I'm ready to plant

SQWIB · Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:04 am

Traded in my garden tools for snow tools and will be planting some snowmen.
I swore I saw a few Polar bears out in the garden.

Good Morning

lakngulf · Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:16 am

Oh my. And I am just complaining about high 30s

Gary350 · Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:31 am

I am waiting for mud to dry up it has been raining about 4 days out of every week for a long time. Last year I planted tomatoes in the mud about April 20. It finally dried up enough to till about May 6th. Soon as I planted tomatoes it rained for 2 more weeks. You can see last years tomato plants in this picture, being under water for 2 weeks does not hurt them.

rainbowgardener · Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:51 am

Lots of my Cincinnati friends are posting pictures of the advent of "spring" there, with snow knee deep. We had a light frost last night, but after this night time temps will be at least in the 40's. I did have to bring my four trays of seedlings back inside a couple days ago. They will go back out Saturday and hopefully get planted soon after that.

jal_ut · Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:47 am

44 degrees, overcast and calm. The snow is off my lot. Guess I will go plant some onion sets.

xtron · Thu Mar 22, 2018 6:52 pm

we had 4 inches Tuesday/wensday. it's mostly melted off, but we're looking for 8-10 inched over the weekend. it was 26 last night and supposed to be high 20's next two nights. if the weather guessers are right, it should start getting better next midweek.
it doesn't look like it's going to dry out much over the next 3 weeks, but I've tilled mud before. as long as you keep it shallow, it works good enough to plant in.

gumbo2176 · Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:21 pm

xtron wrote:we had 4 inches Tuesday/wensday. it's mostly melted off, but we're looking for 8-10 inched over the weekend. it was 26 last night and supposed to be high 20's next two nights. if the weather guessers are right, it should start getting better next midweek.
it doesn't look like it's going to dry out much over the next 3 weeks, but I've tilled mud before. as long as you keep it shallow, it works good enough to plant in.

And I just came in from the back porch where my wife and I are sipping cocktails in shorts and t-shirts. It got into the mid 70's today and the weather has been absolutely great-------but summer is fast approaching and I'm not looking forward to that heat and humidity for months on end.

jal_ut · Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:43 am

Another wonderful day in Northern Utah. 33 degrees and snowing.

PaulF · Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:03 pm

While the regular garden is still in winter mode, the new raised beds (stock tanks) are ready to go...if we can get out of the 30s and get rid of the chances for snow. We missed the foot of snow that went to northern Iowa yesterday.

andrewfray · Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:29 pm

I am loving this thread guys! I am new to the forum and so far very excited to be here.
I am a retired gardener myself and love strolling the web for new tips and suggestions. I found a new 2018 planting zone map recently and want to share with my fellow gardeners

https://gilmour.com/planting-zones-hardiness-map

hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!!

DarrenP · Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:47 am

I'm amazed that you guys are still getting snow in your spring. Is that normal?
We have a warm autumn here in South Australia, almost like summer just quietly fading away. I've been ruthlessly clearing the summer crops as they stop fruiting, and preparing the raised beds for cooler crops. Already sown some seeds, and planted a few seedlings to get a head start.

applestar · Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:54 am

PaulF wrote:While the regular garden is still in winter mode, the new raised beds (stock tanks) are ready to go...if we can get out of the 30s and get rid of the chances for snow. We missed the foot of snow that went to northern Iowa yesterday.

Those are like ready-made raised beds! Presumably holes drilled for drainage or already leaking? How big are they across? Can you reach the center? Did you fill them all the way to the bottom?

...I hope you start a garden progress thread. I’d love to see what you grow in them

applestar · Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:57 am

DarrenP wrote:I'm amazed that you guys are still getting snow in your spring. Is that normal?
We have a warm autumn here in South Australia, almost like summer just quietly fading away. I've been ruthlessly clearing the summer crops as they stop fruiting, and preparing the raised beds for cooler crops. Already sown some seeds, and planted a few seedlings to get a head start.

I guess this would be equivalent of late September for me and here, I would be looking at first frost within the next month or so... But it sounds like you will have above freezing weather for some time? Good luck with your fall/winter garden!

SQWIB · Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:35 am

The weather is warming up and the glacier has started to recede, the ducks in the back yard have removed their life vests as the Mekong Delta recedes.

SQWIB · Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:33 am

False alarm, the ducks got their life vests back on and I saw a couple frogs with water wings.
I'll be starting a rice paddy tomorrow.

DarrenP · Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:16 pm

applestar wrote:
DarrenP wrote:I'm amazed that you guys are still getting snow in your spring. Is that normal?
We have a warm autumn here in South Australia, almost like summer just quietly fading away. I've been ruthlessly clearing the summer crops as they stop fruiting, and preparing the raised beds for cooler crops. Already sown some seeds, and planted a few seedlings to get a head start.
I guess this would be equivalent of late September for me and here, I would be looking at first frost within the next month or so... But it sounds like you will have above freezing weather for some time? Good luck with your fall/winter garden!

In our little corner of the world we don't get to freezing point, we do get down near zero degrees Celsius occasionally. Winters can be dry sometimes (like last year). So cooler crops can be grown right through the season, brassicas, root crops, leaf crops, etc. We can't even grow some crops through summer that can be grown down in Adelaide, like cabbages and beetroot.

@SQWIB, does that mean it's wet round your way?

pepperhead212 · Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:47 pm

Yeah, I'm getting antsy, too. I just got all of my trays and pots labeled and filled today, and the seeds go in on 4-1 - traditional day for me to do that with the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. I have a few things that are slower started (habaneros), and a few more sprouting in the spoons, but I wasn't going to push it up any this season, as cold as it's been around here! I had to skip my spring greens, due to knee surgery, but I'll be getting out there come May! And all those people that want peppers and tomatoes are offering their help. lol