I am having problems with houzz, I cant say if it is me , my computer, or houzz, but things are not working properly.

I lost it too Amy - thought i was crazy.

We are getting nice rain today -about 4/10” so far. What a blessing! I scattered a few more poppies before the rain and put a couple of tomatoes in jugs to winter sow. Got my potatoes at Atwoods couple of weeks ago and they are making nice sprouts, will plant March 17. My husband turned our big compost piles with the tractor last week. I’d like to add worms, afraid between drought and heat we wont have as many. Have any if you found a good source? Do worm castings have viable egg cases if I find those? i know Larry doesnt need more rain, but hope those who do receive a good shower.

Farmgardener, I don't need rain, but I am getting some anyway, I sure wish I could send it to you.

I had not thought about the worms, but you have a good point. I normally have armadillos digging in my garden after worms, I don't have and digging at this time. I am not sure if it is just too early, or, there is nothing to dig for.

Here is a picture of some of my sweet potatoes. The two on the left are Red Wine Velvet, the tastiest potato I have grown. The two potatoes on the right are Covington, my old stand by. I do not have a good place to cure potatoes, or onions, so I often have a shorter shelf life than most people. The sweet potatoes were cured and stored under my bed. You can see the Red Wine Velvet potatoes have about reached the end of their storage life, while the Covington still has a lot of storage life left. Until I lean a better storage technique I will have to grow both of these types of potatoes, because I dont want to give up the good taste of the RWV, nor the long storage of the Covington. All suggestions are welcomed.

I'm trying to start the thread for week 2 . Houzz won't let me.

rick

I rthink I made them ashamed:

Looks like the groundhog saw his shadow. Let's just get the 6 weeks over and get into spring. I'm okay with that as long as after the 6 weeks, it's all spring all the time.

But, that's not how it works in Oklahoma.

I thought I was going to work today, but am not. I won't give the boring details of why....but it is mostly weather related.

Also, was supposed to pick up a piece of art that was done for our son, Lane. A very sweet and special gift. Rescheduled for next week.

Kim! I'm so sorry. I hope you're not sore this morning.

Amy, I need those for my boots!

hwy20, looks like you're about ready to start gardening. I'm sure you're so happy to have gotten the tilling and amending done already.

Larry, gas and electric bills have become crazy high! I've noticed increases on Netflix, Cox, and about everything else too!

Jen, I'm trying fairy tale eggplant this year. We bought some at the farmer's market and enjoyed it. So, bought some seed. I really wanted to grow icicle eggplant this year, but chose the fairy tale. Maybe I'll do both next year.

How's the grow tent doing?

Rick, thanks for starting the thread and posting all the onion and potato threads too.

Because I have a day at home, I'm trying to figure out how to be the most productive. I have had broth in the crockpot for 48 hours, so will get that jarred up.

The cabinet under my kitchen sink and the hall bathroom sink could use some attention, so might take care of that.

I would like to bake a cake....but eggs! The one I wanted to bake is a traditional "imbolc" cake, but it calls for 6 eggs. Natural Grocers had NO eggs yesterday, and I'm still only getting 1 to 4 each day. Tom eats at least 2 a day and Ethan can't eat fewer than 5 at a time.

The girls need to get with it.

My little bantam easter egger hen disappeared on Sunday night. She is naughty and slips under the gate, so I figured a hawk got her. She's very small--barely a lb. But, she showed up 2 days later. She was probably hiding in the shop. She did that once before a couple of years ago.

I came home yesterday after work and found my bantam roo down. Actually Ethan noticed him first from the dining room window. I really thought he was dead, but he was still alive, although barely. I brought him in and wrapped him in a towel and put him in a box. Tried to give him water in a dropper, but he was too far gone. I took a couple of his feathers. It's always so hard to watch things die when you've cared for them. It was so cold where he was lying, so I'm glad I got to him and let him pass in a warmer and softer place.

I don't know what happened to him. The night before, he wasn't on the roost and came up to me when I was tucking them all in. He's never not been on the roost. He's one of the early-to-bed chickens. It was dark in the coop, but I put him on the roost. He ate yesterday with the others. I just don't know. Maybe he fell? or someone pecked him hard on the head. They really are fragile. He had no marks on him, though. He was the lowest in the pecking order....maybe he didn't go to the waterers when I brought them out twice a day during this cold spell? Dehydration? He was about 3 and a half. Yesterday, I had a FB memory (3 years ago) of him being lost...what a coincidence. He was found across the horse pasture to our west.

Poor little Benjamin Sisko. I'm down to 25 chickens now.

Last night, I started my first seed of 2023! I did 24 broccoli (Waltham29), 24 spinach (Bloomsdale) and 24 cabbage (6 each of Padoc, Golden Acre, Copenhagen, Early Flat Dutch).

I'm trying to take the time to journal.

Maybe it would be a good day to start some herbs.

Edited to say, that I jarred the kraut. It is SO good. Winter is a great time to make kraut. The house is cool enough....I was able to keep it going for almost 20 days, so it was nicely soured. I would have left it for the 20 days, but noticed a bit of mold on the weights.

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i guess they are ashamed.

I just reposted Jennifer's post when she tried to start the thread.

so hopefully that will clear the way to post away this week.

Rick