2014 Gardening

Seems ISH has a nickname for everyone here but himself. HMMMMMMMMMM!!!!

He's waiting for you to come up with one!

lightfootfan wrote:He's waiting for you to come up with one!

NOT!

Banter King would be a good one.

Nah.

Isn't Ishy his nic?

Kinda cool today as I set out garlic cloves.
Also Crocus & Tulip bulbs.

my pots and baskets are over,

Since we now live in an apartment, we have no garden to prepare for winter, but my think about container gardening for next year.

That is a great idea LFF.

Visit Joy's A Patio Garden and you might find a great deal of info there.

Yesterday, we dried Parsley. Also picked Chard and Kale.
We're trying to "Winterize" the garden a bit at a time so
it isn't too much at once.

I picked some lettuce yesterday afternoon.
Looks like that will be the consistency of the fall garden.
Nothing else seemed to want to come up except I noticed a few potatoes sprouting up here and there. May not have time to make now but will leave them.

My computer tells me it is 44 but the last post showed 50. Either way it is chilly this morning.

Chilly here too. Computer shows 50°, but sensor on balcony shows 48. The potatoes will probably be okay.

Glad E Olah wrote:I picked some lettuce yesterday afternoon.
Looks like that will be the consistency of the fall garden.

Lettuce sandwiches will help with the diet. You are still dieting innit?

I will forever be on a diet ISHY!

Glad E Olah wrote:I will forever be on a diet ISHY!

Is it working?

Sure

But bread has  carbs.

This morning was spent building or rather preparing 
a compost bed. Also taking out bean vines, some 
tomato plants, the cucamelon vines, pulling Bind weed
out of the fence. 
After a shower and lunch, I deserve some down time.

Enjoy your down time.

I went to work this morning and I am about to go out to my garden and so some cleaning too.

Carbs yes...... ISHY should know better than offer me any kind of sandwiches only the "necessary" ones.

Dug the sweet potatoes and they did very well for no more than I had planted.
I will plant a larger crop next year.

Also cleaned up more of the garden this afternoon. It is beginning to look much better without the weeds.

Yes. Weeds must be pulled to be eradicated. They're perennial, and they come back in the Spring.

Weeds, weeds and more weeds!

Glad E Olah wrote:Dug the sweet potatoes and they did very well for no more than I had planted.

From where did you get the slips?

From the left over sweet potatoes that were from last year. I saved the little ones to sprout.

Glad E Olah wrote:From the left over sweet potatoes that were from last year.  I saved the little ones to sprout.

You must learn to use "slips." Even from small sweet potatoes it is much more economical.

Why buy when you have your own for free??

Actually you can take a sweet potato and put it in a small amount of water and allow it to form roots.

Then over the potato it will grow its own slits.

Ishy, she didn't say slips. She said sweet potatoes.

HA, just joshing.

ISHY just think he is a gardener Joyous. With all those sheep herds around he should grow his own garden. I am already looking forward to next year's garden and as fast as the time goes it will come around soon.

After 20 years of farming floral crops, I appreciate not having to do it anymore.

Do you not miss it at all LFF?

I miss the beauty of it- looking at the fruits of my labors, but I don't miss that labor!

It is a lot of hard work. I agree with LLF.

I know what you mean LFF.

Maybe next year you can grow a few patio veggies.

I hope to garden a little as long as I live.

Me too Joyous!

Today feels like Sunday for some reason.
Happy Monday all Shouters.

Hello there joyous!

And hello all you shouters!

Today feels like Monday to me guess because it is Monday and I am dragging my feet always on Monday.

Maybe because a friend visited and she usually visits on Sunday.
Also, the park has been very quiet today. 
Night looms so sleep well, my lovelies.

I will be awake for about 5 more hours.

I'm thinking 3 here!

Sleep well when it comes time LFF

Glad E Olah wrote:Sleep well when it comes time LFF

You too!

Thanks LFF!

I did so well did not want to get up this morning!

I wish to cling to my bed almost every morning.
But duty calls.
Sleep well.

I napped a few hours this afternoon, and woke up thinking it was tomorrow morning!

LOL Seriously, that happened to me when I was four years old.
I had an afternoon nap and awoke thinking I had slept through
the night.

I will need to get up early to have grandson at school by 7:15. The granddaughters will be spending the night with a friend and their mom will take them to school. I will be here in case the school calls during the day.

Glad E Olah wrote:I will need to get up early to have grandson at school by 7:15.  The granddaughters will be spending the night with a friend and their mom will take them to school.  I will be here in case the school calls during the day.

Is this going to be every day?

No LFF.

Just for tomorrow.  

My brother and sister in law are taking my daughter to St Louis this evening.
The appointment is at Barnes hospital at 9 am so they will go tonight. (2 1/2 hour drive from here)

Right now I am fearing the worse.  Not much has been told me but daughter is at the local hospital here getting pre-op and that scares me.  Pre-op to me says operation??  They are saying the mass is suspicious and St Louis is better equipped. Sounds to me it must be early stages of cancer. Guess I will know tomorrow evening.  I am scared and I think that is why daughter mainly wants me her to look after the kids instead of there with her.  I would come unglued for sure if I went.

Yes. That means operation- maybe to remove the mass. Then, if is is cancerous, hopefully, they'll get it all. Just pray, as we are doing, and try not to show your fears to the kids.

Thanks LFF!

Daughter is on her way to St Louis.

And I need to verify an error on my part.....daughter is a home health care provider and it was her client that was at pre-op for a procedure the client is having done next week. So this means I misled you. I am thankful we are not at the stage of pre-op for my daughter. Hopefully they will find no reason for operating and there will be no cancer found.

Daughter had not made her self clear to me. This upsets me that I have misunderstood her.