I agree with @PaddleMaster about the protective gear if you've got permission to do the work there. Have a change of clothes and some rags with texture, soap, and water to wipe any skin that gets the urushiol on it.
But hooray for the rest of the green you've got going on!
Is there a certain pot depth you'd recommend? I imagine part of the reason is to prevent excess water wicking into the substrate in the pot, but would be concerned somewhat about accidentally air pruning roots in a gap.
Things are greening up nicely following a few warm rains, and some of our earliest fruits are beginning to set. A little busy this week but I'll be sure to add some shots in a comment a little later.
As an aside, I really appreciate you all sharing what you're up to and enjoy getting to chat with you. I'd like to encourage you to check back in when you've seen some more comments since your last and see if you can provide additional advice or encouragement to others!
I was curious how you'd float or secure the plants in the nutrient water, thanks for sharing! Wishing you many happy harvests of fresh food!
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Here's a little PDF for you from treesaregood.org about pruning but you should totally make a thread about it ;D
Homegrown Harvest: a season-by-season guide to a sustainable kitchen garden from the American Horticultural Society is a good one to check out.
Thank you! The secret is killing a ton of plants until you improve enough to keep them alive, and then killing more until you can keep them happy 
Spider mites are a tricky pest when the plants prefer a dryer soil, but I've had some success with a layer of sand on top of the potting mix, which might be worth a try. And there are so many cool varieties of basil that I totally encourage you to try from seed! I know you're going to have that kitchen garden rocking in no time
I'm very excited to see how this works for you! Wishing you the best luck finding your peppers and remembering to take lots of pictures to share here 
I hadn't heard that, but that sounds like a huge missed opportunity. I loved the master sword trials from BOTW and would enjoy having new and more intricate shrine puzzles for the new mechanics
Busy Friday here. Trying to figure out how much time I can offer this morning at the library (helping local students make a compost pile) before I have to come back and keep working on projects here. But it's been gray and rainy for several days now and my motivation is not totally present.
Hoping to play a little TOTK this weekend myself, actually. Maybe some time around the fire pit too if the weather is nice enough
That sounds like a lovely summer veggie garden, I'm excited to see what you do with them! Small spaces can make it challenging to fit everything but they also make you use the space more creatively, and they look awesome crammed full of plants.
Very cool! Which varieties of apple did you end up selecting, and have you decided how you'd like to train or manage them?
Yay violets! The tea is nice, and you can also use the flowers in salads for a pop of color. Also, garlic mustard -> violets; pesto, change-o?
whoever planted these was really going wild
Hah that's going to be my memorial plaque at the farm when I'm gone! I'm glad that native cherry decided to leave you with some offspring that were in a better place for you to enjoy.
My indoor growing space is bursting at the seams with mountain mint and some very leggy tomatoes I'm babysitting for a friend while she's on vacation. The weather has been relatively pleasant though, so I've gotten a few more things potted and several more trays going now as well.
• Some grasses, elderberry, and Carolina allspice in pots with some hibiscus cuttings in the box !
• Chokeberries, more elderberries, a few types of raspberries, and a few lowbush blueberries I've managed to keep alive after transplanting !
• Even more chokeberries, and a whole other type of raspberry (these ones are red) !
• Another round of brassicas started !
• My worksite supervisor taking a break under a second type of mountain mint I'm growing this year !
What's growing on with you all?
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Doing my rounds in the garden and I happened upon this lovely creature. I have very few ideas what it could be - possibly a sawfly or native bee - but it's stunning.
Even here in Maine there are some large subsidies for battery backup systems. The state is even running a program for people who have them, where they can get paid for selling their stored energy during peak usage times.
Something I do when I'm depressed is discount the value of my own accomplishments. When I'm not in those moments, I know that I should be kinder to myself by being proud of what gets accomplished in spite of the depression, but when those times come around again it's incredibly difficult to follow that advice. I'm really happy that you're making such strides on the new meds, and hope that you find the space to be happy and proud of that accomplishment. Other people's milestones don't detract from the progress you're making 💕
That's exciting! Chilly microclimates can be kind of a bummer when other folks' plants have bloomed and you're still waiting, but there's also that benefit of generally getting growth after the freezes are over.
Thank you for commenting in these threads! I adore hearing what everyone is getting up to in their gardens every week
Potting continues here; there are almost eighty elderberries hanging out in our front yard right now in addition to the others (happy to share what the others are if anyone is actually curious). Overnight temperatures are still a little low for some of the transplants potted up this past week and I am running out of shelf space under lights indoors.
Our gardens up front are waking up and they always fill me with joy:
What's growing on with you all?
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward preserving them
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It's basically every time I am not in motion
We're halfway through potting up all the plants we've overwintered, but are looking at temps below freezing for the next two nights. Today will be about getting covers ready for everything and setting up ambient warmth for several of our plants that are currently flowering. On my way home from a doctor's appointment, I stopped to pick up a cutting of a curly willow (Salix matsudana) from a woman in town whose tree was damaged in a recent snow storm.
This one cutting was turned into a dozen after I got home. I've planted out three or four and the remaining sections were loosely bundled and placed into our five gallon bucket with several other varieties of willow we're rooting in water.
What's growing on with you all?
Here's a little inspiration for folks with small plots and big dreams - Bulgarian homestead on 500m² / ⅛ acre
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Here is a short bit of what our larger pond sounds like at dusk now that the frogs are awake.
There are about a hundred potted perennials out on my front lawn right now as the latest wintry mix hits our area, and someone dropped off a huge box of cell trays and small pots to us yesterday. Some of them will go to our local library for their gardeners workshops and to prep for their annual plant sale fundraiser, some will go to the Master Gardeners program for their spring fundraiser, and I will attempt to find space for what we end up keeping.
What's growing on with you all?
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I'm really proud of him, there were a lot of dogs there and he stayed focused on me for pretty much the whole time; lots of practice with "leave it" and "look at that/look at me" (engage/disengage game) paying off
Today marks the beginning of the second full week of Spring in the northern hemisphere, even if some of us are stuck in second winter. Share your garden goals, projects, challenges, and successes for this growing season; share your tips, tricks, and garden hacks, or anything else you'd like. Let's all help each other grow something beautiful together!
If folks are into it, I'd like to make this a weekly thread for everyone to share updates and assistance as the year progresses. Please let me know if that's something you'd all like.
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While I don't love what ice storms do to this year's buds, their effects on the leftovers from last year are beautiful.
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