hi everyone.
Sunday on a chilly afternoon. we put the fence around the garden with hopes to plant soon. But it was very cold today Monday.
was said people saw few snow___________

anyways, I have tomatoe plants that really want to get into the ground. then will plant all kinds of veggies.
let me know what you put in yours.
ps, who ever has my turkey, tell them to come home.please
Dodi

I'm trying my hand at garlic this year and just threw in some scallion seeds.  My son is using my yard for hops - put some in about a month ago. Garlics looks great - hops are all doing well, so far.  I should probably put in a tomato and pepper plant or two so
we can make salsa.....We're not serious gardeners, so when something actually grows, I'm thrilled (and a bit
surprised!!!).

  You sound like me Cathy.  If I plant 5 tomato plants and get 2 tomatoes, I get out my tom toms and dance arond them.    

  this me praying that it will grow it is so cold. taters, onion set, carrots, tomaotes, cukes not all in yet but will be me dancing when it does grow

Still remember the year I put in a few tomato plants - tomatoes grew, yet never turned red - after most had rotted on the vines, I finally pulled one off and realized they were yellow tomatoes (and soooo delicious!!!). Then  there was the "year of the cucumbers" - from just 2 hills, I fed cucumbers to the entire neighborhood and office.  First year in this house, was the "watermelon year" - my son had planted watermelons and we forgot about them - late summer, I happened to look out the window and there it was - HIS Watermelon - just one, but what a thrill for him!!!! (Took a while to get him to let us enjoy it.)

Garden?  What's a garden?  We have a few flowers in our patio area!  We had a garden years ago in CT and the deer devoured it.  Maybe we'll try again when we move back north to the lake.

Dodi, the turkeys have left for places unknown so maybe they are in transit headed toward VT. Abner, sounds like the warmer temps. will be here by Memorial Day. At least 70+ is better than yesterday with 42 degrees and wind here. I thought I would freeze at the Greenwich softball field. As for our garden, it has been moved to the porch. We are on the edge of the woods and every living creature comes to visit. I'm tempted to try the hanging tomato contraptions that I see advertised. A fellow neighbor is determined to succeed with his seeds planted in raised beds, surrounded by double thick wire fencing that goes below the ground.But it hasn't stopped the slugs yet.

  thanking Scott
he and the girls put in today, those tomatoe plants,pea,beans,beets
more to come
a toast to them

will let you all know what is next
Dodi

I remember going to Uncle Arne's garden as a kid with Dennis Saari, Harold Holmes, and myself to get onions after we had a smoke ,,,,,lol    

    no more room to anything in the garden. Scott out did himself. Now for it to grow.
I need to work on my flower garden. He will not touch that other than to turn on the hose for me.


now the waiting game to see which comes up first.

have a great week all

Been gardening like crazy here in Bennington, Vermont. My ideal garden comes from my childhood image of the Secret Garden. My garden is supposed to look delightfully overgrown. And it does. No matter what I do, it looks a little out of control. Some years it has been out of control. Several years I played in the pit orchestras for shows which started rehearsing in March, had even more rehearsals in April and then the show took up the first part of May. Those years, by the time I got to the garden, I had to give up as green had totally taken over. But this year I have been logging, pruning, transplanting, rolling rocks around. I figure if you're going to have pets, they may as well lay eggs or give milk, so if you're going to plant things, they may as well produce fruit. Thus my two now-mature pear trees, raspberry patch now too shaded by aggressive maples, cherry trees that didn't make it, grape vines, rhubarb patch, lotsa strawberries all over the place, 5 tomato plants and one Italian parsley! Oops, one remaining blueberry bush, gooseberries, blackberries that double as bodyguards to keep trespassers off..... and slugs. Wherever I live is SlugHaven. It was true in Seattle and is true here. Ick.

That's how my garden grows. ML

We have beets, carrots, radishes, onions, peas up already.  Hope to be putting in plants later today - tomatoes (I do a lot of canning), broccoli, peppers (make pepper relish also), cukes, zucchini, eggplant and whatever else strikes my fancy when I go to buy them.  Also lots of flowers - I have two water gardens, a perennial bed in the back yard and two beds in front of my house.  Ohh, my aching back!!!

Betty,
This is off the subject, but since you are in Greenwitch, are you aquainted with John and Ardith Sherin???

Joan - I know John very well - in fact he usually sits behind me in church.  I don't know his wife at all.  When his first wife Jeanette was so ill I was on the rescue squad and we used to transport her a lot - that's when I really got to know John - he's a great guy, always with that nice smile. Yesterday his daughter Michelle was in church with him.  Are you related to him?

No Betty, we are not related.  John was best man at my mom and dads wedding many many years ago.  Before Dad died last June, and after his (my dad's )mom passed away in 2004, my folks would stay with John and Ardith in Greenwitch when they would go to New York to visit other family members.  Dad and John were great friends from the time they were in high school together. Up until the day dad died, John and Ardith kept in touch and checked up on him. The next time you see John tell him that you chat with Joan Latrell (Don's daughter) and she said to tell him hello.  Since I didn't get back to NY as often, he is more acquainted with one of my other sisters (Donna) but he should know who you are talking about.  Whew.... rather long winded aren't I??

I'll be sure to tell him next Sunday, Joan.  I'll bet he'll be surprised - small world, isn't it.

Hello everyone, Dodi is alive and well in Vermont, just very buzy. the garden is coming along nice, Scott did some weeding and put a trap out for what little thing is eating my plants.
still no turkeys.
I'm mixing this a little, need to get to bed so I can get ready for 105 Girl Scout to go camping.

The weather is to be in the 90's, we had rain last two days.
I will write more on Monday in all the right places.
love to all
Dodi