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| This is the fifth thread in the official Winter Sowing Container Count (affectionately known as Zone Wars).
The count runs from Dec 22, 2011 - May 1, 2012 Everyone is welcome to participate! To participate you simply post on this thread the number of containers you have wintersown. You can post daily, weekly, etc. Each time you post, please include your total count so far. For example:
How To Count Containers:
How to List your Zone:
If your member page does not list a zone, you must include the zone in your post. For example: If your member pages lists you on the border of 2 zones (such as 7b/8a) you need to decide which team to join for Zone Wars, and include it in your post. Or you can revise your member page and put 7b from now until May 1. Then after May 1 change it back to 7b/8a. To see the latest count, click on the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet. To see previous Container Count threads, click on this list of Zone Wars Threads prepared by River_crossroads. 
Everyone who is winter sowing is encouraged to participate.
Chatting, support, suggestions, and friendly rivalry are encouraged.
Every container counts so join the fun!! ~ Happy Sowing ~ |
Follow-Up Postings:
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 10,578 Good morning, winter sowers. The gap between zone 5 and zone 6 seems to be closing a little. Zone 8 is going to break 1,000 soon, so keep sowing everybody! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, |
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| 13 more for me in zone 6 for a total of 135 |
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| 60 more. Don't know my total. |
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| Please add 12 for Zone 8. My total is now 303. Thanks. |
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- Posted by COgardener2675 5B CO (My Page) on Mon, Mar 26, 12 at 11:51
| 11 more for a total of 102 (?) |
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| 15 more jugs today, for a total of 181 for zone 5. Hopefully, I am DONE!!! Shirley! |
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| 48 more for zone 6 and me for my total of 352, so happy that zone 6 is winning right on! all in fun hope everyone is happy with their sprouts Micki |
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| 32 more for a total of 66 zone 5 :) |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 10,769 ~ Happy Sowing Everybody ~ |
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| Add four more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 151! :) A good way to enjoy my birthday! Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by farmergirl2009 5 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 28, 12 at 9:53
| Add 174 more for me in zone 5 for a total of 429. Have more seeds to plant but need to look for containers. So far the only seeds coming up are the poppies but won't plant out until at least an inch high. Love poppies. Ellie - farmergirl2009 |
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| Please add 4 more for zone 6. Thank you! |
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- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 28, 12 at 13:45
| 7 more for z5, total 132 (I think) Mother Nature is in typical form up here in New England today. Alternating between rain and sun, with a smattering of icy stuff thrown in with the rain now and then. |
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| Please add 8 for Zone 8 for a total of 311. Thanks. |
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- Posted by not_a_contessa z5b S Central PA mtn (My Page) on Wed, Mar 28, 12 at 22:28
| Please add 2 for zone 5. Thanks, Mary |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 10,968 Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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- Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 14:38
| Today I sowed 8 more for a total of 153 in zone 6. Chestnut and snowpeas in containers. |
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| Hi, I´m glad to represent Europe! :) I´m on a mission to distribute the wonderful knowledge of winter sowing in my country... 8 more for zone 5 (total 18) |
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| I sowed 15 more for Zone 6. My total is now 41. ~stlgirl |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 23:37
| I sowed 15 cups of pepper seeds this evening; my running total is 369. |
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| Go zone 5! Next week is spring break and my teenagers are with their dad all week. This may be a perfect time to get all my annuals sown. It's been too long since I've been able to contribute to the count. Martha |
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| 4 more for zone 5, my new total is 22 |
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| 16 more for zone 6 please. Thank you! Gee, zone 5 is starting to catch up.... :) |
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| Please add 5 more to zone 7. That brings my total up to 22! Slowly but surely, lol. |
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| Huh. I thought I'd come on last night and added a messsage with my new containers for the week, but I don't see it.Maybe I forgot to hit the right button after I wrote it... OK, I've gotten 39 more done this week for Zone 7!!!!! Thanks, |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 11,063 Good morning, winter sowers. We've broken 11,000! And yes, the gap between zone 5 and 6 has narrowed a bit. Go winter-sowers! Kiskin, it's wonderful to have you representing Europe, where is Estonia exactly and what is your garden like? A reminder: please try to include your total in your posts! It makes my job a little easier, and helps prevent miscalculations. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.   |
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| I sowed 27 more containers this week, making my total 133. I'm zone 4 Minnesota. Amy |
Here is a link that might be useful: My winter sowing status report
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| Please add 8 for Zone 8. My total is now 319. I had to replant my lettuce - it froze out (sigh). |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 22:57
