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[Rhodie Ranch]

2 inches of fluffy snow. Very pretty out!

 

[baymule]

Wednesday and Thursday I got 4” of rain, it got cold and it is muddy. Yesterday I set 2 round bales of hay, hated to make ruts with big tractor, but sheep needed hay.

 

[ducks4you]

We made ruts with our tractor a month ago in the south yard mostly behind the garage. Gonna throw some oats there in the Spring.
They come up nicely, can be mowed and won't burn up in the summer.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I had my coffee early this morning and I was going to take the rabbit back outside, but I think I will wait until tomorrow. It is still snowing and only 26. Tomorrow it will be 35, but still more snow. She is pretty happy in the house.

My seeds have not arrived yet. I emailed them to see when they were shipped. I ordered on the 4th and it says they were shipped but not a date.

Blinky is better off and on. His eye is watering from the medicine, but now I think he has a cold.

DD came over yesterday and brought me flowers and I got the kids a few things and Valentine balloons. I gave DD a gift for the twins that she wanted. LOL

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

@Gardening with Rabbits , I have been negligent about starting onion seed by about a week. The sunny weather misled me into thinking that it would be a quicker go this year once I did start. So, why didn't the sunny weather lead me into putting the frozen soil mix into the greenhouse to thaw? That delayed me another couple of more days ...

My thinking is that there's little need for lots of warmth for seed starting with onion family plants. I just use the unheated greenhouse and 15°F as a guide for putting the flat of soil and onion seed on the floor and covering it. If it is not supposed to be that cold outdoors, it can stay on the greenhouse bench. Probably, the seeds and sprouts should not freeze and, everything being about normal , it won't be that cold in there if it is only down to 15°f outdoors.

That's it, they start and grow very slowly in normal late Winter weeks. That's okay. On good days later on, they can come outside for hardening off. I suspect that they are prone to sunburn on those days so it has to be quite a pleasant day so it isn't too cold for them to be in the shade. Then, they can sit under a deciduous tree with intermittent sun and shade from the branches. Finally, they are set daily in full sun. No reason I can think of to harden off those plants any different from something like lettuce and cabbage even if those plants are started indoors and pampered during their earliest weeks.

Steve, pleased to learn that Blinky is doing better for you

Thank you about Blinky. My seeds are not here yet. I have a book where I write down each year dates and I usually plant around Feb. 18 and start onions. You plant green onions the same as regular onions?

 

[digitS']

You plant green onions the same as regular onions?

All types.

And, leeks –– if you have them .

 

[digitS']

Cereals — Life and Ratio. Cosmic Crisp microwaved with raisins first, sliced strawberries on top. The berries are from Mexico but it's nice have them. Wonder where the green bananas are from that I passed over.

Apple growers were telling us in the Spring of '24 that they would have problems with production & harvest. Sure looked true with Honeycrisp but these Cosmic Crisps are super!

On to herbal tea. What a marketer @Phaedra is! Meanwhile, I cozy back in the lazyboy under my sleeved blanket and wait for enuf energy for a grocery store run.

 

[flowerbug]

i certainly understand the sentiment and the sedimentaryness of it... when it is cold like it has been here i don't want to go outside at all - i used to enjoy it. now i'd rather not risk it and especially in the winter.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

All types.

And, leeks –– if you have them .

Thank you!

 

[Dahlia]

Breakfast today is my usual 2 cups of coffee with cream, homemade granola cereal with some blueberries sprinkled on top of yogurt.