tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post3387659491888220005..comments2024-02-16T03:52:14.275-06:00Comments on Mrs. Pickles Garden: How is 2012 treating everyone so far?Mrs.Pickleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678592143938874654noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-40766193896632082692012-01-04T14:04:37.367-06:002012-01-04T14:04:37.367-06:00I only grow spinach in the spring and fall. I plan...I only grow spinach in the spring and fall. I plant when the ground is thawed out in the spring. I chit the seed first. I don't let the roots get big. As soon as the first sign of the root starting to come out in some of the seeds, I sow them in the garden. I usually plant my fall spinach at the end of August and hope I can get it to germinate at those temps. Sometimes I'm lucky, sometimes not. Spring spinach is always more prolific. BTW spinach bolts when the days get long. At one point I knew the day light hour numbers and calculated that at May 15th on the 42nd parallel (where I live) is when the daylight starts to make them bolt. Though they also bolt due to heat so they can bolt earlier. But usually I keep picking spinach all spring until they bolt. Then I live spinachless mostly until the next spring, but sometimes the fall crop will produce.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-73648644606284163302012-01-04T07:38:45.076-06:002012-01-04T07:38:45.076-06:00I do not have a green thumb. I kill a garden every...I do not have a green thumb. I kill a garden every year! We do not have a very big back yard and our garden was only about 6ft x 10ft. the only things I keep going are my chives! Can you ever really kill those buggers... I think not! Oh and the silly mint I planted in my flower beds and an now kicking myself for because I have decided that mint should be added to the catagory of WEED!!!!!Josie McRaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920829397288239105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-27427089075310169602012-01-04T02:53:15.964-06:002012-01-04T02:53:15.964-06:00I've got a great electric propagator that fits...I've got a great electric propagator that fits on the average window sil. It has seven separate compartments so that you can sow seven different things without worrying that some sprout faster than others. The one I got was a budget one. Good price but not at all cheap feeling. And when I used it I got a better result than what I'd tried before.<br /><br />But spinach, I just sow straight into the pot (only have a pot garden at the mo), but my neighbour sows them as seedlings in a greenhouse then puts them in the ground - great way to get a staggered planting.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299018618298513874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-50898490657908560302012-01-03T17:44:16.568-06:002012-01-03T17:44:16.568-06:00Day 3 and I am still cleaning out herb beds and th...Day 3 and I am still cleaning out herb beds and the last of the tomatoes! I don't think I will ever be ready by planting time. I never have much indoor success in seed planting. It's in the ground and grow, Hoover Dam it! Finished putting away scraps used for Christmas projects, washing new material for blankets and quilts for new great grand baby's shower (golly only two months until she arrives!!!. Other than that I love to try weird veggies, pick out one or two and try something different! Hugs<br />PS It was been 80 degrees here since Christmas Day!Dannellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639710965918070214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-28068398024348700792012-01-03T17:12:11.560-06:002012-01-03T17:12:11.560-06:00and here
http://www.almanac.com/content/vegetable...and here<br /><br />http://www.almanac.com/content/vegetable-garden-plannerRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-45424851074947878452012-01-03T16:40:35.098-06:002012-01-03T16:40:35.098-06:00OK Mrs.P this is what you need to do. Go to this w...OK Mrs.P this is what you need to do. Go to this website and put in your zip code and it will create a chart telling you when to start seeds inside and out.<br /><br />http://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-dates/zipcode/18104Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-36049286683348738732012-01-03T16:37:47.819-06:002012-01-03T16:37:47.819-06:00Boy! that leaf of Spinach sure is a big one! I'...Boy! that leaf of Spinach sure is a big one! I'd love to be able to grow some like that...I love spinach too .Gingerbreadshouse7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01285484153508538882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670214121279858103.post-64579513943437635232012-01-03T14:26:51.471-06:002012-01-03T14:26:51.471-06:00Day 3 is so far A-OK for me. Have done some clean...Day 3 is so far A-OK for me. Have done some cleaning so now I intend to do some sewing. No gardening for this chickadee. I watch Hub do that and just go out and supervise now and again.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540499473620802526noreply@blogger.com