Bruce
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Hopefully no winter storm in TX like last year!
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Baymule
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No kidding! I never experienced MINUS degrees in my whole life! -6F is something that I would rather not do again.
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There was snow on the ground when we woke up, but it was back to raining so I don't know how much longer it was there after we left for work. It was neat seeing it but I'm hoping it didn't damage my plants and won't happen too much more this winter.
Baymule
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When I lived in Livingston, 160 miles south of here, I could garden all year around. In the winter I switched to cole crops, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, greens, lettuce, onions and such. Sometimes we got snow, but it didn't kill anything. Plants often stalled, quit growing and held off until early spring, but nothing froze to death.
Here, north of Tyler, Texas, it stays cold enough, long enough to reduce everything to mush. I gave up on a winter garden. Now I'm moving 125 miles south. Won't have a garden as it is a temporary place until I find a new farm. So I'll be excited to find a new home and figure out the planting schedule.
Sometimes ice and snow doesn't do any harm, I hope your plants all do well and survive the cold spell.
Here, north of Tyler, Texas, it stays cold enough, long enough to reduce everything to mush. I gave up on a winter garden. Now I'm moving 125 miles south. Won't have a garden as it is a temporary place until I find a new farm. So I'll be excited to find a new home and figure out the planting schedule.
Sometimes ice and snow doesn't do any harm, I hope your plants all do well and survive the cold spell.
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No snow today, just rain off and on.
@Baymule maybe you could try a garden in containers? That way you could take it with you. At least salad greens or something, it's hard to beat fresh greens.
I hope they will be ok too, time will tell. We are supposed to have a break in the cold/nasty weather for a few days and then another winter storm system will start. I'm hoping I can get the yard cleaned up and more winterized before the next storm hits.
@Baymule maybe you could try a garden in containers? That way you could take it with you. At least salad greens or something, it's hard to beat fresh greens.
I hope they will be ok too, time will tell. We are supposed to have a break in the cold/nasty weather for a few days and then another winter storm system will start. I'm hoping I can get the yard cleaned up and more winterized before the next storm hits.
Baymule
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I have a friend that will be only 30 miles away, that raises a big garden. So I wont be doing without. I've already considered a few tubs. Have another friend with cattle and I can get all the cattle lick tubs I want.
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I used to move some of my tropical fish outside into the big cattle lick tubs in the summer under partial shade and the plants grew like crazy and then I had lots of new ones, multiplications, to bring back in and add to my indoor tanks. I have some of my "moved" to this house, plants from the old house, like the peonies.... and have used those tubs for all sorts of things. They are heavy with dirt in them..... One place used to take them back for a couple dollars discount on the new ones....
He//... we used to return the 100# feed sacks years ago and got paid for them. The feed company would clean/disinfect them and then bag up feed again..... made sense.... nowadays you can't hardly get 100 lb sacks of feed and the 50's are all paper or plastic that isn't even recyclable either.... at least I do use the paper for garbage bags and for putting down in the garden for walk ways between rows and to lay down then put hay/straw/etc. type of mulch on top around the plants.....
He//... we used to return the 100# feed sacks years ago and got paid for them. The feed company would clean/disinfect them and then bag up feed again..... made sense.... nowadays you can't hardly get 100 lb sacks of feed and the 50's are all paper or plastic that isn't even recyclable either.... at least I do use the paper for garbage bags and for putting down in the garden for walk ways between rows and to lay down then put hay/straw/etc. type of mulch on top around the plants.....
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Trying to clean house with a munchkin is hard. He doesn't want to fall asleep in his swing or bassinet, only in my arms. So having to take a break on cleaning till he lets me put him back down without waking up.
I have today and Monday off, so 4 day weekend to get stuff done! Going to try to get the tree mess cleaned up and the chicken pen put together. I have bare root plants that need to get planted too.
I have today and Monday off, so 4 day weekend to get stuff done! Going to try to get the tree mess cleaned up and the chicken pen put together. I have bare root plants that need to get planted too.
Margali
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Maybe try a baby carrier for doing chores? Worked great with my littles since body heat and heartbeat lulled them asleep. I could do most chores wearing them with minor changes like kneeling vs bending at waist.
