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Re: northern gardening

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I live in southern Wyoming in the foothills of the Rockies.   Mountains to
the west of us , the High Plains to the east.  Great sweeping expanses of
pasture all around us.  Oh and maybe a barbed wire fence or two between us
and the North Pole. lol
Yes I started all the seed I planted in the house, but looking outside right
now.... oh well just because I can  wear shorts today doesn't mean my seeds
need to go out side.
  When I first moved to this region I was told the garden goes in around
Mothers Day if you want the best chance of it surviving.  That date has
worked well for me so far, though one year we did have snow on the 20th of
May.
 Our first snow is normally about mid September than we have that lovely
Indian summer you talked about and may, if lucky, get snow for Christmas.
Jan and Feb normally see some snow but Mar and April are our snowiest months
with storms trailing off towards the end of April.  Of course that means
Hail season is starting and that lasts until September when winter starts.
And the wind festival starts January 1st and lasts until December 31st.
I have been counting the days until I could start seeds it means spring is
coming  and I will be able to water the rabbits from the hose.  Funny how
some things get really important to you  the longer you live in cold country
Spring also means baby rabbits to play with and that is a great thing to
look forward to.
I was so thrilled I looked at my "new" daylilies and they are coming up. I
will be so thrilled to see them bloom. My sis sent them to me last summer
for my birthday in october.   She wanted me to have a chance to plant them
and get them growing before winter so I could see them bloom this spring.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn Gilmore" <dgilm@starbase21.com>
To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: northern gardening


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Are you in Michigan also?  Or just responding as a Northern Gardener? When
> you said you started your tomatoes yesterday, I'm assuming you meant
> indoors...  My enthusiasm for starting them today was dampened slightly,
as
> it was bitter cold, and windy and supposed to snow...  I guess I've got a
> couple of weeks before they HAVE to be started...  I'm thinking I'll put
> the peas and spinach (beets, too, maybe) out directly in the garden in
late
> April.  Usually we're past snow danger then... well, when we get snow in
> May, at least it doesn't stick as a rule.  I'm figuring on starting the
> Broccoli and Tomato indoors sometime in the next couple of weeks, then
> transplant outdoors in June sometime...
>
> As far as those GREEN ZEBRAS....  I did a search online for green tomato
> recipes, and found a ton!  Wish I'd saved the document, but I just checked
> my MS Word Documents, and don't see it, so I guess I disposed of it a long
> time ago...  Oh well...  I'm also thinking I'll start the Morning Glories
> in newspaper pots, that I can "transplant" out around my mailbox when it
> warms up a bit.
>
> Dawn
> Petoskey, Michigan
>
> At 02:40 PM 4/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Dawn
> >we show up as 4 on most maps but 3 is better choice. Another problem is
WIND
> >not a mild breeze under 20 mph but nice strong wind that blows for days
and
> >is about 30 to 40 with gusts to ??? think highest recorded lately was 98
at
> >the airport near us.
> >I just started some seeds I had from last year. I started sweet basil,
two
> >kinds of tomatoes and some snap peas.  Everything seems to do so much
better
> >if I start it in the house than transplant.  Lettuce however and mseclun
do
> >grow if seeded out side and so do marigolds LOL friend threw a whole
packet
> >in to one of my squares last year I thinned plants for a good long time
but
> >it worked out in the end the strong ones over grew the late sprouters and
> >the weaker plants but  this year I will plant the flowers not her.
> >Green tomatoes? you mean mine should not be light and dark green striped?
> >Even unripe my green zebras are great :)
> >OH and I am not planting out side yet we got fresh snow last night again
>
>
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