| I've just added 10 more this evening a total of 103 for me. Zone 6. |
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| Please add 10 more for me....i think my total is now 67 for zone 5. Thanks! Kimber |
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| Please add 2 for Zone 8. My total is 321 now. I'm slowing down until the weather warms a little. Losing my lettuce was disheartening and I don't want to repeat it with my annuals. |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Sun, Apr 1, 12 at 23:05
| Please add 39 containers for Zone 5; my running total is 408. Prepped more jugs this evening. |
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| Zone 7. I have at least 65. Gumneck |
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| Please add 10 more for zone 5 (total 32) terrene, Estonia is in Northern Europe - south of Finland and west of Russia - a small cold country :) |
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| Add four more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 155! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 22:59
| Please add 9 more jugs for zone 5; running total is 417. |
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- Posted by kimka z6B (jkkaplan@erols.com) on Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 10:20
| Add 7 more for KimKa (zone 6B) for a total of 69. Just the zinnias left now. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 11,262 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count Gumneck! And the gap between zones 5 and 6 is closing a little bit more! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow BUT garden like you'll live forever!" "Compost. A Rind is a terrible thing to Waste." "Life is a garden. Dig it." "I'd rather be Gardening!" ...Bumper Stickers |
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| Please add 18 more containers for zone 5; my total is 50 |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 13:08
| Eleven more sowed containers for zone 5 for a total of 90. Sprouts coming up all over and some of them from seed that did not sprout last year using conventional methods. Old seed that i was sure was no longer viable. I am hooked. Ric |
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| 5 containers for z5 for pixie_lou 456 containers YTD |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 23:36
| 65 containers for Zone 5. Total so far 65. Plenty more to come. Fran |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Wed, Apr 4, 12 at 0:39
| Please an additional 9 jugs for me. Running total is 426. |
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| 10 more zone 6 for total of 215 winter sown seed varieties :) |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Wed, Apr 4, 12 at 23:26
| Please add 12 more jugs; running total is 438. |
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| Please add 5 for Zone 8. My total is now 326. I keep thinking I can take a break, but I keep finding more seeds that are begging to be sown. |
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- Posted by silverkelt Z5b/Southern Maine (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 8:30
| 88 for zone 5 total 88 =) |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 11,492 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to this year's count, Littleonefb and Silverkelt! You guys have boosted zone 5's total, and now zones 5 and 6 are neck and neck! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. Dear counters: please check your total from time to time, to make sure it's accurate. |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 12:45
| You're going down zone 6! |
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- Posted by Vicki_sew-n-sow 6KS (My Page) on Thu, Apr 5, 12 at 19:42
| Please add 45 to my count for a total of 127 for zone 6 |
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| I joined just so my count could be added. 89 jugs for zone 5 |
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- Posted by clc70 8 Wa. (carterconnie@ymail.com) on Fri, Apr 6, 12 at 10:03
| 32 more milk jugs for a total of 304 in zone 8. |
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| 25 containers for z5 for pixie_lou 481 containers YTD Go Zone 5 |
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- Posted by momsinthegardenagain 6 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 6, 12 at 18:48
| Please add 8 containers to zone 6. My total is only 8 right now. |
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| I'm a brand new 7 (after being 6b for years). Tried to post on the spread sheet and it wouldn't let me. So far, 60 for me. (probably a little more but hard to count since they're not lined up in neat rows). Planting a few more today. |
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- Posted by slackermom Zone 6 Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Apr 7, 12 at 15:19
| Please, add 40 more containers for zone 6. My total is now 185. Thanks, Karen. |
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| Do we use the old zone or the new zone from the 2012 map? Linda |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sat, Apr 7, 12 at 21:53
| Add 33 for me making a total of 136 for zone 6. |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sun, Apr 8, 12 at 7:23
| Add 8 for me making a total of 144 for Zone 6. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 11,842 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count Chrissykr and Momsinthegarden again! Moms you officially have the longest user name thus far, haha. Linda0120, if you posted to the count before the new map was released, you should stay with the zone you started with. If you haven't posted to the count yet, you can use the old or new zone map. I am still using zone 5b, even though the new map puts me in 6a, because I live on a cold and windy parcel. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Observe how all things are continually being born of change; teach yourself to see |
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- Posted by patchworkfarm 6 CT (My Page) on Sun, Apr 8, 12 at 14:31
| Please add 61 more for me. Total 129. Go Zone 6! |
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- Posted by sandysoil_2008 6 MA (My Page) on Sun, Apr 8, 12 at 19:40
| Please add another 13 for zone 6 for a total of 113. Thank you. |
