freesia39 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 All I have to say is GO BRUINS. On to the final four on the women's side!
lucyismycat Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Happy April! And to the original fool, happy birthday (my doggo turns 6 today)! I have been a cleaning, purging fool - it finally feels like our house is under control again. Now I'm ready to go out and plant some stuff but the weather just won't cooperate yet. I bought a tiny greenhouse at Aldi yesterday so that maybe I can get a head start. DS13 and I are also on the hunt for some more baby chicks, so far all of our local farm stores don't have any. I think we are going to try a hatchery, if they'll just sell us a few. DS14 turns 15 this weekend, so I guess he will be practice-driving next week! Stay off the sidewalks!! 1 3
stationchief Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Ladies and germs... Black Friday has been officially cancelled for 2025, therefore us mods are deleting this site and everyone's account with it. ... wait, what day is it today??? 4
berry1014 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 (edited) On 4/1/2025 at 2:22 PM, stationchief said: Ladies and germs... Black Friday has been officially cancelled for 2025, therefore us mods are deleting this site and everyone's account with it. ... wait, what day is it today??? Expand HaHaHaHa Edited April 1 by berry1014
Jeanne515 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Another month down!!! Ready to breeze thru April and into May. May is going to be awesome. I pay off my minivan and I turn 50!!!!!!! 2
wittenlover Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Watch out for the fools today! My birthday month has begun (and that's no foolin')! The birthday reward emails have begun rolling in so I am starting to plan which ones I can (and want to) take advantage of. Aside from that, as the weather warms, I am starting to plan out what I intend to plant/try to grow outside this year. Romaine, leaf lettuces, spinach, dill, and parsley are back in the plan, as all have done well in my garden boxes these past two years. Cucumbers have been a struggle, as I've battled fungus attacks. However, I am enclosing part of an existing tubular structure behind my house to turn it into a greenhouse of sorts and will try again to grow some cukes, knowing that the dang fungus is airborne and the enclosure might help me fend it off better. (If anyone has any suggestions on the battle front here, I'm listening!) As for flowers, I had some solid luck with what I called a "red, white, and blue corner" last year - I intend to repeat that with similar color scheme this year - maybe reverse color order. Last year, I did short (height) red, mid white, and tall (stalk flower style) blue. Thinking short blue (purple), mid white again, and stalk red this time around. Front porch will once again get hanging baskets - not sure what flowers just yet - just going to see what strikes my fancy when I make my trip to my local greenhouse. Hope my GDer family has been surviving the severe weather that's been crossing the country lately. I know we're due for another round here tomorrow. Color me thrilled (not). 2 1
ilikefree Posted April 1 Posted April 1 April's here...hopefully bringing warmer weather here to stay. This past weekend we were close to 70 degrees, yesterday and today in the 40s and barely feeling like it. It's supposed to be warm again tomorrow but bringing in some nasty weather with it. On a good note...a couple weeks ago hubby won $10,000 on an Ohio lottery scratch-off! No April Fool's joke, he really did! 3 2 1
tinkrbel Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Welcome April! A little sad to lose my freedom but excited to finally start a new job at the end of the month (assuming background and medical goes well as expected). Way to go @Gator Pam! I pushed back my checkup to take advantage of new insurance benefits and avoid continuing paying into 2 deductibles for the year. Kinda catch 22, it would've been nice to get everything out of the way beforehand but I'm not trying to throw 200$+ into thin air, IF that since procedures may be converted under new benefits BEFORE deductible is met.
Gator Pam Posted April 3 Posted April 3 I’m trying something new in my raised beds this year. I was gifted a two year old artichoke transplant by one of the former food bank garden coordinators at Marymoor Community Garden in appreciation of my help last year with watering some of the food bank beds. I always thought our garden here on the Eastside of Seattle was considered 8b. But apparently the garden has its own microclimate of zones 6b - 7b. I’m hopeful putting the artichoke out now isn’t too early for it. I’m waiting for the garden’s delivery of compost to put a nice layer on top of my beds. I’ll then install my ollas, transplant my tomatoes, and cover everything with dried leaf mulch. Then it will be fertilize, weed, and wait for harvest. The artichoke as I received it. Measuring out the planting hole. Confirming the depth and width of the planting hole before fluffing out the roots. The artichoke in its new home. I hope it will be happy and thrive there.
bodotdot Posted April 3 Posted April 3 It's April...that wonderful month when the soft-serve cones return from their winter hibernation. 2
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