tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post1738590052334629163..comments2024-03-28T14:37:45.575-04:00Comments on 5 Acres & A Dream: And, the Rest of the GardenLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-1223718169006036422013-03-13T08:28:08.749-04:002013-03-13T08:28:08.749-04:00I'm so jealous! Daffodils! My crocuses won'...I'm so jealous! Daffodils! My crocuses won't even be popping for a while. My chickens are still dealing with 16 degree nights. Upstate NY is beautiful....but very very cold. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507822815477271915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-47809633787263617582013-03-13T07:21:01.322-04:002013-03-13T07:21:01.322-04:00Tanya, that is so true and is what really makes re...Tanya, that is so true and is what really makes reading others' blogs so fascinating. <br /><br />Sherry, I can't think of anything else I'd rather do this time of year. :)<br /><br />Renee, I readily confess I'm happy to have an early planting date. In the swelter and heat of summer, however, I'm not so happy and neither is my garden! LOL<br /><br />Rebecca, welcome and thank you!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-88753252484759336142013-03-12T22:12:02.126-04:002013-03-12T22:12:02.126-04:00How exciting. delighted to have found your blog an...How exciting. delighted to have found your blog and so envious over the daffodils! XXAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068258362329951567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-16075393620569920112013-03-12T00:12:43.856-04:002013-03-12T00:12:43.856-04:00Im so looking forward to planting my garden, unfor...Im so looking forward to planting my garden, unfortunately here in CO the last frost date is not until mid may. We moved recently and now I have more room, though not as much as you!Renee W at Shooting for Frugalhttp://shootingforfrugal.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-44877372112758374812013-03-11T10:22:27.361-04:002013-03-11T10:22:27.361-04:00You are going to be one busy lady in the garden an...You are going to be one busy lady in the garden and hey...nothing wrong with photos of daffodils...some of us don't even see that yet!MTWagginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823827748782425907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-31721424410857141922013-03-11T05:33:24.302-04:002013-03-11T05:33:24.302-04:00I'm so amazed to see other gardeners' grow...I'm so amazed to see other gardeners' growing conditions - your soil is so warm coloured and your challenges are different. I'm not sure I've encountered wire grass before and there aren't any deer here. Instead we have couch grass, pheasants and rabbits to fend off.<br /><br />Shame about the asparagus Leigh but maybe you'll get a crop if you're really gentle in lifting them?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861108457109878599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-54644650742447486242013-03-10T21:25:30.875-04:002013-03-10T21:25:30.875-04:00Lynda, I think I only have one tulip on the place,...Lynda, I think I only have one tulip on the place, but the forsythias are blooming!<br /><br />Martha, I'm in zone 7. And today was actually spring like! Very welcome but I know it means hot weather is right around the corner. :(<br /><br />Cassandra, thanks! I was reluctant to transplant the asparagus because it takes at least 3 years to get good and established. But this is better than losing it to wiregrass!<br /><br />DFW, that's tough. We have the same problem with our peaches. They bloom and then die back due to frost. So sad. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-6886658430275333382013-03-10T18:46:35.690-04:002013-03-10T18:46:35.690-04:00Those daffodils are beautiful. They don't do w...Those daffodils are beautiful. They don't do well here. They try to come up during a warm spell then die back when the little cold spell comes along. I think I'll try some anyway.<br />DFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345712839702427280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-42421832914060206782013-03-10T17:18:21.118-04:002013-03-10T17:18:21.118-04:00Your garlic looks great! Good luck with the aspara...Your garlic looks great! Good luck with the asparagus. I've been meaning to plant some but I never get around to getting the bed prepped a year ahead of time. I hope the oats turn out better than the barley. :)Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074532906052222281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-82808626801791035482013-03-10T16:20:21.803-04:002013-03-10T16:20:21.803-04:00Nice to see the daffodills! It is still way too e...Nice to see the daffodills! It is still way too early here to do anything in the garden. There are still piles of snow and frozen patches everywhere. Did get to start my seeds indoors today so I feel like I am getting somewhere albeit slowly. Zone 5b here what zone are you in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-53415334298535439222013-03-10T11:34:52.644-04:002013-03-10T11:34:52.644-04:00Your Daffy's are wonderful ....mine are alread...Your Daffy's are wonderful ....mine are already spent ...now I'm waiting for the tulips. Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14189157322930654023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-14285702599328326752013-03-10T11:26:05.811-04:002013-03-10T11:26:05.811-04:00Daisy, they're supposed to be easier to thresh...Daisy, they're supposed to be easier to thresh. :)<br /><br />Stephanie, I never did well with container plants (which is why I can't muster enthusiasm for potting all my strawberries). Some folks though, do great!