#gardening maintenance

[jensownzoo]

Late winter cold frame gardening

We've had several warm days and will have several more so I decided it was time to partially dismantle the two cold frames I knocked together on my porch so I could fix a problem, do some maintenance, and plant some seeds. It was a pain and my back is screaming at me, but it's done.

The porch is basically an elevated southern-facing concrete slab and I put two cold frames on each end, east and west. Unfortunately when I knocked them together I had not considered not being able to reach the stuff furthest in because I built the structure pretty tall--this is what I wanted to fix.

The west frame did fine until we got our first arctic blast. The spinach and green onions survived, but everything else (kale, Swiss chard, mesclun mix) died. So I elevated the rear containers, cleared out the dead stuff, and trimmed away damaged leaves.

Then I planted a row of Chinese broccoli and Snow White Bok Choy in the large earthbox. Reseeded the Tidy Cats litter container with mixed kale. I found a packet of 10 year old dwarf pak choy and scattered the entire thing into one of the small earthboxes--if even some of it comes up then I'll consider it a win. I also added some new green onion bottoms to the green onion earthbox as the old ones are starting to poop out.

And then I reassembled the frame. It went back together smoothly, yay!

And then I tackled the east frame. Most of the plants in this frame survived, but there were still dead/damaged leaves to remove, some weeds to pull, and I had to elevate the back containers. I also got to harvest a serving of salad spinach, yum!

This frame has spinach, several kinds of lettuce, and a few Swiss chard and kale seedlings. I couldn't reach the one variety of cos-type lettuce to thin it, so I did it now and just replanted any good seedlings wherever there was space. Any that survive I will consider a bonus.

This frame did NOT want to go back together snugly, which is what I was afraid of with this project. I am hoping we don't have another bout of sustained frigid temps or the lettuce may perish. Frosts should be okay though.

End of March/beginning of April these crops will be moved out to the regular garden and the frames will be used to start hardening off the transplants I'll have started indoors. This worked really well last year.

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[kojiarakiartworks]

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[ewspconsultancy]

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[klabauters]

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[rueyam]

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[grayve-mistake]

So… maybe kind of a weird question but does anyone know good plants to grow if you want to garden or keep houseplants but don't always have the energy/ability to keep on top of watering schedules and such?

I'm not gonna dump my whole life story and symptom list here but tldr I am a mentally ill individual who struggles often with having the energy to do things. I get depressive episodes that can last weeks or even months which often means that I'll take super good care of a plant and it'll do really well and then I suddenly stop watering it for weeks at a time because I'm using all my energy to do basic self care/necessities. Does anyone know a way to get around that??? Either tips on how to keep plants alive through periods of neglect, or plants that don't require much maintenance????? (If you're going to recommend any native plants, I live in east texas for reference) rn I'm just trying to salvage the plants I have, a very wilted succulent I forgot the name of, a very small zebra plant, and a parlor palm that has survived a shocking amount of things. I probably can't save all of them but I'm doing my best.

[icewindandboringhorror]

If you became super rich and could design your own house, but could only add THREE unnecessary/random/expensive home additions (like how people will have bowling alleys, movie theatres, closets with museums of shoes, car display rooms, spa rooms, wine cellars, etc. in their mansions) - what three would you choose?

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[your-greatest-queen]

I'm tryna update my resume and make it look better than it is; so how do I make "looked after my bestie's cat and her sister's dog for two summers" sound appealing to hiring managers? ;w;

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[kojiarakiartworks]

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[rum-and-shattered-dreams]

Ha. Funny thing about maintaining a native garden:

Some seeds are sticky. For me, it’s mostly twin flower which is a ground cover (grass alternative that is pollinator-friendly) with cute little bluish-purple flowers. Whenever I walk through the garden or tend to it, the seeds stick to me and they fall off as I walk around.

I’m literally leaving a trail of flowers behind me at this point…