Comments on Dun Hagan Gardening: Prep work.

rhubarb can be grown here in FLA pretty successful...

2007-03-20T18:55:00.000-05:00

rhubarb can be grown here in FLA pretty successfully as an annual, or so I hear.

Maybe up there in north florida it would come back next year, but I doubt it...

I somehow gather you don't like rhubarb? it's a seriously poisonous plant -- you could use that as an excuse.

me, i love the stuff but haven't eaten it in years, since by the time it shows up in markets here it feels like summer. for me, it will always mean spring -- strawberries asparagus and rhubarb.

i won't eat it any other time of the year.

Nice to meet you Alan - I'll be reading :) -Shanno...

2007-03-19T15:28:00.000-05:00

Nice to meet you Alan - I'll be reading :) -Shannon at Silver Forge Farm

I thought spring had arrived in Massachsetts becau...

2007-03-17T20:51:00.000-05:00

I thought spring had arrived in Massachsetts because it was 71 degrees last week. I started cleaning up the garden Friday. Yesterday a foot of wet snow fell, so I'll have to wait a while longer to work in my garden again :(

It's always like that isn't it? Everything looks ...

2007-03-15T11:37:00.000-05:00

It's always like that isn't it? Everything looks so good when you first plant it and the weather is pleasant. A month later it's hot, you don't want to be out there, and weed growth is rampant.

Florida Cracker,

I've never considered Cosmos before. I'm going to try planting a few.

.....Alan.

Everything is so perfect in my mind at this time o...

2007-03-15T10:05:00.000-05:00

Everything is so perfect in my mind at this time of year, before reality and lots of weeds have taken over in late spring. ;)

Same thoughts and practice with marigolds. I usual...

2007-03-12T16:29:00.000-05:00

Same thoughts and practice with marigolds. I usually throw in some cosmos too for color.

Forgot to take pictures?
Tie a string around your finger :)

Yeah, early February was my plan too. But as John...

2007-03-12T09:19:00.000-05:00

Yeah, early February was my plan too. But as John Lennon once observed "life is what happens while you're busy making other plans" so it didn't get done.

I should be accustomed to this by now...

.....Alan.

We have to get that outside stuff done while we ca...

2007-03-12T08:29:00.000-05:00

We have to get that outside stuff done while we can, before it gets too hot!

I think, for next year, roto-tilling season will be early February, though we may have to do all of our food-plant gardening in raised beds. Our composting operation is small - though it's sure to double(?) now that we'll be composting chicken droppings and coop hay.