Gardening 2017: Fruits, Veggies, Flowers

[Bpeep]

I have about 4 yards of compost (the year's worth) to dump on the garden. Ill do it this weekend on the empty areas. I still have some late stuff in the ground.
My chrysanthemums are all starting to bloom.
Petunias are still blooming.

[Lady tehMa]

I stil have cherry tomatoes happening up against the house - not as sweet though.

Hey, a friend gave me some dahlias - when do I pull those inside?

[Queen K]

I have three Walnut trees to give away. They're tiny right now. Who wants them?

[WeatherWoman]

Picked the fatest cucumber hiding the garden. Still have carrots and lettuce and the tiniest pumpkin.

[Lady tehMa]

I'm still picking chard, and the cherry tomatoes up against the house are lasting

No walnut trees for me, please. There is one in the neighbourhood, and a number of overenthusiastic squirrels who think my garden beds are the perfect place to hide their cache. I am forever digging the friggin' things out.

[Queen K]

It is green bin day and we have two bins filled. Ours and our neighbours, we love you neighbour

And as soon as they are empty we have a wee bit more to put in. And that is WITH all the composting we do. It's amazing how productive this property can be.

[Lady tehMa]

Has anyone heard of N-Sulate? supposed to be for protecting your plants. Mara doesn't carry it.

[just popping in]

This what you mean

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.insu ... 45161.html

[Queen K]

An astonishing amount of yard clean up was accomplished today after work!

And Lady t, if that works, let us all know once you get it going?

[oneh2obabe]

Has anyone heard of N-Sulate? supposed to be for protecting your plants. Mara doesn't carry it.

https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... s=N-Sulate

[Lady tehMa]

Okay, I have ordered and will let you guys know how it works. :)

Do you really think we'll get S**w tomorrow? It is forecast, but still.

[pbear]

Well, the snow is sticking up here. It looks beautiful. I got most of the yard work done yesterday. I did decide that this year I’ll do a heavy spring cleanup instead of a fall cleanup. The snow looks lovely on the grasses and itoh peonies.

It is too early though.

[Queen K]

Way too early, could not agree more.

So glad we got so much done by now. I still want to dump leaves on the roses tho, I hope it's nice by my days off.

[Lady tehMa]

Well, I forgot to bring in my gourds. They are stashed out on my deck, under cover. I can still defrost/cook/eat them, can't I?

[Queen K]

All you can do is try. Might taste funny tho. I got six bags of leaves out of plastic bags and in the composter today after work.

Rain barrels have been emptied as much as possible due to the thaw.