<br /><br />Thewovenspoke, thank you! Seems like we all have our gardening challenges, depending upon where we live. <br /><br />Kris, your deer sound like my goats! <br /><br />Kristie, aw, your turn will come. :)<br /><br />Bettina, dogs do help keep many of those critters away, or at least under control. We've been talking about getting another dog, though we'd have to fence in the garden for that. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-342891819155952402013-03-10T10:01:29.340-04:002013-03-10T10:01:29.340-04:00the ground is pretty wet here, too, but at least I...the ground is pretty wet here, too, but at least I don't have deer in the garden! the rabbit from last year was quite enough to do serious damage... I hope he'll have moved on, but taking no chances, all the new plantings will be covered with small tunnels - or old curtains! what a mess, last year has been the first year with rabbit damage - which I put down to the dog not being able to patrol properly with her injured hind leg... maybe we need a 2nd dog?:)) <br /><br />good luck with your garden - my seed boxes are still waiting, but we've snow and frost again in the forecast, so they'll stay where they are for now:( Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-24714439473559782862013-03-10T09:53:39.530-04:002013-03-10T09:53:39.530-04:00I am SO JEALOUS of your green things! Nothing is r...I am SO JEALOUS of your green things! Nothing is really poking up yet for us - our garlic have one or two tiny shoots up, and that's it. Thanks for the tour!famousthecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199392183036556514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-10777591190171398832013-03-10T09:48:29.490-04:002013-03-10T09:48:29.490-04:00Love the early daffs! Hate the deer tracks. A bu...Love the early daffs! Hate the deer tracks. A bunch came through 2 nights ago - tore off netting AND baskets from the yews and ate them, ate down daff shoots, tore up sedum clumps. Not even spring here and already I'm disheartened. Black squirrel population, though, is -- less.<br /><br />Your deer seem picky. Mine are just devastation on 4 legs...Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-52196956314636210662013-03-10T08:49:49.113-04:002013-03-10T08:49:49.113-04:00Your garden sounds wonderful. I think...Your garden sounds wonderful. I think I might plant a small garden agsin this year, my garlic us about 5 inches tall right now. I can't plant root crops, the Javelina root everthing up.thewovenspokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059932184915230837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-42314353429662953272013-03-10T08:32:55.675-04:002013-03-10T08:32:55.675-04:00Thank you for posting this. I am going to live vi...Thank you for posting this. I am going to live vicariously through my online friends since I don't even know if I can do a container garden at this point with the move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-75076915222802206162013-03-10T07:41:03.498-04:002013-03-10T07:41:03.498-04:00What is the advantage of growing hull-less oats? ...What is the advantage of growing hull-less oats? I'd never even heard of that before. <br />Your garlic looks great!daisy ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129079277073067462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-6041563168602359192013-03-10T07:35:29.905-04:002013-03-10T07:35:29.905-04:00Jaime, good to hear from you! We were fortunate th...Jaime, good to hear from you! We were fortunate this year in the snow department, only about half an inch total for the year. But the rain! If that had been snow the house would have been buried!<br /><br />Jacqueline, around this time of year it gets like that, doesn't it? I don't envy your April forecast!<br /><br />Tami, is your ground still muddy? I reckon that's a benefit of raised beds. Our neighbor had a huge pile of wood chip mulch that he told Dan to help himself too. I'm putting that over the cardboard!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-24438145005272356562013-03-10T06:23:21.463-04:002013-03-10T06:23:21.463-04:00I'm out working the garden area this weekend t...I'm out working the garden area this weekend too. Sorry to hear that your fall plantings were a fail for the most part. Mine too. <br /><br />I've got cardboard rotating everywhere trying to suppress the weeds and grass until I can get to that particular patch.<br /><br />When did my garden get so big? <br /><br />As always it's nice to see what's happening at your place. Nice to have a break in the rain too isn't it?Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597093453934852571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-17234072602597807252013-03-10T01:52:49.366-05:002013-03-10T01:52:49.366-05:00I'm forced to confess to a bit of 'green&#...I'm forced to confess to a bit of 'green' envy; our last expected frost date is mid-May and the weather forecasters are saying we may still be getting snow in April.<br /><br />Bleagh!The Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482237436135513483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694364001063554832.post-1307112263810603612013-03-10T01:34:15.583-05:002013-03-10T01:34:15.583-05:00Oooooh, green stuff!! We're getting buried und...Oooooh, green stuff!! We're getting buried under another foot of snow here (not complaining, we really need the moisture), but to see green of some sort when everything melts will be such a welcome sight. It looks like this is going to be a great gardening year for you!<br />-Jaime Ngo Family Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484243776589015749noreply@blogger.com