ChenierauTigre

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 4/8/26 at 3:01 pm to ChEgrad

Wow. I am amazed that your eggplants are blooming. I didn't plant any, nor any squash. That makes me sad. I could have grown them in the greenhouse once all the plants came out of there. :banghead:

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 4/8/26 at 8:38 am to cgrand

I live slightly northeast of Pensacola, FL. Yes, we did get a freeze. I put large plastic bags over everything. They weathered it fine, believe it or not. We had been having temps in the upper 70's and 80's immediately before the freeze, so I think the soil stayed warm.

My beefsteaks are loaded with tomatoes. the pole beans are 2 feet past my 8' trellis and have baby beans on them. the bell peppers are the best I have ever grown, cucumbers have fruit on them, strawberries getting picked every other day.

I had started my seeds right after New Year. My seedlings did great under my new UV lights. Planted them in garden on February 16th after hardening off for several weeks.

My garden looks the best it ever has. I am tickled to death. I feel like my fairy godmother came and waved her magic wand.

re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 3/28/26 at 2:59 pm to bamarep

I usually buy something like Miracle Gro potting mix or the Staygreen potting mix, then add some black cow manure and some perlite. They only stay in that phase for a short time before going into the garden.

Now cucumbers are flowering, pole beans are 4' tall, cantaloupe starting to vine and flower, tomatoes 3' tall and flowering, bell peppers flowering. Lettuce beginning to bolt. Thai basil going nuts, sweet basil slow start. Strawberries bearing fruit, blueberries are loaded, fig tree is disgusted with the cold of winter. Mushrooms producing on and off, had shiitakes the past week.

Hollyhocks starting to bloom, strawflowers 1-1/2 feet tall, nasturtiums getting ready to put on buds, hostas emerging.

Have been perpetually busy raking, mulching, planting, fertilizing lawn, etc. I hope everybody else is having luck so far. We know Pillage is.

re: Time to celebrate Will Wade coming back with a TD Gear Giveaway...Winners Listed Inside

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 3/28/26 at 2:49 pm to Chicken

I am so ready to achieve some semblance of a team with a mission. Let's Geaux, Tigers!

re: 3 women found dead in Wayne County, UT; suspect still at large, police say

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 3/5/26 at 7:37 am to bkPoseidon

Hope they find the person soon. I'll be in that area in 6 months and will not have a firearm with me. Ugh.

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re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 3/5/26 at 7:30 am to LSUJuice

I planted two weeks ago in NW Florida. My stuff is looking great so far. Pole beans are ready to start climbing. Still put cloches on cucumbers and cantaloupe at night because I started them later than peppers and tomatoes.

Listening to Farmer's Almanac instead of weathermen, It has been downright hot in the afternoons here.

Good luck to everyone's gardens!

re: Nevada 2 LSU 6 Final

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 2/6/26 at 3:42 pm to FnTigers

Thanks, y'all. Didn't realize it was a tournament. Nuff said. anything past the first game will likely start late. Geaux Tigers!

re: Nevada 2 LSU 6 Final

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 2/6/26 at 3:11 pm to NorthshoreTiger76

Any more info than that? I'm trying to watch too.

re: Trivago commercial

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/17/26 at 6:15 am to SFVtiger

Looks like a mouthful of Chicklets.

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re: My koi’s got eaten and I need protection

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/9/26 at 8:00 am to fareplay

Same here. Go outside, and one is sitting on the edge looking at the fish.
I built a net structure around my ornamental pond and every other garden on my property. It's hard enough to grow stuff without predators screwing it all up.

re: 2025 Fall Garden Thread

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/9/26 at 7:55 am to Tbone2

I started tomatoes and peppers yesterday.

re: I admit, I have never been a huge fan of Kiffin….

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/9/26 at 7:37 am to geauxcoco

Well, we'll see how happy you'll all be when he screws us over like Tennessee and Ole Miss. And he will.

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re: Frank Wilson on the sideline

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/9/26 at 7:33 am to Dlab2013

Lacy tweaked his hamstring. Try to keep up.

re: Kids that were introduced to LSU on a radio rather than a tv

Posted by ChenierauTigre on 1/9/26 at 7:29 am to caill430

My Dad and I used to sit in the dark in the 50s and 60s listening to the radio broadcasts, he in his recliner and me on the couch. We would be hooting and hollering. I will never forget it, and I miss him.

Then later on, he was really bummed when Saban bolted to Miami.