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| Hi! Please add 12 more containers for zone 5. My new total is 62 |
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| 24 more for zone 5. My total is now 134. |
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| ...and 4 more for zone 5 (total 66) Thanks. |
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| 390 containers for Zone 5. Don |
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| oh that was a sneaky trick dem pa hold out and throw a few hundred or three winter sown jugs in on the back stretch. Gonna have to look at my seed list and see what i have yet to sow, this can't happen lol. come on zone 6. your gonna need some marigolds for around the garden, and who knows what else...dig deep in those seeds :) Should have known those zone 5 peeps are sneaky...gotta watch em lol ;) |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 12,342 Good morning, winter sowers. Wow, zone 5 has surged ahead! Welcome to the count Dem_pa, looks like you've been saving up all your containers till close to the end? Also, a belated welcome to Caryltoo. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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- Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 16:08
| 16 more for zone 6 for a total of 169. Thanks |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 23:42
| 77 more for zone 5. total so far 142. Plenty more still to come Fran |
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| Gee, I'm feeling a little guilty here! I'm usually good for at least 225, maybe 250 containers, but just didn't get to it this year. That sure would have helped zone 6 in the race if I had gotten my act together.... :) |
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| 14 done for a total of...hmmm...14 (Z5) |
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| I sowed 10 more containers this week, making my total for this season 143. I'm in z4. I think I'm done, but there might be a few more stragglers. We'll see. :-) Most of my containers are sprouting now too, and I've started planting out the cold weather stuff. Good times! Amy |
Here is a link that might be useful: My winter sowing status report
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- Posted by liza070831 z4VT (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 19:10
| I have 3 more for z4 for a total of 12 |
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| Add seven more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 162! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 12,469 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count Mmqchdygg! Zone 5 maintains the lead. Will there be any other winter sowers with huge numbers to upset this race? Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas."...Elizabeth Murray "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding"...Marc Chagall "I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."...Claude Monet |
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| I've done a few more. My new total is 33 containers. Go zone 5! |
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| 33 containers for z5 for pixie_lou 514 containers YTD |
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| Add six more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 168! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| 2nd entry here Terrene - I got my sowing done early this morning. 17 containers for z5 for pixie_lou And I *only* have 2 more packets of seeds to sow. Yay. Unless I decided to wintersow my morning glories - but I usually direct sow those. I can't wait to go vacuum up all that potting soil in the basement! |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 12 at 17:54
| Add 8 for me making a total of 152. For Zone 6 |
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| 11 more for zone 6 takes my count to 226. |
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| All I can say is WOW! WOW! I havent been on GW much the last 2 months, but I have thought about all the WSers. I've spent all my free time in the garden. We have had beautiful spring weather. Ya'll have been busy! There are some really incredible container counts. I have more to add to my count, but I dont have my list in front of me. I am really enjoying all my seeds from the winter swap and newbie project. I got my first buds on the bachelors buttons! They might be pink, I think. Its almost more exciting than finding sprouts. :-) |
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- Posted by momsinthegardenagain none (My Page) on Mon, Apr 16, 12 at 6:59
| Please add 7 more for zone 6. Makes my total at 15. |
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| 22 more for me please. Got all my more tender annuals done. I think that brings me up to 89. Thanks! Kimber |
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- Posted by patchworkfarm 6 CT (My Page) on Mon, Apr 16, 12 at 18:20
| I was a annual/veggie sowing machine this week. Please add 147 for a total of 276. |
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| so my nephew comes down tonight he is 9 and i had forgot we had stuck some granny smith apple seeds in the fridge cause he was wanting to plant them. i said to him do you know how long this will take to get big. he said yes i will be 40 lol. so anyway add 4 more to my count for zone 6 for a total of 230...and pray these seeds take hold and by a miracle grow true to seed so he can get a apple of it before he is 40 haha. |
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| Please add 14 for Zone 8. My total is now 340 and 212 have germinated so far, but only 14 planted out - all veggies. |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Tue, Apr 17, 12 at 1:35
| started 6 more for zone 5 for a total of 96. I think its safe to start my tomatoes and peppers now |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 12,755 Good morning, winter sowers. Hope everybody had a great weekend. TraceyOK, I agree, there are some impressive numbers here! But nobody who's broken the 4-figure mark (yet). Ymaddox, your nephew has an unusually well-developed concept of time! Trees require a lot of patience. Oh, and happy Tax Day to all Americans filing their taxes today! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Who has learned to garden who did not at the same time learn to be patient"...H.L.V. Fletcher "A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; "If we persist, I do not doubt that by age 96 or so we will all have gardens we are pleased with, more or less."...Henry Mitchell |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Wed, Apr 18, 12 at 17:47
