The Start of Spring Gardening

[time_on_fire]

"Pasture"

I fertilized the south 1/3 of the pastures with Nature's Guide Natural Turf Food. I've never heard of this brand before, but it has poultry manure (pasturized), hummus, molasses, myrrohizol (??) fungus, and something else. It's a fast and slow acting, so it will help give a little jump start on that grass. From here on out, I hope to use

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[eats_veggies]

I'm in full garden mode too. Today I'll be building a deluxe tomato row cover. We've only planned it out on paper - today I'll see if it works in real life. I'll be posting pics on Facebook.

[time_on_fire]

One of my neighbors is building a "walkin" garden so that squirrels and dogs stay out. I'm trying to get her to send me links to her plans.

I'd love to see what you do!

[moonflowerz]

Ooo very exciting. And quite the variety you got there.

400lbs of fertilzer? Take that gym trainer man. Flex those muscles.

I confess I'm curious... what exactly do you do with the milkweed to turn it into gifts? It grows wild here, and I like the plant because my monarch butterflies and bees like them. Is there another purpose/use for the plant? Inquiring minds wanna know!

[time_on_fire]

I love milkweed, and I love to sit and hear the caterpillars munch on it. However, I've been told the tropical variety is quite toxic to horses, so I just grow them and give them away.

I need to investigate the toxic thing. I really miss having it at my house.

milkweed

[moonflowerz]

What do the people you give it to, do with it?

Re: milkweed

[time_on_fire]

Sheesh - I "answered" your post but not your question. Sorry!

They plant it, or leave it in a pot. During the caterpillar season, the caterpillars munch it down to sticks.

It doesn't look like any of my milkweed seeds are germinating, though. Maybe I need to vernalize them? http://www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed/prop.htm