Garden Geeks thread

[FiveHole12]

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I gotta get me some chickens.

A big horse farm in the center of town leaves mountains of horse manure mixed with bedding straw and chips at the end of a field, just off the road. It's there for the taking. I load up big barrels and add it to my bins. If you dig into the pile deep enough... ooh yea.

[owslachief]

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I gotta get me some chickens.

A big horse farm in the center of town leaves mountains of horse manure mixed with bedding straw and chips at the end of a field, just off the road. It's there for the taking. I load up big barrels and add it to my bins. If you dig into the pile deep enough... ooh yea.

I wanna keep cats out of my yard so our stupid cat doesn't "claim" the window for his own if you catch my drift. Is there some kinda **** or **** mixture that will make it happen?

[goldy_331]

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Finally going to get the garden rototilled tonight. Snow was all gone last week but now it has dried out enough to be tilled.

[FreshFish]

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On Saturday morning about 9, took a stroll through the vegetable garden and one strawberry had two little flowers on it. Took another stroll Saturday around 1:30 PM, and there were three more flowers on two more. Yesterday there were 18 little flowers open.

In a way, we're glad it has been a relatively cool spring so far because the sequence of plants and shrubs that flower can unfold in a stately manner. Last spring, there was a heat wave, and all sorts of different stuff started to bloom all at the same time. it was a little bizarre at times.

[theprofromdover]

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I wanna keep cats out of my yard so our stupid cat doesn't "claim" the window for his own if you catch my drift. Is there some kinda **** or **** mixture that will make it happen?

A BB gun works.

[owslachief]

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A BB gun works.

Great for raccoons & squirrels - but I don't want the stupid cat's stupid owner *****ing at me or poisoning my tomatoes

[leswp1]

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Great for raccoons & squirrels - but I don't want the stupid cat's stupid owner *****ing at me or poisoning my tomatoes

Time to borrow a friend's dog!

[FreshFish]

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For those who like to grow their own herbs, an extensive article in today's WSJ.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...style_newsreel

[FiveHole12]

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A BB gun works.

Time to borrow a friend's dog!

You two hit the nail on the head.
Or... get rid of your 'stupid' cat and reclaim the window.

[theprofromdover]

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Great for raccoons & squirrels - but I don't want the stupid cat's stupid owner *****ing at me or poisoning my tomatoes

I have a big pellet gun that I use to get squirrels and woodchucks. I use a pump BB gun for cats. They jump but don't bleed.

[FreshFish]

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I have a big pellet gun that I use to get squirrels and woodchucks. I use a pump BB gun for cats. They jump but don't bleed.

I wonder how airsoft guns and plastic pellets would work? my son left all his airsoft stuff behind when he left for college. Hmm...

[MadTownSioux]

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I planted corn, Tomatoes, and peppers last week when it was 80 degrees. Tonight (Sunday night/Monday AM) there are frost warnings in So. Wisconsin. Crap!

[walrus]

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I, m glad I didn't plant any warm weather crops, frost possible this week. My tomato seedlings are getting kind of leggy and need to be transplanted though.

[Carter]

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I planted corn, Tomatoes, and peppers last week when it was 80 degrees. Tonight (Sunday night/Monday AM) there are frost warnings in So. Wisconsin. Crap!

I don't know, maybe I'm perpetually late, but the first week in May seems awful early to be putting out tomatoes and peppers. Granted, we've had a few warm days, but overall it's been a long, long winter with a late spring, and I would have thought the soil temps were still pretty low. I've always waited until at least mid-May, and usually a week beyond that. At any rate, I sure hope you escape the frost. There's a warning again for tonight.

[MadTownSioux]

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I don't know, maybe I'm perpetually late, but the first week in May seems awful early to be putting out tomatoes and peppers. Granted, we've had a few warm days, but overall it's been a long, long winter with a late spring, and I would have thought the soil temps were still pretty low. I've always waited until at least mid-May, and usually a week beyond that. At any rate, I sure hope you escape the frost. There's a warning again for tonight.

Yeah, I know. It's a crapshoot. Is the last frost past? Do I wait and have later tomatoes? i'll cover them as best I can tonight.