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Colleen Easlon
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Colleen
Port Orford
OR
USA
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 Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 3:24:02 PM
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I enjoy gardening, but am learning on my own. I felt like a dodo, when I realized onions and garlic are planted in the fall, not spring. No wonder they were so small. oops!
Can broccoli or cauliflower etc. be planted this month? I can't wait to start planting again.
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 4:03:17 PM
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Hi Colleen! What USDA Ag zone are you in over there??
Depending on how high your number is, you might be able to start broccoli and califlower under lights pretty soon...
I'm starting some scallions in my greenhouse this week I think, despite only being zone 5 here. I love fresh green stuff!!!!
~TJ of Green Willow Place
www.MyWesternHome.wordpress.com
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kathyjane
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Kathy
Doniphan
MO
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 4:29:39 PM
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Colleen, I am starting onions from seed this week. Next month I'll start cabbage, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts. I can't wait for spring. Just 55 more days!
Kathy Jane
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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2011 : 7:31:48 PM
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You're in Oregon! "Plant peas on Presidents day, eat peas in June". Or so "they" say (whoever "they" are)
Michelle
http://greenwoman.wordpress.com |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 06:44:05 AM
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To early here to put anything outside and still a little early to get starts going since our frost date is May 15.
As for onions, I planted seeds in the spring and had decent sized onions in the fall. They liked the extra water I gave them and the new spot I put them in. Newly composted and arranged. I've always planted onion in the spring, even the bulbs, so don't panic about those just yet.
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 11:24:02 AM
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I'm trying wintersowing and will let you know how it goes
If you can't feed one hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa
Star - farmgirl sister #1927
Master Food Preserver |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 3:43:05 PM
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Today I started seeds for chives, thyme, winter savory and Parsley. A lot of my herb garden died out last year so having to get new started. I figure by starting them this early, I'll know what I have successfully got going and what didn't so I will still have time to go to the nursery and buy already established plants. I bought 200 seeds for what one plant will cost. Hope the little guys germinate and grow.
I'll wait a couple of weeks and then start my peppers. I always try at least one new veriaty. The nursery/greenhouse only have the regular stuff. A couple of weeks after the peppers, I'll start my tomatoes.
I am so ready to get outside. What a mess my gardens are in. Feb is usually our coldest month so I think I have a long wait.
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1155 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1155 Posts |
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Colleen Easlon
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Colleen
Port Orford
OR
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2011 : 8:46:47 PM
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Thank you so much. I dearly appreciate all your advice. =)
Amanda, I'll check out the website now. Thank you.
Colleen |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2011 : 06:17:02 AM
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colleen, i am in bend-redmond oregon. its a little early yet. but where you are if you had a small plastic tarp, you could start some kale lettuce etc. just cover if ground wants to freeze. take off in am welcome to mjf.. glad we have new oregon farmgirls. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2011 : 07:19:08 AM
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The only thing I can plant here right now is my butt on the couch! LOL I don't start my seeds until the middle to end of March. Our end frost date isn't until the middle to end of May!
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Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World!
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Colleen Easlon
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Colleen
Port Orford
OR
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2011 : 1:05:23 PM
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| I am on the Oregon Coast in a little town called Port Orford. I looked up the website Amanda posted, and am in zone 1. ugh. We have a lot of trees around the property to block the wind, and I surrounded the garden with a plexi clear plastic to help with warmth. Last year was definitely a huge learning year for me. I planted everything at the end of May, and we had an unusually short summer, so I was not successful in getting any corn, peppers, asparagus, or tomatoes, etc. When I covered the potato plants with straw, the slugs came in and ate every plant, and little ugly whitish worm about 1/4 inch long, ate all my radishes and carrots. Another bug destroyed all the cabbage. I have a whole new respect for gardening now. I originally though, I could just put seeds in the ground and everything would just do it's thing. Oops, arrogant thinking lol. I am still definitely going to try to grow organic this year, so I have a LOT or reading & research to do. |
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kathyjane
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Kathy
Doniphan
MO
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2011 : 1:30:26 PM
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Good luck Colleen! I think all beginners have that " How hard can it be?" attitude at first. ;-)
Kathy Jane
Farmgirl #2565 |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2011 : 4:25:52 PM
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Colleen, last summer was awful for growing here! we had to ripen tomatoes indoors and our bell peppers just didn't even grow.
We have chickens, and we put them in chicken tractors on the beds when there are no veggies growing. They eat lots of slugs and bug seeds and leave nice little piles of fertlizer. It doesn't completely eliminate slugs, but it helps a LOT with the overall population. Also we don't have to feed the ladies as much because they supplement their feed with weeds, seeds, and bugs--and their eggs are richer and more wonderful too. Yay for chickens!!!! And last year I had opportunity to discover how much of a difference the chickens made. We had one raised bed that we didn't send the chickens through, and the slug population in that bed was INSANE. I had to go out with cups of beer and pick slugs off of everything every morning. Blech.
A picture of my raised beds with our chicken tractors on them:
http://greenwoman.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/you-can-borrow-my-idea-continued/
Michelle
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KD Earthwork
True Blue Farmgirl
210 Posts
Katie
Gualala
Calif.
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2011 : 10:27:02 PM
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Here in Northern Ca. I'm still harvesting Broccoli( side shoots),spinach,chard,kale, beets, onions(thinning)lettuce. I'm getting ready to plant more brassicas broccoli,cauliflower,cabbage, kale as small starts.I think I might be able to get spinach up really soon. At least here. We've had a super warm and beautiful January.
Sorry to all you in cold climates. Just realize that here we never get to rest either...