| Please add 15 more for zone 5, sown on my lunch hour; running total is 453. And I'm not done yet. |
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| Please add 6 for Zone 8. My total is now 346. Thank you. |
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| 46 for a total of 46 in zone 6. |
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| Please bring my total to 206. I have buds and bloomers! Blue Flax, I love the little blue flowers, Poppys, Bachlor buttons, Calendula, Zinnia, have buds. Woo Hoo!! These are the very first seeds I've been able to get to not die and actually bloom. (Ive tried over and over!) DH built me 2 new huge flowerbeds and they are really starting to get full. I cant wait to get home from work to see whats blooming!! |
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| Add five more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 173! Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 16:59
| Please add 21 more for zone 5; running total is 474. I'm definitely going to break 500. |
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- Posted by patchworkfarm 6 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 21:09
| 5 more please for a total of 281 in zone 6 |
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| I sowed 10 more for Zone 6. My total is now 51. ~stlgirl |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 12,909 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count lois! We've got about 10 more days in the count left. Zone 5 and 6 are so close, who knows who is going to win? I've got daylily sprouts already, and have tons of annuals and veggies left to sow still! Better get moving. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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| 17 containers for z5 for pixie_lou 548 containers YTD I only have 1 packet of seeds left. But sadly only 3 containers. Looks like I need to make a few trips to Dunkin Donuts and Dairy Queen over the next few days to collect those large plastic cups! |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 18:12
| 93 containers for zone 5 YTD 235 More to come Fran |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 19:55
| 2 more containers for zone 5 YTD 237 Fran |
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| Add five more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 178! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Sat, Apr 21, 12 at 10:01
| planted 10 more half gal jugs for zone 5 making my total top 100 at 106 milk jugs. I am hooked on the half gallon milk jug. They hold each other in place in their corral of 2 x 4's and brick so the wind has not budged them. They look almost neat too. |
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- Posted by sandlapper_rose z7B-8A SC (My Page) on Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 16:05
| Zone 8: 28 more jugs planted for a total of 129. (I didn't plant all of them today, but since I last reported.) I love winter sowing! |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 13,064 Good morning, winter sowers. Well there's only about 8 more days in the count. Time to push and get that last bit of sowing done! I prepared some containers yesterday by filling them with soil, and put them out on the deck to get rained on (yippee rain!). The easiest way I've used so far to wet the potting mix. Now to get the last bit of sowing done. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk; "We come from the earth. "'Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly. |
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| I am SHOCKED to see zone 5 winning the War!!! Please put down 51 for Zone 6 for dekprizm. Go Zone 6!!!!! |
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- Posted by river_crossroads 8b Central Louisiana (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 12 at 20:25
| Hi Terrene, I tried to do a custom countdown to May 1 in a post but only readymade banners seem to be allowed. Please check countdown time. To get this countdown click on company page (I took "Generate Raw URL") or right click and copy from below in View Page Source. I have been tied up with bugs - warm winter equals lots of bugs! Lady in Red from wsing last year, seeds sent to me by generous sjc48/Shirley. Click here for countdown to May Day!
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- Posted by DemonsHollowAsylum 5 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 17:23
| Ok, my very first post for the winter sowing here. I have had nothing but wind troubles this year. After 5, yes Five, attempts and tons of lost seeds and containers, I can finaly add to the zone war count. I am just sorry it is such a very low number. The wind has been so bad here that it even took the roof right off of my neighbors 16 by 28 ramada! So sorry zone five. But I will be better set up for next year. Zone 5 Liz |
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- Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 19:04
| I sowed 76 today for zone 6 for a total of 245. clemetis, rose and coneflower |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 21:39
| Add 7 for for me a total of 159. For Zone 6. |
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| come on zone 6 i am wintersown out i have over 200 containers. you guys have got to step up here...less than a week left. dont tell me i am going to have to really dig the marigold seeds out...tell me it isn't so? lol |
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| Please add 4 more containers for zone 5 (Total 70) |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 10:00
| Add 12 more containers for zone 5 so my total is 118.These are my only containers that are not half gallon milk jugs. They are upside down bottomless quart yogurt cups with the lid on the bottom and topped by a bottomless 2 liter soda bottle for a hot cap. Yet another experiment to protect tomatoes from late frost. |
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- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 23:08
