about 13 weeks..............

glennster · Dec 20, 2009

and it 'll be the end of march......time to get the onions sets in the garden. geez that was a short winter!!!

BigMarvfromGa · Dec 20, 2009

We plant some in the fall and some in the spring. They plant the vidailias in the late fall.

railhead · Dec 20, 2009

yeah but the weather guessers are predicting more misery soon....I wouldn't mind that 13 weeks being over now.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 20, 2009

Hoe, Hoe, Hoe!

Zachary Hoyt · Dec 20, 2009

That's a happy thought. I'm always glad when spring arrives, although sometimes the snow doesn't get off the garden till April.
Zach

rrlund · Dec 20, 2009

That's kinda what John Phipps was getting at on US Farm Report yesterday. Since harvest just wrapped up,or is nearing completion,it's gonna be a short winter. We'll be right back out there way sooner than most of us have gotten used to. It was sure tough for me to call the seed corn dealer last week to tweek my order. Didn't even want to think about it yet. My mind hadn't gotten past the fatigue of harvest yet.

ChrisinMO · Dec 20, 2009

We usually plant some potatoes under plastic at the end of February to market as early new potatoes. We plant a bunch of spinach in the fall for overwintering and early spring harvest. Depending on the weather and where we've got it planted, it'll start growing again sometime in the later half of February and be ready for the first harvest no later than the middle of March.

When we lived in MN we couldn't even think of putting out a garden until later in April, and even that wasn't certain. Right now I am looking forward to spring because it means i-n-c-o-m-e. We'll be living on savings until sometime in March.

Christopher

Christopher

ChrisinMO · Dec 20, 2009

I guess I've had too much eggnog or something...I stuttered at the end of that post!

Christopher

paul · Dec 20, 2009

I'm in Minnesota, March is statistically our snowiest month.

Ho, hoe, shovel!

I don't quite have all the machinery put away from harvest yet.

--->Paul

Tom in TN · Dec 20, 2009

Okay, Big Marv.

I used to live in Georgia. I planted Vidalia onions at my home in Woodstock. However, the real Vidalia growers used to get upset if you planted them anywhere other than in Vidalia. They swore that they just onions if they weren't actually grown in Vidalia.

So, do you have REAL Vidalias or just Vidalias?

Good luck with your onions.

Tom in TN

Mike (WA) · Dec 20, 2009

In mid January, which is about our dreariest time around here (usually dark and rainy, occassionally dark and snowy), dad would say "Well, January's nearly over, February's a short month, and in March the grass comes."

Somehow, that seemed to help.

Zach Bouchard · Dec 20, 2009

Where you at in Washington? I'm about a half hour north of Bellingham. Just Curious.

CBBC · Dec 20, 2009

Doesn"t a half hour north of Bellingham mean you"re in Langly or Surry? Either that or you"re right on the border.

Grant

By the way, I"m on Vancouver Island and I think Mike is from the Spokane regine ( if my memory is right).
Too wet here today to get ant good work done. Luckily we finished a shed re-roof job. yesterday.

kruser · Dec 20, 2009

glenster,
Thanks for the picker upper! Just finished Christmas shopping today - but it sure does feel like the months and years are going by quicker.
Jim

BCnT · Dec 20, 2009

hate to rub your nose in it but i just planted onions and cole crops...they should be ready to pick about time yall thaw out

chevytaHOE5674 · Dec 20, 2009

March it will still be snowing. We often get some big snows in march, april it [i:1019f0a64d]starts[/i:1019f0a64d] to warm up.

Southern Ray · Dec 21, 2009

in about 60 days I hope to have my garden planted. have some decient moisture this year. have hopes for a good one.

Mike (WA) · Dec 21, 2009

I'm near Chehalis, half way between Seattle and Portland on I-5, in western Washington. Washington is split north to south by the Cascade Mountains, and the two climates are much different. Spokane is not rainy and dreary in winter, more sunny and cold, which doesn't seem to mire down your attitude as much.

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