tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post5121049715584906324..comments2024-03-04T08:20:43.291-06:00Comments on Get Me To The Country: April's Garden (2018)Jeanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-90305805330905691892018-05-01T22:01:22.440-05:002018-05-01T22:01:22.440-05:00Three blueberries on one pot! What will they think...Three blueberries on one pot! What will they think of next? No one in their right mind would turn down a blueberry plant.<br /><br />I hope both of our seeds sprout. It is driving me crazy. I keep walking by looking and even got out a magnifying glass to look closer. Tomorrow I plan on buying new seed starting soil and trying again. The ground in the garden is drying up and Bill might be able to plow this weekend, but I don't have anything ready to plant!Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-40177343968325895302018-05-01T21:53:47.648-05:002018-05-01T21:53:47.648-05:00I am perplexed also! It seems I am always having ...I am perplexed also! It seems I am always having problems and every year it is different problems. When I get one solved, it seems another one arrives.<br /><br />I will tell Scooter what you said. Right now he is sitting beside Dustin begging for a bite of chips and hot sauce. He won't get it because he hates it, but that doesn't stop him from begging anyway.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-54460282503205320242018-05-01T21:40:00.483-05:002018-05-01T21:40:00.483-05:00Scooter! Yay! I love Scooter's comments!
I t...Scooter! Yay! I love Scooter's comments! <br /><br />I totally understand about the growing. But you're about the same as me in terms of the growing season! I just planted seeds last week. Prior to that we were still having ice storms and freezing temps. Hopefully plants sprout soon, for both you and me! At least my blueberry plant (purchased after the ice storm) is happily budding! It's a pretty cool plant -- three varieties in one (large) pot! My plan is that if it gets too big for the pot on my balcony, I'll transplant it to my parent's garden. I have yet to tell them, but I have confidence that I can convince them! <br />Approaching Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758306507590214861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-18379830009137422902018-05-01T11:13:21.438-05:002018-05-01T11:13:21.438-05:00Thank you for giving me hope. A month does not lo...Thank you for giving me hope. A month does not look like much in the beginning but it makes a world of difference as to the amount of harvest at the end of the season. <br /><br />Yes, do try a watermelon! You had so much success last year it was amazing. I can't grow corn either. I tried for years but it only got a few feet tall. Reese planted the same seeds a few feet from mine and his grew 16 feet tall. He got his picture in the paper standing along side his corn (Trucker's favorite, heirloom). Not me. I hid my face and refused to stand beside what I had grown.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-66380931250386987542018-05-01T11:07:50.878-05:002018-05-01T11:07:50.878-05:00Hi Jeannie, I'm always so impressed with all t...Hi Jeannie, I'm always so impressed with all the food you grow! And, I'm pretty perplexed that you're having such a hard time growing from seed. Scooter is so smart.....I think he should write a book.Sallyhttps://www.mynewenglandflowerbeds.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-33908710325656341102018-04-30T22:19:45.890-05:002018-04-30T22:19:45.890-05:00It is so frustrating that your seeds won't com...It is so frustrating that your seeds won't come up!!! How annoying. I had to buy seedlings for the past 2 years, and really, really enjoyed growing my own this year. In fact, I think I'm about ready to try to do another batch of some zinnias, a watermelon (I guess I let the success last year go to my head, since they really don't grow well here), and some corn plants. I saw where someone else did that, and they grew. Makes sense, since I often transplant my thinnings and they grow corn just fine.<br /><br />I hope you have some luck soon!Beckyathomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105835394158145451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-88670891427151245422018-04-30T21:24:42.643-05:002018-04-30T21:24:42.643-05:00I did consider giving up and just not planting a g...I did consider giving up and just not planting a garden this year...but I enjoy the food so much and I can't buy it anywhere else. I do need to regroup. (Dustin just looked over my shoulder, read the post and said, "Regroup and grow a grass garden." He is not a gardener.)<br /><br />Anyway, I will keep trying and it can just be a later garden. We won't starve, there is a grocery store in town, after all. I will just follow my own advice and "keep planting more seeds."<br /><br />Thanks for the encouragement.<br />Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-68320059201186403632018-04-30T21:14:07.310-05:002018-04-30T21:14:07.310-05:00I am frustrated and to cheer myself up I went to a...I am frustrated and to cheer myself up I went to a garden center and saw something for the first time. Plants on clearance at the beginning of the season! They had been damaged by frost so the store was trying to sell them quickly before the other shipments arrived. (I awoke to another frost on the ground this morning.) I found two hanging plants in decent shape and splurged $5 for each of them, SO CHEAP!!! It did make me feel better. Tonight I will order more seeds and try again. Spending money on flowers always makes me feel better.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-73276798972513374732018-04-30T18:58:30.979-05:002018-04-30T18:58:30.979-05:00Oh, dear, I do hope you haven't lost all hope ...Oh, dear, I do hope you haven't lost all hope for your garden! I have found that sometimes I have to regroup and change the way I look at my garden because then I can look at options that I never considered before. Hang in there!!betty-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950300478215339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-87916052358617311552018-04-30T12:34:41.405-05:002018-04-30T12:34:41.405-05:00Oh no, please do not be frustrated! There is still...Oh no, please do not be frustrated! There is still enough time for sowing and planting all<br />sorts of vegetables: Cucumbers, zucchinis, potatoes, carrots, onions and much more. <br />On the pictures I see beautiful swiss chard, healthy onions, even a nice lettuce. And so many<br />strawberry blossoms. Cheer up! Everything will be fine.<br />ChristelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com