Dirt is an antidepressant. 
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Pulled up one of my green onions and ate it. It was truly delicious and the hottest green onion Iāve ever had. Never thought of them as hot before. These had quite a kick. I got 2 new zinnia flowers from a different type I planted. I cut them and gave them away though. Iāll have to take pics of the next ones that bloom. Left Jezzy in the backyard for a bit today, looked out the kitchen window and that bitch was digging under my tomatoes. Busted! Since I caught her red-handed Iām hoping she will stay out for good now. She wonāt step foot in there when Iām outside. Pushing her luck today. Lily flowers are forming for sure. The yellow one I mentioned and the double tigers. The have buds and the tiger ones are starting to branch them off into what look like separate spikes! Super cool! Canāt wait. Got Dahlia flower #2 off of the same plant. No sign of anymore, bugs may have damaged the others too extensively. We shall see. There are probably 4 or 5 sets of tubers that I planted. Hope I get more than 2 whole flowers from them.
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Planted some more chives from another pack. And seeded another container. 4 days ā¦no chives yet. I will break this curse yet!
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Condolences to you and yours @Meesh
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Home grown foods always taste the best
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Mine took a good 2 weeks and I still only have like 6 or 7 lol. What is the damn chive curse? Still not a peek of an entire pack of spearmint that I put in at the same time. Pfft. Good luck, buddy!
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Alright, gonna put on my cute floppy hat and an arthritis patch and work on my farmerās tan (getting a good one). Need to dig out more of the evil bermuda grass. It never ends. My least favorite chore in the garden and my shoulder hates the shovel. Bahhhā¦
My next purchase is gonna be an outdoor bluetooth speaker. Iāve seen some shaped like rocks or gnomes. Would make digging much more pleasant.
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3 hours of digging! Fucken grass! Probably will need another 3 to finish up just the veggie patch and I still have to finish my rounds for it in the planters. Sweated so hard I lost my pain patch an hour in. My gardener was completely tripping out on my garden as he only sees it every 2 weeks. I donāt notice much on the day to day. I have to look back at pics. I notice the tomatoes thoughā¦ those suckers grow in feet daily it seems. I am running the sprinkler for an hour and I am gonna read back this thread until I find out how long itās been since a spinosad spray. I only can do this once a month or so. Bottle says only like 5 times a season if I recall. If itās been a month, Iāll do it right before sundown tonight.
EDIT: Okay last spinosad application was exactly 21 days ago. Iāll do it next Friday
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Did a Brix Blaster foliar on the entire backyard. Instead of being lazy this time I whipped up a small batch and did the front planters. I remembered the roses in the back went crazy for it last time, so I gave some love to the front roses for sure. They are gonna be so happy! While I was out front my neighbor came over and told me how great the backyard looks and how pretty all the new flowers are. Oh Man, Yāall know I just LOVED that! lol Especially since Rosie has lived next door since my Gramps the super gardener lived here and everything was always perfect out there until he got Alzheimers and passed. He had me beat in the veggie department, but I have way more flowers!! lol
I also looked up all of my plant orders from Michigan Bulb and got an email out for credits on anything that died or didnāt come up. I recommend them. They guarantee their plants for a year.
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Here are my Zinnia pics from the start and how they finished. They seemed to take forever to get going but once they did it was impressive. Mulch on top of the dirt helped to keep some moisture in. They really took off when we finally got a good rain. They were easier after that. And, they go all the way to winter almost.
Each color is one plant. They turn into monsters. So, when it says 18" for spacing between each plant, it is for reason. You can see all of the new buds in the plants, too. They continue to explode their whole life cycle. The colors are so bright itās crazy. Neon on some.
peace
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I made mistake of showing my wife this thread. This is gonna hurt bad, if it ever stops raining long enough to get out and play in the dirt. You guys are killinā it.
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Those are gorgeous!! Thanks for posting them! Iām gonna try a few different types next year. Iām really happy with 2 of the varieties I bought, but not so much on the other one. For some reason, Iām extremely fond of your white ones. Iām gonna have to grow more white flowers in the sun. Most of the shade plants I bought are white, but not a lot in the sun. For some reason, I always gravitate towards, purple and pinks. I need to branch out more as I really like variety.
Are you planting some this year too? Itās getting lateā¦ lol
I forgot to mention that one type I have is a cutting Zinnia so it has really long stems! Really love it! That was the 2 the other day that I gave away. Love randomly bringing friends, neighbors and clients flowers from my garden to brighten their day. Plus, I always have cut flowers in the house.
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Hahaha! Iāve got to tell ya, my dad and my boyfriend are so happy their work is done! We dug out there and rototilled etcā¦ for months! My man was straight hating on me for sure. lol Do you think either one of them offers to help me dig out the grass now? Hell No! Not their circus or their monkeys! Maintenance is all me. I donāt blame them. I worked them to death.
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Thereās a reason we hired a landscaper to re-sod our back lawn. Iām fascinated by hard work. I can sit and watch it all day.
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Hahaha! Supervision, Man! Itās a thing!
Oh, Iām not touching the grass. That weeded out old shit can just be ugly or die. Not to mentionā¦ Bermuda Grass! Like a circle in hell.
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The reason weāre replacing the lawn is exactly that. Itās weeded out shit, on clay at that. Add rain (Iāve been considering building ark) our two 140lb dogs to the mix and it has been living hell.
You have no idea how excited am at the prospect of getting out there digging in that shit to help the wife with her flowers. My back hurts just thinking about it.
I have this theory about plants with flowers btw. If you canāt eat them or smoke them, they arenāt worth the time of day. Thatās why they make lawnmowersā¦
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Yeah, but growing out some flowers for your wife is gonna earn you some major sexy timeā¦ and please donāt tell me that your back hurts just thinking about it. 
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No, that wouldnāt be a good idea at all Meesh. My wife has the url for this thread and I value all of my body parts.
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Iām sort of hoping some of the seeds made it through the winter and come up naturally. I heard they do sometimes. We have a late planting season here so, Iām still okay.
Our farmers market opens in 3 weeks or sooner, and Iāll pick up some flowers there, to plant. I think Iāll add the Zinnia again if they donāt come up on their own. They were maintenance free mostly.
The yellow and pale orange colors are really nice as well.
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