Sixth Year SFG in Canada

**trolleydriver** 1/6/2020, 9:52 pm

Hopefully I will be able to have a Square Foot Garden this year.
Very Happy

countrynaturals 1/6/2020, 10:03 pm

trolleydriver wrote:Hopefully I will be able to have a Square Foot Garden this year.

We're all rooting for you, TD. I love you

**sanderson** 1/7/2020, 1:31 pm

**AtlantaMarie** 1/8/2020, 8:04 am

OhioGardener 1/8/2020, 12:10 pm

We're looking forward to seeing your gardens this year after the snow melts, TD!

**trolleydriver** 1/25/2020, 9:04 am

I seem to have lost all motivation for things gardening. I have two Aerogardens that have not been started up. I have not done any microgreens this winter. I can't even think about planning this year's SFG. My days seem to be consumed by my health situation ... medical appointments, diet considerations, exercise (walking plus strength and balance), reading books and research papers about the cancers, meeting with other survivors, attending support one and one and group meetings. Maybe I should just let the SFG lie fallow for this year. Sad

PS: On days like today I feel I am going into a dark place. Depression-like symptoms are one of side effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Add to that the anxiety connected with the diseases and it is not a good situation. I'll be OK once I get busy doing things.

"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail." - Isaiah 58:11

countrynaturals 1/25/2020, 10:02 am

trolleydriver wrote:I seem to have lost all motivation for things gardening. . .

PS: On days like today I feel I am going into a dark place. Depression-like symptoms are one of side effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Add to that the anxiety connected with the diseases and it is not a good situation. I'll be OK once I get busy doing things.

Same here, TD, only for me it's Hubby's health, not mine that I'm worried about. I have seedlings in the plant room that should have been transplanted already, more seeds to start, and plants in the house that need tending, but I spend my days playing XBox, watching stupid movies, and reading fiction. Life isn't much fun right now. very sad

Enough of that! Sixth Year SFG in Canada 950477

Let's challenge each other to complete one simple garden task each day and report our progress. Maybe we get each other back on track. uphill and win

plantoid 1/25/2020, 12:58 pm

Get yourselves back out in the gardens take your mind off your worries & troubles .

I'm struggling to stand up and pull a brush full of leaves on the snow shovel then bag them , getting out in the cool damp weather is my reward .

I can't do sod all about my health other than live with it so I consciously choose to enjoy every passing moment as I'll be a long time dead .

**trolleydriver** 1/25/2020, 2:05 pm

Plantoid ... Not much to do outside in the garden when it is like this and more freezing rain and snow on the way

countrynaturals 1/25/2020, 3:03 pm

trolleydriver wrote:I have two Aerogardens that have not been started up. I have not done any microgreens this winter.

There's a great place to start. I'd love to have an Aerogarden. I love you

I'm gonna replant radish microgreens, today or tomorrow. We eat them right after our CoQ10, to get rid of the taste.

**sanderson** 1/26/2020, 2:44 am

TD, Again, thinking of you every day.

**trolleydriver** 1/26/2020, 11:05 am

sanderson wrote:TD, Again, thinking of you every day.

Thank you my friend.

**trolleydriver** 1/26/2020, 11:07 am

countrynaturals wrote:

Enough of that! Let's challenge each other to complete one simple garden task each day and report our progress. Maybe we get each other back on track.

CN that is a great idea. Now I need to really get my act together.

countrynaturals 1/26/2020, 11:35 am

trolleydriver wrote:
countrynaturals wrote:

Enough of that! Let's challenge each other to complete one simple garden task each day and report our progress. Maybe we get each other back on track.
CN that is a great idea. Now I need to really get my act together.

Can your Aerogardens grow flowers for Mrs. TD? I'd really like to see those puppies put through their paces before I turn loose any $$. (I'm not cheap -- I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!)

**trolleydriver** 1/26/2020, 12:50 pm

countrynaturals wrote:
trolleydriver wrote:
countrynaturals wrote:

Enough of that! Let's challenge each other to complete one simple garden task each day and report our progress. Maybe we get each other back on track.
CN that is a great idea. Now I need to really get my act together.
Can your Aerogardens grow flowers for Mrs. TD? I'd really like to see those puppies put through their paces before I turn loose any $$. (I'm not cheap -- I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!)

Yes, they can grow flowers but probably not very tall.

**sanderson** 1/28/2020, 3:07 am

Can you start seedlings, then individually up-pot them?

**trolleydriver** 1/28/2020, 8:40 am

sanderson wrote:Can you start seedlings, then individually up-pot them?

Not easily using the regular Aerogardens pods. However, there is a special seedling starting tray available that allows seedlings to be transplanted.

https://www.amazon.ca/AeroGarden-Starting-System-Harvest-Models/dp/B01B63NRY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=aerogarden+seed+starting+system&qid=1580218769&sprefix=aerogarden+seed+st&sr=8-1

countrynaturals 1/28/2020, 9:36 am

trolleydriver wrote:
sanderson wrote:Can you start seedlings, then individually up-pot them?
Not easily using the regular Aerogardens pods. However, there is a special seedling starting tray available that allows seedlings to be transplanted.

https://www.amazon.ca/AeroGarden-Starting-System-Harvest-Models/dp/B01B63NRY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=aerogarden+seed+starting+system&qid=1580218769&sprefix=aerogarden+seed+st&sr=8-1

Hmm, I think I'll stick with Jiffy Pellets and peat pots. Next winter, maybe I'll spring for something like this:

Plant Lights

**trolleydriver** 1/28/2020, 10:15 am

countrynaturals wrote:
trolleydriver wrote:
sanderson wrote:Can you start seedlings, then individually up-pot them?
Not easily using the regular Aerogardens pods. However, there is a special seedling starting tray available that allows seedlings to be transplanted.

https://www.amazon.ca/AeroGarden-Starting-System-Harvest-Models/dp/B01B63NRY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=aerogarden+seed+starting+system&qid=1580218769&sprefix=aerogarden+seed+st&sr=8-1
Hmm, I think I'll stick with Jiffy Pellets and peat pots. Next winter, maybe I'll spring for something like this:

Plant Lights

I just start my seedlings under four foot fluorescent shop lights.

**trolleydriver** 1/29/2020, 10:00 pm

These two lonely Aerogardens in my workshop are waiting patiently for me to put them to use.

countrynaturals 1/29/2020, 10:06 pm

trolleydriver wrote:These two lonely Aerogardens in my workshop are waiting patiently for me to put them to use.

Well?

**sanderson** 2/2/2020, 3:32 am

trolleydriver wrote:. . . I just start my seedlings under four foot fluorescent shop lights.

Me, too. This will be the 6th winter with them.

ralitaco 2/2/2020, 11:37 pm

TD, I think we are all struggling this year to get in the gardening frame of mind. But that is why I love this forum and the members here. you are all so wonderful and encouraging.

**trolleydriver** 2/3/2020, 10:23 pm

Well I got motivated enough to dig out my stored seeds. Need to get onions and leeks started indoors soon.

**sanderson** 2/4/2020, 4:36 pm

Good for you. I hope to get the seedling grow light PVC frame modified today, and check out the heat mats.

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