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robinjopo said:
It's late in the season, but I'm going to plant some cabbage today. Who knows, it may work.
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I tried planting something called all season cabbage last week. So far not one seedling came up so good luck! Maybe it will after today's rains. I tried tilling late in the evening yesterday to get the last 10 or so beds planted but they are still too wet. If I only had a couple more days. . .

I have some mulch leftover from last year so started mulching some rows. Of the 2 piles i had sitting up, 1 is still mulch. The other pile was really fine last year and has now broken down to a nice top soil that I had added in a bunch of manure, goat and chicken. Then I have my big pile of cow manure that is ready to use as fertilizer. I was a little disappointed that I can not mulch as much as I would like, but I can always get more next month.
 
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Danil54grl said:
I tried planting something called all season cabbage last week. So far not one seedling came up so good luck! Maybe it will after today's rains. I tried tilling late in the evening yesterday to get the last 10 or so beds planted but they are still too wet. If I only had a couple more days. . .

I have some mulch leftover from last year so started mulching some rows. Of the 2 piles i had sitting up, 1 is still mulch. The other pile was really fine last year and has now broken down to a nice top soil that I had added in a bunch of manure, goat and chicken. Then I have my big pile of cow manure that is ready to use as fertilizer. I was a little disappointed that I can not mulch as much as I would like, but I can always get more next month.
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My mulch was from a large pile of wood chips I had when I cut the trees for the wedding 2 years ago. The chickens had flattened the pile and I mixed in dead leaves.
 
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I’m pretty sure we are past the freeze risk now in Ga so I will plant the summer stuff this week. So far I’ve only been eating asparagus but will make a few salads out of the thinnings I take from the gardens this week. My daughter in law has been watering the gardens for me this past week, I really hope she remembered.... the garden gets rain naturally but the greenhouse needs to be watered almost every other day. It is so good to see all the fresh produce again. I really don’t like winter!
 
Brent S said:
I’m pretty sure we are past the freeze risk now in Ga so I will plant the summer stuff this week. So far I’ve only been eating asparagus but will make a few salads out of the thinnings I take from the gardens this week. My daughter in law has been watering the gardens for me this past week, I really hope she remembered.... the garden gets rain naturally but the greenhouse needs to be watered almost every other day. It is so good to see all the fresh produce again. I really don’t like winter!
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I really need to get a green house built. I'd love to have some fresh.... anything right about now. This spring we've had very little sun and high temps in the 30's and 40's. I guess I'd have to heat the greenhouse at night or when the sun doesn't come out. About half of our garden is free of snow finially, but we're still getting snow showers most every day.
 
Arcticdude said:
I really need to get a green house built. I'd love to have some fresh.... anything right about now. This spring we've had very little sun and high temps in the 30's and 40's. I guess I'd have to heat the greenhouse at night or when the sun doesn't come out. About half of our garden is free of snow finially, but we're still getting snow showers most every day.
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Yeah, where you live you will definitely need to extend the growing season as much as you can. Even a month early and late in your short season will help. Once you get your house finished you could even try some container gardening inside with some led grow lights. I haven’t had a lot of success with potted plants but know with some experience you can produce some things well.
 
Maverick said:
Everything put on hold, we had some serious rains, floods and slides below us plus some flooding from the creek up here, no roads are accessible from here.
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Same thing over here too Mav. The main highway south and north of us was closed due to flooding and a lot of roads up here had water over the top too. In most places the water level has dropped but our house still has a lot of water underneath and flowing around it.
Our south slopes are mostly free of snow now. The east and north slopes still look like winter.
 
I hope you both stay safe and don’t have any real damage on your properties. We had a cold snap here, got down to about 60 this morning.... sorry, Not much compared to there, but I was cold!
 
I weeded both the greenhouse and garden. I had several sheets of Sheetrock left over from ages ago and cut them up and laid them in the garden walkways. Everything I read said gypsum is good for the soil. We will see. I still need to thin the plants and plant the summer crops today hopefully.
 
Brent S said:
I weeded both the greenhouse and garden. I had several sheets of Sheetrock left over from ages ago and cut them up and laid them in the garden walkways. Everything I read said gypsum is good for the soil. We will see. I still need to thin the plants and plant the summer crops today hopefully.
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I didn't know that about the sheetrock. I've taken 2 trailer loads of scrap pieces to the dump already. I still have a couple sheets left over. Maybe I'll break it up and till it in the garden when it dries out.
 
Brent S said:
Everything I read said gypsum is good for the soil.
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robinjopo said:
Might not hurt, but it stalls the growth. Soil needs to be at least 60°
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Yeah, since I just planted the seeds today I’m not worried. These were the first warm weather plants I’ve put in the ground so far. Everything else are cold hardy plants. I feel pretty good about this being our last cold snap, but it is always a bit of a gamble. I can afford to go to the grocery store luckily if needed now, would be a different story after shtf.
 
Brent S said:
I weeded both the greenhouse and garden. I had several sheets of Sheetrock left over from ages ago and cut them up and laid them in the garden walkways. Everything I read said gypsum is good for the soil. We will see. I still need to thin the plants and plant the summer crops today hopefully.
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When I first started the garden years ago, I found a bunch of old sheet rock someone discarded in the woods. I hauled it all back to the house, cut it up and laid in the garden. Keep in mind I had pure gumbo mud at that time and it worked good to help separate all those clumps to till up a lot better. Starting seeds in the gumbo can be a challenge but once you get it growing, it did ok.
 
Danil54grl said:
When I first started the garden years ago, I found a bunch of old sheet rock someone discarded in the woods. I hauled it all back to the house, cut it up and laid in the garden. Keep in mind I had pure gumbo mud at that time and it worked good to help separate all those clumps to till up a lot better. Starting seeds in the gumbo can be a challenge but once you get it growing, it did ok.
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I still have clumps of mud in some areas of the garden. I keep adding stuff each year, like leaves and mulch, but have a ways to go yet. The greenhouse is in great shape though as it gets more attention. It all takes time and is an ongoing process.
 
This is the time of year that I do pre season maintenance on all of our equipment. Change oil, add fresh fuel and repair any damage from the winter. The snow is mostly gone around here except where the drifts were 8-10 feet deep this winter and on the higher elevations.
The rototiller is next on my list to get ready for use. The way the garden area is drying out I might be able to till it in another week or so.
It's 50 degs this morning and it looks like we have a thunder storm coming in over the mountains from the west. Just now starting to see the lightning and hear the thunder, the wind is picking up too.
 
It's colder than a witch's butt here. Cold rain. Hate it. Had way too much this Winter.

We are taking our son to see the classic Cary Grant movie "Charade" on the big screen today. At home he watches parts of it every day. There is a big fight scene and we have been telling him he cant jump up and fight like he does at home. Then my husband, son and my mom are going to KY to visit his mom and sister. I get come come home and have alone time. LOVE IT.
 
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