Weekly Friday 3 PM EST Instagram live Q and A sessions - join in and bring your garden questions!

[NRaleighLiberal]

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My daughter "moderated" for me - I was in NC, she in WA state - was so cool (she and I were the two visible). Fridays, 3 PM EST - I hope to do them weekly throughout the growing season and beyond, do some live demos, etc. Sara was reading off questions that those watching typed in.

So - follow @nctomatoman - and join in next Friday. Main topic will be dealing with young seedlings - transplanting, care, etc - but anything goes (gardening, not politics! That's what DU is for!)



I think today's debut episode will be up for a bit more time (I think they go away after 24 hours????) Tech savvy-ness is not my forte!

[Karadeniz]

1. What a great thing to do! In England I always watched the gardening shows...those people mean

Business, as you know. Always way out of my league, but so interesting!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. It's Friday - meaning I will be live at 3 PM EST on Instagram with my daughter moderating

I'll be showing transplanting, taking gardening questions, maybe walking around my developing gardens. @nctomatoman

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. giving this a kick - tomorrow is Friday, so at 3 PM it will be another Instagram Live

from my garden, doing some show and tell and answering live submitted questions - I let it go for 45 min or so, and it is viewable for 24 hours before it vanishes. I will do them weekly right through the season.

@nctomatoman - click on the my story button (my profile pic).

[druidity33]

4. I recently bought a delightful booklet by Storey publishing

called "Straw Bale Gardening"... Is that your handiwork? I'm giving it a try this year. I live in the woods, on a backlot on sloped property, mostly hard ledge. I've tried some container gardening and raised beds, but trucking in good dirt is hard work. Hoping the straw will be a good intermediary step for soil building. It's been almost 2 weeks with feeding and watering the bales, but they haven't gotten over 80 degrees. It's been cold at night here and not very warm during the days (western MA)... Should I keep adding food or just keep watering?

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. mine is "Growing vegetables in Strawbales" by Storey.

don't be concerned about the temp rise...there are dependencies on bale tightness and ambient temp. 2 weeks from the beginning of treatment they are ready to plant.