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Discussion in 'Other Off-Topic Chat' started by Lindis, Nov 14, 2021.

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  1. Chrizton

    Chrizton Well-Known Member

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    I've started some seeds indoors under grow light, but it is still winter. Supposed to be in the teens tonight and it has been super wet last few weeks outside. I don't even like walking the garbage out to the cans it is so sloppy. It'll be early may before I start going in earnest.
     
    Chrizton, Feb 3, 2023
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  2. Lindis

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    Isn't it a bit early for tomatoes?
     
    Lindis, Feb 4, 2023
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    Yep.
     
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    I've got seeds started and germinated, grow lights in place. Trying for an early transplant in a cold frame, if I can't get the small greenhouse sealed well enough for use.
     
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    politicalcenter Well-Known Member

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    I never get hummingbirds till late summer.
     
    politicalcenter, Feb 4, 2023
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    I've given up on gardening. The only thing I can keep alive is succulents rooting in water..so that's my windowsill "garden".

    However I have plans to put out a humming bird feeder this year. I see them in my yard buzzing about and I can offer them no flowers...
     
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    Hummingbirds are quite a show. I love them. I really love the attitude.
     
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    In our area, hummers seem particular fond of petunias above all others
     
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    It is a bit early, but under the right conditions, it can work.
    I use clear plastic storage crates. Plant the seeds, then cover them with upside down storage crates. Works like mini-greenhouses. But you do have to weight them so the wind doesn't blow the crates off. I sometimes put large rocks under the crates to use as thermal mass. Then in the spring I put all the crates in my potting shed until the next year. Of course, I don't plant a big garden. Just a few tomato plants.
     
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    The snowbells are now flowering
     
    Lindis, Feb 5, 2023
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    The war games start late July here, hip checks, body slams and the spread of wings and tail to look big and fierce.

    I'm not sure how something that weighs 4.5 grams looks fierce though.
     
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    Gardens and gardening. In America, is it called Yards and Yarding?
     
    Nonnie, Feb 7, 2023
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    Where I live, a yard is what you mow. But for some of us, you also mow your driveway.

    Gardens are what you pull weeds from, and hopefully you don't realize you just pulled your prize-winning dahlia as a weed. Gardening is the act of spending hours planting and tending large amounts of money into snacks for deer....
     
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    Gardens in the UK is the land Infront of your house and behind your house. If you live in a terraced house with a hard standing back garden, it's often known as a yard. If you have commercial units, they're often in a yard, typically made of hardcore, gravel, concrete, tarmac surface.

    A garden is grass, flower beds, trees etc..
     
    Nonnie, Feb 7, 2023
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