2013 Garden

[ness]

What a bunch of wimps. I do 350 to 450 a day.

You gotta be driving for a living....If you ever drive up 71 to KC around lunch time, let me know you're coming.

[Wayne SW/MO]

You gotta be driving for a living....If you ever drive up 71 to KC around lunch time, let me know you're coming.

Have they ever finished it, or will they?

[ness]

The triangle? Yes, it's done and really nice too. They even got the marketing guys to come up with a new name since Grandview Triangle has suck a stigma: 'Three Trails Crossing'. The $250 million they spent shaved a minute off my daily commute. Nice! The $300 million they're spending on widening 435 to 75 lanes at Quivira could save me another minute or two on top of that.

[jdmidwest]

75 lanes? Dang, I don't even think there are 75 major roads in the state of MO. Kansas must really be something. I had to drive to Fort Scott back in Nov from Eldorado Springs just to say I have been in Kansas.

[Njardar]

I really enjoy starting seeds indoors. For one, it starts in the doldrums of winter when I'm ready to see spring come along. I can choose my varieties and have them ready to go when the temps are right, and shave a little time off things. It's a little cheaper too. No fancy setup, just shop lights, shelves, trays, cells and a timer. It's something I really look forward to in the winter when hunting and football come to an end.

Starting seeds is becoming a ritual...a right of passage into spring.

[Chief Grey Bear]

You gotta be driving for a living....If you ever drive up 71 to KC around lunch time, let me know you're coming.

I would love too. But I go west into Okie land. Some day though, I'll meet you on the water.

[jdmidwest]

Lettuce, radishes, and spinach in the ground under glass in the raised beds today. Cleaned the leaves out of the strawberry beds and worked on them some. I am going to replant 2 of the beds that did not produce last spring. Remember last spring? We were watering strawberries by the time they were producing. I hope we don't have that problem this year.

Put the feeder on the bee hive today and watched them fly for a while. Some pollen coming in, probably from maples that are budding out. Several feral bees were coming into the feeder from the outside of the hive. I must have an active wild bee tree close by. I am going to put out some swarm traps in a few weeks and hopefully trap some of the wild swarms.

[ness]

Lettuce, radishes, and spinach in the ground under glass in the raised beds today. Cleaned the leaves out of the strawberry beds and worked on them some. I am going to replant 2 of the beds that did not produce last spring. Remember last spring? We were watering strawberries by the time they were producing. I hope we don't have that problem this year.

Put the feeder on the bee hive today and watched them fly for a while. Some pollen coming in, probably from maples that are budding out. Several feral bees were coming into the feeder from the outside of the hive. I must have an active wild bee tree close by. I am going to put out some swarm traps in a few weeks and hopefully trap some of the wild swarms.

How are you suspending the glass over the beds? Are the sides high enough, using hay bales or something else?

[Wayne SW/MO]

How are you suspending the glass over the beds? Are the sides high enough, using hay bales or something else?

My grandpa used a wood framed storm door. He would build a wooden box with a slight tilt, probably 22.5, facing south with the door as a lid. he would then bank straw around the box to insulate it.

Several feral bees were coming into the feeder from the outside of the hive.

I have to ask, how do you know they are feral?

[jdmidwest]

How are you suspending the glass over the beds? Are the sides high enough, using hay bales or something else?

My hot boxes are 1x12 boards on edge about 2-3 foot wide. Filled half full of top soil and covered with some old screen door glass and some shower doors I bought at an auction.