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Comments (6)Welcome to the forum, Ken. Hey, none of us were born with violets in our hands. lol I actually posted this about 4 years ago when I was a newbie, and ended up with the extra shelving from one unit and planned to buy one more. Another option is to order two extra poles from the manufacturer if you don't have the space for the 12 foot run, but do for 8 feet. Also, you can hang a light from the ceiling to utilize the top shelf. I'm glad you posted this though because not everyone will sit and go back though old posts. Now, to fill up those barren shelves.... Are you blessed with any clubs in your area? Many clubs will be having shows/plant sales in March, April and May. Also, there is the national African Violet Society of America in Raleigh in April. I've included the link to AVSA so you can check 'afilliates' for a local club. Again, welcome. Barbara...See MoreFeb 2018, Week 4, Planting (Maybe) & Welcoming March
Comments (120)Kim, You will be farming and gardening in a very unforgiving climate there, so perhaps their desire to wait for the rain comes from their knowledge of how tough Spring planting can be without the rainfall. I'm just guessing about that. I am sorry that your planting plans are a mess and aren't conforming to what you wanted, hoped for and expected. Please hang in there and don't stop believing.....even with a late start I bet you have a great year. It is unfortunate that your promised helpers are not available. Grrrrr. I hate empty promises. I wish you lived closer to all of us too. If you did, we'd caravan out to the farm and help you plant onions. Don't be too hard on yourself over the onion planting. Just do what you can do every day and be thankful for the progress you're making. I noticed that almost nobody in my area (or nobody who lives on roads we drive along so we're able to see their gardens) has their onions in yet, likely because most everyone here gardens at grade level, so their soil still is too wet. I am grateful for our raised beds because even though their soil also is wet, it was dry enough for me to get the onions planted last week, and today I'll be able to plant a lot of other stuff. So, even though I feel late here (and I am late compared to most years) apparently I'm ahead of everyone else who gardens around me. We all have to work with what we've got and, depending on one's location, it seems like we're either too wet or too dry.......sort of like Goldilocks and the Three Bears......it is hard to find that planting window when things are just right. Bruce, Our cats wipe out the moles and gophers, so they don't bother me either way, but it is stunning how many mounds I see on other people's property, particularly the ones with sandy soil. To some extent, our large amount of clay saves us from the moles and gophers, and the cats do the rest. If only that were so with the voles, but they tunnel completely underground at night, often hiding the entrances to their tunnels in adjacent woodland or areas of the neighbor's pasture with tall grass, so the cats have to hunt really hard to find the vole holes. I cannot let the cats out at night because of the coyotes, but I bet if the cats could be outside safely at night, they'd control the voles too. It would be tempting to use the poison for the gophers if only you didn't have grandchildren (or pets?). I noticed the sudden appearance of gopher traps, and all sorts of poisons and repellants on the store shelves in the last week or two, so clearly rodent season is underway now. For years, back when the garden fence was only 4' tall, we always had bobcats in the garden. I knew they were lurking there hoping to get birds, house cats, squirrels, bunnies or rodents, but I don't think I realized how many voles they probably were controlling until we raised the fence to 8' in height to keep out the deer. Since that effectively kept out the bobcats too, it was about a year after the raising of the fence that I realized we 'suddenly' had a huge vole problem. I wish there were a way to keep out the deer and allow the bobcats back in. It would sort of freak me out to drive up the driveway and see a bobcat just sitting there in the garden right in the middle of all the plants in broad daylight, but now that they are gone, I miss their varmint-controlling efforts. I don't understand everyone's obsession with moles either, but then, that's because our lawn is clay and we don't have moles. Maybe if we had moles tunneling everywhere in the lawn, they'd drive me nuts. I don't know. Also, we're rural and I could care less what our lawn looks like. We're not trying to maintain a pristine green carpet that impresses all the neighbors. I can understand that folks who live in suburban neighborhoods where there is a ton of pressure to have the standard perfect green carpet of grass would feel like the moles are ruining their lawn and, by extension, their lives. That whole obsession with perfect green lawns in housing subdivisions is a real thing, you know, and it amazes me how much time and effort people put into feeding and watering a green lawn and controlling the weeds just so they can mow it once or twice a week. It seems like a lot of work for nothing (by nothing, I mean that the standard green lawn doesn't produce food or flowers and doesn't support much wild life). When we lived in the city, we had the standard beautiful green lawn in the front yard, although I replaced as much of it as I reasonably could with ornamental planting beds. We had St. Augustine ('Raleigh') and it was so pretty, but I'm glad we aren't trying to keep a lawn like that green through all of OK's hot, dry, drought-filled summers. As our shade trees here get larger and larger, more and more of our bermuda grass lawn is being shaded out and replaced by ground covers, and that thrills me. That was my plan for the bermuda grass all along---to shade it out. I don't miss the green carpet of grass at all here. Our city back yard always was more garden than lawn grass and that was good---it gave me places to plant things that weren't green lawn, so I always spent more time in the back yard than the front yard even way back then. Nowadays I spend all my time in the garden that I possibly can, and resent every single hour of mowing that takes me away from my garden. It is funny how kids and grandkids take it so personally when someone else has offended their parent or grandparent, and those kids have long memories too! I guess that makes us stay on our best behavior when the little ones are around. Looking out the window I can see that it is dawn outside (pun intended). I've been waiting forever for the sun to come up, and finally that moment is about to arrive. Planting day at last! After today, the onions will not be alone any more. Dawn...See MoreRaleigh Fall Swap
Comments (87)I hope this note gets to everyone. Sad News...... Ralph Benjamin Whisnant, age 81, of Raleigh, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023. A memorial service for Ralph will be held Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 11:30 AM at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 200 Southeast Maynard Road, Cary, NC 27511. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.BrownWynneCary.com for the Whisnant family. Screenwriter, Valerie...See MoreFOTESS in JANUARY: Snow, Ice, Winter Sowing, but no Swap this Month
Comments (38)I still have a hula hoop. Does anyone else? I used it to train my horse that I had in South Carolina. I used pool noodles and all kinds of things to work with her. This month is almost over. Remember I will draw the name of someone who posted "firsts" this month and send them a prize. I certainly will appreciate it if a few more people can sign up to be the hostess this year. Right now there are months with no one signed up and although I try to fill in as much as I can, I can't be hostess that many times this year. Of course, with no one being hostess I can continue to post each month and we can share information and pictures, but the theme for the month and the games are sure fun to have....See Moremace_in_space
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