I did it! I did it! I did it!
I finally wrapped my crown obsessed brains around those seed catalogs and made my seed order!!!!!! Yea yea...I know....I have usually planted some by this time in January...but hey...better late than never right?
I did feel a little bored by what is offered to hobby gardeners as far as seeds and colors etc. are concerned. I have planted almost all that they offer in the past...there are the standard old faithfuls...etc...but they are ordered (about 78 different plants) and they will grow dammit!
I am getting ready to get Fertilizer Friday on the go...and get the rest of the house plants back into the house. But for now....I am able to move furniture and change my house up a little guilt free! Those catalogs and lists were yelling at me all this month. (kinda like the stain on the Tide commercials...lol) I do love that commercial
I also have to come up with a solution to the huge response I got to my friendship flower pot garden....may need to revise the plan...and do have to give a couple of you guys some alternatives as I can not get seed for some of the requested plants. This too shall wait until the rest of my house is cleaned!
Oh and if Tamara is reading....I am begging her for some advice about aphids! You have no idea the tears I was shedding last year when the aphids hit me HARD....just ask around blogland...Tootsie was a mess!
I finally wrapped my crown obsessed brains around those seed catalogs and made my seed order!!!!!! Yea yea...I know....I have usually planted some by this time in January...but hey...better late than never right?
I did feel a little bored by what is offered to hobby gardeners as far as seeds and colors etc. are concerned. I have planted almost all that they offer in the past...there are the standard old faithfuls...etc...but they are ordered (about 78 different plants) and they will grow dammit!
I am getting ready to get Fertilizer Friday on the go...and get the rest of the house plants back into the house. But for now....I am able to move furniture and change my house up a little guilt free! Those catalogs and lists were yelling at me all this month. (kinda like the stain on the Tide commercials...lol) I do love that commercial
I also have to come up with a solution to the huge response I got to my friendship flower pot garden....may need to revise the plan...and do have to give a couple of you guys some alternatives as I can not get seed for some of the requested plants. This too shall wait until the rest of my house is cleaned!
Oh and if Tamara is reading....I am begging her for some advice about aphids! You have no idea the tears I was shedding last year when the aphids hit me HARD....just ask around blogland...Tootsie was a mess!
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My garden has to be able to look after itself.. haha
I hate weeds.. and we've got tons of it... as we took over my husbands grandmothers house, and she did no gardening the last years of her life... they have taken over...
Monica
Justine :o )
Hugs,
Chris
Miss you~ hope you are doing well!
Hugs~ J
Oh, love the garden too. So pretty.
I am sure you are getting quite excited for Spring and the growing season----I know I am. I may be asking your advice...I don't have quite the "green thumb" that you do;-)
BE a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Sadly to say, as a residential gardener have a few less options than we commercial growers. We are able to purchase chemicals (or ladybugs) that are not available to the average joe. I spoke with two of our growers and got the following suggestion:
1. Insecticidal or Dish soap and water. Spray on your plants. Also, make sure your greenhouse has no old plants/soil in it that are harboring the pest. Check around your yard for any plants that harbor aphids and remove asap :)
2. Should this not improve your situation, you will have to begin breeding ladybugs until you have a colony big enough to release into your greenhouse. The ladybugs will make quick work of the aphids. I'd send you some of ours but they come in packages of 10,000 larvae. Can you imagine 10,000 ladybugs in your backyard greenhouse??!! Oh, now that would make a great horror film.......Attack of the Killer Ladybugs!
Betty
Where do you keep your plants once you have done the seeding? Can you use your greenhouse.
We do have a long way to go until spring time...what kinds of seeds will you plant?
It sounds like you are getting ready for some fun and work!!
have a lovely day
Judi
I know for certain, I would not have been able to plant all those seeds. Now, J on the other hand, would have relished every bit of it! Looking forward to your gardens!