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 06:34:40 AM
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colleen, i am in central oregon. i looked you up on the map. you are not a zone 1. that was the number on the map for your refrence. i am in harsh central or. we are zone 3 and up to 5 depending on mt. range etc. i think you are a zone 5 or 6 where you are. when i lived on the coast of or. coos bay i grew a lot of veggies. you need to look up your area again. i am planting lettuce (cold hardy leaf) right now in a greenhouse floor. so should not be long mid feb. you could start planting cool crops. i agree with the chickens cleaning up the bugs for you before you plant. its hard on the coast since you do have slugs and earwigs etc. D.E. would help some. if you ever get to bend be sure to come by for a visit and say howdy. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 06:53:32 AM
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Diane, you are hilarious! Same here. It's been so cold and freezing here. I do have a cold frame I need to start some lettuce and spinach soon. It's supposed to in the 60's the next few days!!! I am loving that. All the critters are laying in the sun soaking it up.
Kris
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Colleen Easlon
Farmgirl in Training
49 Posts
Colleen
Port Orford
OR
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 3:27:28 PM
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| Katie, your garden looks wonderful. =) Thank you Sherry, that did seem a little low lol. We are going to be in the Bend area sometime at the end of the month to visit family, I'll send you an e-mail. Thanks for everyone's advice. So much to learn, so much to learn!!! =) |
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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 3:44:24 PM
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Colleen and Sherrye, I'll echo what Sherrye said--if either of you get up to the Portland area (or more accurately about halfway between Portland and Tillamook) you should come visit my teeny little farm. It's always nice to meet other ladies who like to get their hands dirty!
Michelle
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 12:30:48 AM
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Hi Farm Gals...
Our two Arctic cold days left us and today it was in the 50's and sunny! Such weird weather...but I won't complain because most of you are having horrid weather this winter! ~ This afternoon I actually went out and dug up some tubers and moved them. Dug up a rose bush and tossed it...it never did well for me since I planted it. And then I poked around in my vegetable garden for awhile. Put a Trellis in my Veggie Garden and will run peas or beans up it come planting time. Put an old strawberry pot that started deteriorating on it's side in the garden just for a little decoration since it is too early to grow anything. That way I still have color to look at out there with my white trellis, my red strawberry pot, two big green frogs and A Garden Shovel that says, Welcome to My Garden. When all else fails...I just grow ART! lol
blessings,
~peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 08:13:07 AM
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PeggyAnn, I LOVE this description of you "planting art" in your garden!!! Totally delightful.
We moved some HUGE old rosebushes over the weekend, it took forever even with the hubster, the Mad Scientist (a.k.a. my 15 y.o. stepson) and myself working on it together. At last count we had over forty rosebushes on our property, and many of them are planted in the wrong conditions, so we've built a rose bed structure with a fancy wall behind it for the climbers, and then the shorter ones will go in the front. We've only just begun the moving process, we will be moving about 20 bushes I think--all of them old, with giant roots!!! But I'm happy about it because it means when the weather is decent we get to work outside. Also of course it's rose bush PRUNING time, which I take a lot of joy in. I have no idea why, since I usually come away from the procedure with scars.  I think I just love the chance to commune with my rosebushes.
Michelle
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 11:02:09 AM
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Michelle...should have sent my Rosebush your way instead of tossing it in the trash compactor.lol
There are a couple of different flowers that I should never touch because they take one look at me
and stick out their tongues and say, "Who are you kidding Lady? We will not grow for you no matter how
nicely you talk to us and baby us." Roses are one and Clematis are the other. And I'm not too great
with Fuchsia's either~especially the hanging basket variety. The small fire-cracker ones...I do fine
with...they are hardy enough to ignore if you just prune them back in the Fall...they are good to go.
I have a friend who can't grow any kind of Begonia...so she gives them to me. You should see her yard
though, it looks like a miniature Garden of Eden. Everything is gorgeous and prolific in it during the
summer. She has had the local newspaper...taking pictures of it. She has two amazing "Green Thumbs".
So, I guess we each have those plants that just know they are doomed under our care. lol How many different
variety's of Roses do you have? I love Roses but have decided I will just treat myself to an occasional store
bought Bouquet.
Happy Gardening My Queen of Roses,
~peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com
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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 11:16:35 AM
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Peggy, there are definitely things I am prone to killing! Chamomile, of all things, doesn't seem to like growing for me, but roses? They practically take over. One year I accidentally left a rose cane--which I cut off of a bush when I was pruning--in a bed instead of taking it to the burn pile or chopping it up to add to compost. Then the hubster dumped a load of manure on the bed. And in the spring, four baby rose bushes grew out of the chopped off piece of rose bush. Wha????
There are probably 30 varieties or more, though I'm not sure what they are--I didn't plant them! The hubster's first wife planted them all willy nilly, and didn't bother to save tags or labels so anyone could know what kind they are. There are pink ones, yellow, purple, white, peach, red, burgundy . . . and a gorgeous one that's pale yellow at the base and pale pink at the tips . . . and one that's white tipped with red. Some old fashioned varieties, and some new fangled varieties I imagine. The only rosebush I planted is the rosa rugosa, which I planted for it's fragrance and it's amazing huge red rosehips that are good medicine. I'd love to get an old fashioned Damask Rose, they have an incredible perfume. I am all about the smelly ones--you put the petals in honey for six weeks, and you have the most exquisite rose flavored honey at the end. I eat the petals instead of straingin them out, though the texture is kinda weird.
Hopefully, though, I won't plant any more by accident. I have enough to trim back as it is, and I never have the heart to dig them up and toss them.
Michelle
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