I can't figure for sure when my month is up for the bandwidth reset, but if my signup date is any indication, it's tomorrow. I figure why spend money to upgrade to unlimited bandwidth for two days worth of suffering. Yeah, I'm cheap, just ask my wife Seadolphyn, hehe, who posted here for the first time ever to say she only bought green onions once, hehe.
So, for now, you'll have to take my word for the fact that my germination tray is getting sparcer and sparcer of soil blocks. They're all upstairs under the lights. I'm still kicking myself over not labeling better. I'm pretty sure the unlabled plants are lettuce, probably salad bowl. Again it doesn't matter, I'll just plant them and see what comes up. Worst case I have mesclun. What does matter is that they're growing fine.
*Fast Forward* a few hours. The rest of my post is lost and I think I crashed the Ft2Garden.com server with too much bandwidth. Wonderful! Unintended consequences. Oops. Sorry Judy!
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday |
 50° F | 36° F |  49° F | 36° F | 47° F | 34° F |  50° F | 36° F | 50° F | 36° F |
| Partly Cloudy | Rain 90% chance of precipitation | Rain Showers 80% chance of precipitation | Chance of Rain 50% chance of precipitation | Rain Showers 60% chance of precipitation |
Well, as you can see, the weekend's pretty shot for working out in the yard. It's a busy one full of birthday celebrations for my wonderful wife anyway, but if I catch a 10% break tomorrow morning. I will try to get out and be productive. However, what I also see in the forecast above, is that for the next week or so we won't get a freeze. Maybe I can start to harden off my lettuce so I can plant it soon under cover.
I sure miss salads. With the economy such as it is, I have stopped eating out for lunch. That means no more salads. I know, last summer I was so sick of salads it was unreal. Now I'm craving them again. Funny isn't it? What are you craving in your garden?
Have a great weekend and enjoy your garden!
Is your wife's name seadolphyn? That's so cool! I saw the weather forecast for your area on the weather channel, and understand how ugly your weekend will be. Ours is the same way.....oh well, your garden will finally get some water. heh. I was wondering what happened to your pictures!
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I'm a fellow Ausint-ite and was wondering if you could help me. I already have some tomato plants out and when it got cold again, I covered them with 5 gallon buckets to keep them warm. Not sure if that was the right move or not, but I'm new to Texas gardening (well, any gardening really).
ReplyDeleteHow much cold can tomatoes handle. If I remove the buckets during the day but replace them at night, will they be okay?
Thanks!
Um, you're not in Austin are you? I think I got your blog mixed up with another one. Sorry 'bout that!
ReplyDeleteThey were calling for rain here too, but now we're going to have a nice weekend with temps in the 50's. YEAH, working in the garden. I'm hoping to get peas & beets planted and this nice daytime weather keeps the maple sap flowing :) bring on the pancakes.
ReplyDeleteRain and wind - arrived early this morning. I know because the dog demanded to be brought into the house at about 4 am! Saw the forecast on Thursday night and decided that no matter what - my raspberries, strawberries, and cranberry plants were going to get planted this weekend. So I raced home from work on Friday night and took advantage of the daylight savings time and the warmish/dry conditions - and planted all of them before it became too dark to work. Now I am drinking coffee and crawling through blog updates in the comfort of my computer room and watching the wind blow and the rain come down. Life is good.
ReplyDeleteWhat am I craving from the garden? Hmmmm... lots of salads coming right now so greens are not it.... I would have to say RIPE fresh off the vine tomatoes, strawberries, and asparagus. I will get to enjoy them in reverse order... asparagus will be the first to arrive, followed by strawberries, and sadly... I must wait til mid/late summer for the tomatoes.
I'm just craving some warmer weather so I can get out in my garden! I hope to get a load of compost this week, as I must get the pea beds prepared soon. Happy birthday to Mrs. Sinfonian.
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I'm craving tomatoes and the runner up would be fresh broccoli.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading 'Heirloom Vegetable Gardening' by William Woys Weaver. He has a whole section on winter hardy greens which I was particularly interested in. The only thing is it seems the greens that make it through the winter are more peppery tasting, not sure if that interests you. I think the mildest tasting green to grow over the winter is Corn Salad, also called Mache. He also listed a few radishes that will grow during the fall and winter. I am doing a post next week on the poly tunnel I am starting and will list all the varieties I am going to try this fall & winter. I will let you know when I get it done so you can check out all the hardy varieties that you may like in your garden. In your climate you should have no problem having salad all year with the right varieties.
I love the smell of tomato foliage..I guess it is because spring is coming. Also, petunias and allysium. They are just so different! Congrats on crashing the system. You're good!
ReplyDeleteYou weekend forecast sounds like ours did -- rain rain and more rain. We managed to work between the showers and down pours. But I'm ready for some nice sunshine!
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