I don't think I'll ever be truly finished. There's the annuals to sow, more perennials when I finish this swap. There's tomatoes and veggies that need to be started indoors. And of course all the other things that need to be done in the garden like cleaning up the leaves I'm using as mulch, weeding the beds, pulling acorns that put down roots, checking on my containers, keeping track of what is sprouting, watering, weeding the beds, pulling acorns, weeding the beds, pulling acorns, and sowing more seeds. I'll be done when I'm dead.

Finished?? Could someone define the word? :O)

Finished? Wow. Talk about being in denial.

I'll never be finished either. My gardening to do list is a lot like token's. But I see a lot of members using the word. Maybe they'll chime in.

Token, last year the acorns sprouted much faster than I could pull. I discovered that if I snipped them off at ground level, that was the end of that. No more tree. No shaking off soil. Much faster.

I've been told to take a garden hoe and just graze the surface of the soil. If I do this before they put out their leaves, the root will die creating more organic matter. If it ever dries out here, I'll be doing that.

Found more sprouts this morning. Dianthus, pinks maiden. They were sown on Dec 28. I know they're tough plants. I may move them to the hoophouse next time the weather dips way below freezing, just to give them some protection and a boost. I'd love to see blooms this year.

token, I also have Dianthus sprouting and last year I noticed that even when the temps dipped way below 30, they were fine - but the hoophouse is always the safest bet...

Carrie

I am done sowing perennials, and don't PLAN to sow very many annuals. (ha ha yeah right) The biggest part for me is just begining. Now I have to plan where I am going to plant everything!

I have no idea, really, of what looks best with what. I can't quite figure out the height thing... like how many inches to allow between rows. Bloom time is another thing... dang... my head is spinning!

I guess I'm finished for now. I have all my perennial seeds I'm going to ws done.
So now I have to wait for a month before I can start a few seeds indoors and by March I can ws my annuals.
So what do I do in the meantime? I guess I'm trying to keep myself busy organizing the rest of my life so when spring really hits, I'll have some guilt free time to spend on my gardens...ok I may be living in some serious denial here...LOL

Finished??? I haven't started yet.

When you're finished, crack a cold one, sit back and enjoy. Sleep well. Get up before the crack of dawn, go out in your jammies with a steaming cup of coffee and check on them. Repeat daily.

Karen

I have yet to sow one container. Can't decide what to sow ... a yearly problem for me.

PV

Glad to hear I'm in good company, PV. I guess we fit into the "relaxed wintersowers" category now.

Karen

I'm with you in the "laggin' department PV - - I just got my seed boxes organized and now I need to dive back in and choose what will be in the starting line up. Soon. But my DH says if I start "this stuff" before the xmas "stuff" is put away, the decorations may be out until easter!!!!

Nancy Drew - be careful with that "row" idea - - I think perennials like to be in more circular type groupings. I learned the hard way and had to move things quite a bit. Yes you need space (alittle -no sense making lots of room for weeds to grow) between things, and it is nice if your tall stuff is towards the back and not blocking the shorter stuff up front, but don't get too stressed about it. One of the biggest mistakes I made early on was putting a group of 3 plants here and another group of three of the same plants way over there... I learned that groups of 5, 9, etc look much better (of course depending on the size of the plant), and really "show up" without getting lost. You'll figure out what works best for your property. You will!!!!

Nancy

Actually, Nancy, I plan on grouping in odd numbers, but I only have room for 3 to maybe 5 of the same kind. What I meant by "rows" is that I have a strip of garden that's about 25X5 feet with another foot or so deep to create a slight wave. Just the strip in front of our unit, we live in a condo.

Right now all I have is mud out there... I do know that whatever happens, it HAS to look better than it does now!

I'm with PV, Karen, and Nan - I haven't even started yet. I won't start for another few weeks... although I've been thinking a lot this long weekend about doing a container or two, lol!

But since I don't usually start until the end of January, and sow right through April, I have plenty to do when I'm finished, because then it's spring and the games have begun!

:)
Dee

Finished? Finished?

The only thing that I've done is to save all the jugs that I used last year and to purchase soil. I can't imagine that i will even start until next weekend at the earliest. Sometime this week I will dig through my seeds and do some plotting though....

Did a couple of containers today just to take care of an itch.

Opening that bale of Promix and smelling that brown fluff felt like when I was 17 and I... OK, let's not go there, eh? Twas nice though!!!! Might do it again tomorrow.

I only planted some apple seeds and plums so far.I'm still planning the garden and where to put everything,which is the hardest part for me.I plan on starting everything else in the next few weeks.Spring is going to be on us very quickly this year.Keeping busy makes the time go fast.

I wish I had that problem with the acorns.I'm trying to grow some to create a stand of red oaks in back of our small hayfield so that they eventually help feed the deer back there.

I'll never be finished,I just hope to get most of my stuff done.

I've got a general idea of where most things will go. I decide that as I sow it. Now, when it sprouts, that will likely change. But the white flowers are all reserved for the white garden first. I already have a few Shastas that should bloom this year in the perennial bed.

And when they bloom, they might get moved again.

Finished? When I die.

Finished? HAHAHAHA. I cut/washed and prepared 46 gallon milk/water jugs today. I'm hoping to get half of those out tomorrow, than the rest done on Thursday to finish up my perennials (minus the trades still coming )...........we'll what see what happens.

Melissa

I have 30 toilet paper rolls saved for next year... or until the seed racks get put out... no really, I have to stop... well with the perennials at least... I have no more room!

....somebody stop me!!!!

Finished?Finished?*S* I'm only in a holding pattern from July until Oct.(too hot)then again late Nov until late Dec-Early Jan(WS). If I'm not sewing,I'm potting up,propagating,dividing....something almost year round.I do 4Season Vegetable garden. If I can't work outside I play in the dirt w/ my light benches here in the computer room. My hands are always in the dirt in some form.Very little down time in my climate.

I take that back,I generally have trays of fall crops and biennals started in the shade of the front porch starting mid-lat July.

Peggy

as long as there's seeds in the box(lots) and a bare spot in the yard(lots), not finished.....

but alas, today, gotta shovel some white stuff.....
and no, NOT vermiculite...

hee!
D

Wow, some sowers are finished? Such eager beavers on the forum! :)

I have been preparing for WSing for a couple of weeks, updating the spreadsheet, sorting through seeds, and figuring out my "starting line-up" (love that Nan). This includes, best as I can determine, seeds that need a long cold stratification period.

Yesterday, I started soaking 2 types of seeds - Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea - a small native shrub) and Passiflora incarnata (Passion vine). These have a tough seed coat which require soaking and/or scarification with a fairly long stratification period.

Pretty sure I'll be sowing the first containers today! Yippee!

LOL, tiff - - :0) you gave me my morning laugh!

Carrie

Finished? Who is ever finished?

You know when you get done sowing everything possible, you are planning for next time.

When you are in stores, you are looking for deals on seeds, constantly.

When you walk through the neighborhood, you check out plants that you like and note it so you can come back when the seeds are ready to be harvested.

It is a sickness I tell you! A sickness that never ends!!!!!

Bwahuhahahahaha!!!!!!!

Actually, I like to sit down with a cold beer and watch a ball game.

Yep. I try to put catchy or humorous subject lines on my posts. Although subtle, I thought this one was the funniest of them all!