Lawn & Garden Thread

[Bgoney]

Picked peas and another round of spinach before the freeze

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[tron777]

That spinach looks AWESOME! Can't wait to harvest mine come spring.

[Bgoney]

That spinach looks AWESOME! Can't wait to harvest mine come spring.

Yea I’m pretty happy with it , that’s the third picking. I tried it last fall and it didn’t make , I think it was to warm

[tron777]

That spinach looks AWESOME! Can't wait to harvest mine come spring.

Yea I’m pretty happy with it , that’s the third picking. I tried it last fall and it didn’t make , I think it was to warm

Most likely and since we get warm so quickly here, that is why I start mine in the Fall then it resumes growing once the ground warms up in March or April. Last winter was so mild that it grew a little bit at times during Jan and Feb.

[Bgoney]

Turnips and lettuce and peas still looking good

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[tron777]

Wow! Looks fantastic! I'm ready for a nice salad!

[Bgoney]

Some raspberries still on the plant

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[tron777]

Before progress, back when Boone Co was more rural, we used to pick wild blackberries as kids and my Mom would make a pie out of it. Good stuff!

[Bgoney]

Just picked some lettuce

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[tron777]

Looks good!!! Ready for a salad or put it on a cheeseburger.

[Bgoney]

Looks good!!! Ready for a salad or put it on a cheeseburger.

Having it with our Friday home made pizza night

[tron777]

Looks good!!! Ready for a salad or put it on a cheeseburger.

Having it with our Friday home made pizza night

Awesome!

[Bgoney]

Picked some after Xmas spinach for a salad mix

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[tron777]

Looking good! The mild pattern no doubt has helped.

[Bgoney]

I still have cabbage plants with heads the size of a softballs, and the lettuce plants are putting out new leaves. I never covered anything when we had few colder temps. If I could get more sun late fall , the garden would definitely be rockin

[tron777]

I still have cabbage plants with heads the size of a softballs, and the lettuce plants are putting out new leaves. I never covered anything when we had few colder temps. If I could get more sun late fall , the garden would definitely be rockin

Wow! That is pretty incredible to have going what you have going in late December.

[tron777]

Lawn is starting to green up nicely now and my spinach is doing good. If we don't see a cool down soon, we'll be mowing in March this year. I try and hold off until April a lot of years but 2024 could be different.

[Bgoney]

Another season upon us . Been building a new cold frame to start some early veggies shortly . Already started some lettuce and cabbage plant seeds indoors and they’re up. Going to start some bunching onions in the next day or so . I’m ready to get busy and out of another boring winter.

[tron777]

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[tron777]

The Frost / Freeze program is back in effect now per ILN.

https://www.weather.gov/iln/springfrostfreeze

[Bgoney]

Redbuds, viburnum, crab apples among trees and shrubs blooming currently. Don’t expect the current cold spell and predicted temps near freezing to harm anything.

Edit: forecast now calling for lows to get into the 20’s Saturday , that’s a different story and some damage can occur

[tron777]

I am going to harvest some spinach, first of the season, this Friday! Leaves are getting almost big enough to cut. I'll set out the chive pot probably in a couple more weeks.

[Bgoney]

Been getting lettuce for about ten days. Peas are ready to start climbing. Cabbage plants coming along

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[tron777]

Looking good man!!! Can't wait to get my stuff going in the next couple of weeks.

[tron777]

I'm probably going to cut the rest of my spinach this week as those 5 days in a row of 80 we went thru, have caused the plants to go to seed a little bit early. Almost time to get my bean seeds sowed once we get past this (I hope) last frost threat Thurs morning.