like "How deep should I drill?" 

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Have you ever grown spinach? If so, is it easy? Hopefully I still have another year or two with my mare. 

I've grown spinach and yes it's easy. Plant it early, once the ground thaws. It can bolt in hot weather though shading it can slow that happening. I've also planted it in the late Fall for a late season crop. Sometimes if the winter isn't too harsh you can get the plants to over winter under a thick covering of a straw mulch. Rabbits and other critters of that ilk are fond of it.

Edited February 8, 2020 by dughlas

[Bucket1]

4 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I've grown spinach and yes it's easy. Rabbits and other critters of that ilk are fond of it.

How much did you get to eat? Did the rabbits get all the good stuff?

[clochette]

7 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I've grown spinach and yes it's easy. Rabbits and other critters of that ilk are fond of it.

Maybe put some kind of net/protective sheet on it. Black soap worked well against the bugs.

Though Gary shouldn't be bother with rabbits with all his cats, but if so I'm sure they wouldn't mind making more babies (the cats not the rabbits though from Albert's experience they do too) 

Edited February 8, 2020 by clochette

[dughlas]

Just now, Bucket1 said:

How much did you get to eat? Did the rabbits get all the good stuff?

I was fortunate a wire tunnel saved most of it. Also, since it's just me I planted some in a large pot. I picked just enough leaves for what I wanted and the plants kept growing new ones.

[clochette]

9 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I was fortunate a wire tunnel saved most of it. Also, since it's just me I planted some in a large pot. I picked just enough leaves for what I wanted and the plants kept growing new ones.

I've planted mind in a rectangular flower pot on the window sill at the apartment. Spinaches aren't too picky about space and depth

[Albert1434]

Aloha All 

[Page Scrawler]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hey, Bertie and Steve.     

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page boy am I tried but we sold all most all the plants at the orchid show  We raise money for the orchid club 

Edited February 8, 2020 by Albert1434

[Page Scrawler]

18 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page boy am I tried but we sold all most all the plants at the orchid show  We raise money for the orchid club 

Congrats.   

[Albert1434]

Just about 2 grand in plant sales

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, clochette said:

Maybe put some kind of net/protective sheet on it. Black soap worked well against the bugs.

Though Gary shouldn't be bother with rabbits with all his cats, but if so I'm sure they wouldn't mind making more babies (the cats not the rabbits though from Albert's experience they do too) 

There are lots of rabbit tracks in the snow in my woods.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hi, Albert.  

[clochette]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

There are lots of rabbit tracks in the snow in my woods.  

Unlatch your army of soldiers kind sir

[Bucket1]

7 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Just about 2 grand in plant sales

That’s an awesome fund raiser

[Bucket1]

9 hours ago, dughlas said:

I was fortunate a wire tunnel saved most of it. Also, since it's just me I planted some in a large pot. I picked just enough leaves for what I wanted and the plants kept growing new ones.

Yay for wire
There are a few veggies that work well in pots - growing your is so good.

i should buy some pots for veggies. The soil here is... well it’s not soil it’s just sand

[Bucket1]

6 hours ago, Headstall said:

There are lots of rabbit tracks in the snow in my woods.  

Stew?

Pie?

Or roasted?