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January 09, 2021
Saturday Gardening and Puttering Thread, January 9, 2021 [KT]![]() Hi, everybody! It's winter! And we're starting with a new photo contributor to the thread. What an interesting photo! Hiya, My garden is on the roof of a garage in an alley a few blocks from Wrigley Field. Yes, I live in Chicago, but I'm not a preening wokester, just a regular mongrel American who loves freedom. Below, the greenhouse. Looks fun: ![]() Edible Gardening Wee Kreek Farm Girl is ahead of most of us: Hey KT, I know that most people aren't harvesting anything right now so after I picked my dinner tonight I thought I would send it to you. Winter Farmer is growing ice crystals. I'm sending along some pics of the hoarfrost we had here earlier this week. Seen it before, but nothing like this, it was quite remarkable. These are the front porch Christmas lights. Falls under puttering as I must get these down, LOL. ![]() And a guardrail. ![]() Music From Don in Kansas, a little opera in the forest: Gardens of and Puttering by The Horde If you liked the great Nativity scene by Dr. Mabuse last week, here's the impressive story about its completion, again. First crocus sighting! And so the year begins. More pics to follow as they get established. Diogenes
Pat* wrote up an article for us: "Winter sow for early and hardy seedlings" Getting started: Fill each container with "a few inches" of clean potting soil. Get the soil thoroughly wet (including mixing the water and soil by hand if you have to), and let it drain. The article says at this point in the process, too soggy is better than too dry. Once the sprouts show up, you'll be checking for moisture content, every one or two days. It's OK to open the container outdoors if it's cold, but do not do that when it's below freezing! If the soil in the container is always drying out, you'll have to block off some of the drainage holes in the bottom. If the soil is too wet, you can poke additional holes with an awl, or make an additional slit with a knife. Add water if the soil is dry, close the container, and replace it. As the seedlings grow, cut extra slashes in the lid for added air circulation. Pat* adds: I plan to try this with Roma tomato seeds. Considering that the compost pile - which sits outside all through the winter - once produced a crazy number of tomato plants, this ought to work. And if it does, it will mean a big difference in how successful our paste tomato crop will be. We've had poor crops the last 2 years because the tomatoes didn't have time to ripen, so this should lengthen the season. I'm thinking the best place for the container, is sitting right by the raised beds I'll grow them in. Thanks, Pat*! What great details! We have talked about winter-sowing outdoors before, but it's been a while. Here's a photo of some lettuce I grew in deli containers: I like to winter-sow baby leaf lettuce in domed deli containers which once held barbecued chickens. Holes are necessary in both the top and bottom of the container. After cutting off the baby leaves about an inch and a half above the soil line, I sometimes plant the roots out in the garden for a second harvest. ![]() Romaine types work out well in this kind of a container. In our climate, it is essential that tomatoes get an early start. They go in about the same time that outdoor winter-sown seeds get planted. There are also some seeds that can go directly into the ground. I've been kind of parceling out the cyclamen photos from Neal in Israel. Here is a classic type. Don't you love the leaves? Followed by a flower close-up. ![]() ![]() Anything going on in your garden?
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