Gardening and Preserving Food

Gardening and Preserving Food

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sparklesparkle joined the club Feb 4
2024 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Well I haven't been here for a while due to getting a really late start on this years planting. I have been dealing with a flare of my chronic pain and was tested for psoriatic arthritis. I never...
2024 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So last year I released about 400 polinator bees into my garden. The effect on the harvest especially my Avocado and fruit trees was phenomenal. I am goin to check the cacoon tubes to see if I have...
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So living in zone 9 I still have time for a Fall crop. Went up to Petaluma CA this past weekend for my nephews wedding and what to my surprise they have a seed bank with hundreds of seeds for open...
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Today I am stretching my culinary muscles and making pickles. So far I am putting up Cuke, Okra, Red Cabbage and avocados! I also want to do a green tomato and red onion
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

We are having triple digit heat in my corner of California. I lost a lot of the more fragile plants like lettuce and cucumbers but I am getting Colossal tomatoes. Take a look at this
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Planting potatoes today and tomorrow will transplant the rest of the tomotos, as well as the beans, pumpkins, and other assorted squash. Laying beets, radishes and carrots. finaly rubarb, artichokes,...
Seed exchange!

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Anyone interested in participating in a seed exchange? If you want to participate please send me contact
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Anyone grow Datil peppers? I got a free pack of seeds with my order from, Baker Creek.
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Got my grow lights up and started more artichokes, broccoli sprouts and 7 different kinds of peppers. Ordered heirloom seeds from Baker Creek that were shipped
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So I got 8 Green Globe Artichoke seeds through a seed exchange and planted them indoors. Four have germinated which is a pretty good germination percentage. Will be moving them to bigger pots in the...
StarSweeper joined the club Apr 16, 2023
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Some people say that gardening is cheaper than therapy. I'm not sure about that but I do find my vegetable garden to be very therapeutic. Plus it reminds me to build mindfulness with regard to the...
2023 Vegetable Garden

NRSKarenRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Too cold to plant veggies yet, 32F overnight except for Spring lettuce. Did get Tulips, Daffodils and new Hyacinth bulbs into revised raised garden beds; planted Lenten Rose Hellebores in front...
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Well after conning the husand into rototilling ther garden spot yesterday I got started onPlanting. Corn is in and 6 types of tomatoe and hope to get cuks broccoli and cauliflower in . Lettuce has...
2023 Vegetable Garden

nursej22 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Yes, we get 2 or three snowfalls each Winter, sometimes as much as a foot. And it can get to down to zero for up to a week at a time. I have a large compost that I use to add organic material, and...
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

Do you get snow? At the end of Summer spread Peat moss throughout your garden space and in the Spring when thing warm up work it into the soil. I prefer to use a rototiller but you can work it in by...
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

My culinary herb seeds came today. and I have a 3 day weekend coming
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

My husband laughs because I have seeds Starting all over the house succulents, three kinds of trees, going to talk to a neighbor about seeds from his magnolia grandiflora. I have 600 square feet...
2023 Vegetable Garden

nursej22 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

It's too cold and wet here to do any soil prep. I just started the Master Gardener training this week, and am going to the NW Flower and Garden Show in 2 weeks. My garden is still a dream. I will...
nursej22 joined the club Feb 4, 2023
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So far I have two types of Cabbage, Glass gem and sweet corn, Brocolli, A couple different types of raddish, green beans and lettuce. Tomatoes, Cukes, salad greens and carrots. Also 10 cullinary herbs...
Joe V joined the club Jan 13, 2023
2023 Vegetable Garden

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

? to plant or not to plant and if the answer is to plant what to
New Orchids planted

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So I got a deal on 10 new orchid plants - mostly Vanda's and Catleya's and after weeks of trying to get out to the greenhouse I planted all ten in bark and moss medium. I needed to do this as I am...
Green House repairs

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

The husband is updating and repiping my greenouse this week end and I am get two shipments of Orchids next week. With all the work he's doing he has asked me to grow somethng he can eat!...
Planning a Garden

hppygr8ful replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So I found an easy way to get my garden area roto-tilled. Got up dressed and went out and began trying to start the tiller. It has a pull start. My husband comes out to see what all the cussing is...
Planning a Garden

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

I haven't been able to do anything in the garden this Summer because of issues with my eye and having two Surgeries. I took an bunch of pictures last wek so I could start mapping out my Garden which...
I got a digger

hppygr8ful posted a topic in Gardening and Preserving Food's Let's Talk

So the new dog thinks it's great fun to dig up my vegetable garden. this would be OK if I was in a tilling stage but all but I am getting ready to move seedlings out to the garden and I don't want to...