Wolfbane Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 14 hours ago, dtel said: I wouldn't know how to act with weather like that, can't imagine it. But it's not hot We had a high of 10 degrees Celsius here yesterday (~50 degrees F). Compared to several months before, that was relatively tropical. Wb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2020 50's good, a little cool if the wind is blowing, might need a jacket. For your normal winter temps, I don't even own cloths for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Wife had onions planted, had to cover them last night as temps dipped down into the 20s, supposed to be there again tonight. I was told not to use pressure treated as not just the arcanic, but other chemicals may be bad. maybe that's not the case? If so, I may use pressure going forward, but for now am using cedar. Might consider this SIP method down the road, but for now am working on a ground soaking method with pvc I have laying around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Never use pressure treated in a food garden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 4 hours ago, jimjimbo said: Never use pressure treated in a food garden Geez, we used to use creosoted fence posts. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, JJkizak said: Geez, we used to use creosoted fence posts. JJK Well, that explains it then… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 6 hours ago, jimjimbo said: Never use pressure treated in a food garden Arsenic was removed from PT lumber years ago. On the other hand I just compared prices cedar vs. pine vs pressure treated HOLY crappola! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Two spots are planted, three are producing Asparagus beds, and I still need to till one for some peppers that are still babies. I tried hay bales for the last two years, but had 14 yards of good topsoil (lots of roots to pick out) dumped on that plot and built a raised bed. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I've been hoping that @thebes would venture out West and help me construct an Octopus' Garden in the shade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, BigStewMan said: I've been hoping that @thebes would venture out West and help me construct an Octopus' Garden in the shade. If you construct a raised bed using wood, he could use Maxwell's Silver Hammer to assist with assembly too. 🔨 Wb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ssh said: Two spots are planted, three are producing Asparagus beds, and I still need to till one for some peppers that are still babies. I tried hay bales for the last two years, but had 14 yards of good topsoil (lots of roots to pick out) dumped on that plot and built a raised bed. SSH Lucky. We got another three inches of snow overnight. Further putting back my early planting schedule. Wb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Both planters are in, nothing special, just something built to retain little and raise up for easier access. We've had decent temps here this spring outside of the record 5.5 inches of snow Thursday night/Friday morning, which is all melted now. Nothing in the forecast for freezing temperatures in the next week, but I'm not getting fooled with that. Wife went ahead and planted some kale and some sort of lettuce and onions, we will see how they hold up. I picked up some tomatoe plants and Trinidad scorpion plants today, have them in planters along with cucumbers to take in and out until mothers day. That's it for now. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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