Spring is nearly heah!!

hotsauce · Post by **hotsauce** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:00 am

this weekend is open house at my favorite plant store!!! i'm so ready for sping! :-6

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:09 am

Clipper wrote: My Missus has her flower seeds and is ready to go! She has a new planting scheme that she thinks will protect her flowers from the lawn mower....LOL!

That's why you shouldn't drink and mow, Clipper!!!:D

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:14 am

Clipper wrote: My Missus has her flower seeds and is ready to go! She has a new planting scheme that she thinks will protect her flowers from the lawn mower....LOL!

Is that a fence of 'razor' wire Clipper ???

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:14 am

:wah: It's ok clipper I have a habit of pulling up flowers before they have bloomed cause I thought they were weeds

I'm ready for spring, need to clean out my flower beds, and prepare my plot for my garden this year.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:30 am

Oh no not 2 acres for me. I'm just going to start off small. I mainly want tomatoes, cucumbers and squash. I may also grow some pumkins and watermelons.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:42 am

Is it hard growing tomatoes in pots? I want both cherry and regular tomatoes.

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:47 am

I just moved into an apartment with a balcony and am hoping to grow some tomatoes in a window box. We get good morning sun, so I am thinking they should do good.

Clipper, I haven't grown tomatoes in years and never in a window box. I know I am going to have to fashion a trellis for them to climb (or be tied to so they don't fall over) but if you have any other tips, they would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, and I HATE winter so I can't wait for the warmth of spring!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:49 am

Clipper wrote: Nope....I start with clean fill,potting soil,and goose it up with a little fertilizer. I have a drip hose set-up for watering em each day. I stake the plants right to the deck railing.

Last year I had so many cherry maters we nearly got sick of eating em....tasty little rascals....

I'll have to try that. thanks :wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:57 am

Well here in San Diego it is Springtime almost everyday. :-6 We have about 2 days at the most of winter.

We can grow maters almost year round and do.....Yummy..!! We do still feel the coming of spring for sure..:-6

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:57 am

See how much us city girls know about 'maters!

I have an empty window box, so I just assumed it would work. Will go out and find a couple of 5 gallon buckets!

Alfred · Post by **Alfred** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:39 pm

yes its going to be nice staying in bed all weekend staying warm.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:29 pm

I'm ready! Carla, I've been growing tomatoes year round too, although, I'm not in what is that down there zone 8 hardiness? I miss living in the tropics... I have to grow them in the conservatory up here over the winter... cherry and "fourth of july" tomatoes mostly... up to 4 oz. size or so... the larger ones aren't ripening very well, though.

The citrus trees and pineapples are doing pretty well though! :p Go figure...

I'm actually setting up a gardening forum this very moment, too... and next month I'll go ahead and start some seeds in the greenhouse for the outside gardens. I can't wait to get started.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:20 am

It's pretty cold here at the moment and very dry....water shortage is pretty dire...

The corcuses are flowering and other bulbs are poking through.. The camellia i bought last year looks beautiful .

I might start thinking about hanging baskets in april...sometimes I grow cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets and herbs too. The hosepipe ban will continue here so i have to plan around that. I'll probably just maintain what exists and pray for rain.

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:29 am

Funny how for most of you it's talk of gardening. For me? My carb parts have arrived, and soon it will be time to be back on two wheels!

YAAAAAAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!