Anybody else have the garden bug yet?

[THEFAN]

I've planted next yrs garden in my head and on paper a million times. 3 1/2 months to go before I can set foot in it. When the Jan thaw happens I will finsih off the greenhouse. That should appease my antsieness. I am using the next few months to agther needed items from the dump. Old gutters, widows, doors, and anything that looks useful and can save me money this yr.

 

[Henrietta23]

Despite the snow and cold, I always get the bug this time of year. Maybe it's all those seed catalogs that start arriving mixed in with the LandsEnd and LLBean Christmas catalogs? At any rate I sit down on New Years Day and start planning. It doesn't always amount to much. I've had a couple of really bad gardening years. But I at least get myself psyched back up for another try around now!

 

[Farmfresh]

Uhhhh.... I guess I will admit it.

It's beautiful here today. Almost 70. I went out in the yard and weeded 3, 4 x 12 ft beds. I have black dirt under my nails and it feels wonderful. There are about 30 volunteer tomato plants all between 4 to 6 inches tall. I think some are heirloom so I will save those.

I still have a bed of carrots and beets doing well and I found 4 potato plants.

I am going to try and get some composted horse manure next week and start amending.

I cant wait until spring.

Ahh... at least somebody can play in the warm dirt.

It was sunny and 30 around here. I spent the afternoon reseeding my backyard. They buried my electric supply line a month ago and dug up the backyard doing it. I needed a fix for the mud, so I threw down some seed and covered the yard with straw. Grandma Nettie always planted grass in the winter.

 

[TanksHill]

FF I was sprinkling clover buy the bag full all summer. I needed a quick fix for my dead lawn. I think Bee used clover for a cover crop. With all of the rain we have had I now have a green clover field. With just a bit of grass.

Having your utilities under ground should help with the power outages.

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[Wifezilla]

That's awesome. I am trying to get clover to take over my grass too.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Browsing through one the recent catalogs, I'm thinking of starting some Stevia in the house shortly. Just to get something growing....

 

[Wifezilla]

Good idea

I have the rosemary to tend along with some basil and tarragon. I also brought in a nasturtium plant to see how it would do indoors. It looks awesome and has helped keep the gardening bug fed.

 

[hoosier]

I received three seed catalogues today. I have the bug now!

 

[me&thegals]

Nope. Nothing like expanding the garden to 1-2 acres and making a small business of it to cure me of that! Seriously, I have about 10 catalogues and haven't even cracked the covers yet! But, when the social stuff and holidays slow down, I will start my indoor plants and get excited for next year's garden.

 

[FarmerChick]

nope, not yet
not excited at all
close to 15 years income farming with produce and hay and I could care less about crops

since we darn near closed down and are only doing hay for our critters and to sell, and not doing the big field crop farming----yea I guess I can get excited about a 1/2 acre plot 'JUST FOR ME!'

HMMM....planting just for me. will seem crazy...like not enough work or I am doing something wrong haha

I got some catalouges and haven't opened them either....thought about throwing them out but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

this year I will plant for my table. and give away the rest of leftover harvests.

ok--yea getting a little excited now