| Add 4 little containers to Zone 5 USDA. (Balcony doesn't fit much...) :O) Very kind of you to do the count Terrene. I see you are doing a FANTASTIC job!! |
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| Hello! 26 milk jugs sown with goodies - most are up and look great! Happy growing season! Kathy Orgogal |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 13,237 Good morning, winter sowers. Wow, lots of new counters popping the past couple days. Welcome to the count Dekprizm, DemonsHollowAsylum, Tiffy_z5__6_can, and Orgogal!! Good to see you back in the WS game Tiffy! River, I am all for having a countdown to the WS deadline, but that's above my head right now, so feel free to post that whenever you want. Dear counters: The deadline for the count is May 1, 2012, 23:59 or 11:59 PM. Get your numbers in before then, 'cuz this war can go either way! ~ Happy Sowing Everybody ~ |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Thu, Apr 26, 12 at 13:57
| 23 more for Z5 YTD 260 Fran More coming before the end. |
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| Add five more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 183! :-) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| Hello Fellow WS'ers! Gosh, I have been one busy gardener/farmer! So, needless to say I have not been keeping up with anything inside, including being online. I have however sowed some more since my last post many moons ago. In fact, I have sowed another 351 containers for a grand total of 714! I do have a few things I still want to start, but it looks like they just might have to be direct sowed this year reusing the 2-Liter lids on top of them and the soil until they sprout. My fingers are dirty, my body is tired - but to look out and see all the beautiful growth from this year and last, makes me one happy wintersower! Especially the special ones from last year that did not flower, but now are covered with blooms like my Foxglove, Canterbury bells and hopefully soon Lupine! Thank you again Trudi - I'm hooked, for many years to come, I'm sure! Grand Total: 714 containers Zone 7! ~Best Wishes to all of you ~ Lisa/NC |
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- Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 12:04
| 75 more for zone 6 for a total of 320. Vegies more to come |
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| 112 more for Zone 5 and a YTD total of 502. Don |
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| Hi! please add 10 more containers for zone 5. my new total is 80. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 13,839 Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. ~ Happy Sowing Everybody ~ "The kiss of the sun for pardon. "I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green."...Nathaniel Hawthorne "My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth."...Lady Bird Johnson |
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| I planted 18 container 13 sprouted and are all planted. Zone 6-SE Michigan |
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| I spent 4 hours this afternoon sowing annuals and tomatoes. It's about time I usually do it a little earlier than this! And wanted the stuff off the floor! 49 containers for zone 5, total is now 183. Still have more daylily seeds to sow, and maybe a few odd things. |
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| Better late than not at all! Please add 82 for Zone 5 - I did my basil today for the last 5 containers but haven't reported any of them so would be a total of 82 for me. Linda |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Sat, Apr 28, 12 at 20:57
| Please add 5 more containers for zone 5; my running total is 479. |
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| Add ten more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 193! :-) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Sun, Apr 29, 12 at 22:13
| Add 15 more for zone 5; running total is 494. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 14,001 TWO MORE DAYS TO GET YOUR CONTAINERS IN! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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| Hi all.... I sowed 12 more last night....all of my tender annuals and I am done! I think that brings my total to 101, zone 5. Kimber |
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| I am DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE 12 containers for z5 for pixie_lou right now I don't want to look at another seed for a good long time! |
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| Here I am with my final Zone Wars total: Add eleven more for me here in Zone 6. My Grand Total is 204! :-) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 14:56
| 20 more for Zone 5. YTD 280 I'm done, met my goal of under 300 containers this year. Sounds like a lot, but for me it's not much at all. Especially when 9 years ago I was well over 1000 containers. That first year, WS Newbie stuff and you just sow and sow and sow. Been cutting back now since the first year. Most of the beds are really full now and will only get the rare perennial now and will be doing just annuals. But it's WS for them too. HAPPY GARDENING TO EVERYONE, PLANTING THOSE SEEDLINGS AND LOVING ALL THE BLOOMS FROM THEM Fran |
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| Hi! Here are 42 more for zone 5, my total is now 112. |
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| sorry, my total should be 122 (not 112, as I accidentally typed above)... :) |
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- Posted by momsinthegardenagain none (My Page) on Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 21:37
| Hi There! Please add in 30 more containers for zone 6. My total is now 45. |
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| Just got in under the wire! Please add 20 for Zone 8. My final total is 366 - whew! I'll never get them all planted out, but that's not been the goal this year. My darling daughter is 1500 miles away and battling stage 4 breast cancer. Planting those jugs has been keeping my hands, heart and mind busy until she needs me. Thank you wintersowing forum for helping me stay calm. |
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| add 8 more zone 6 for total of 238 |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 14,156 Good morning, winter sowers. Today is the last day to get your counts in. As it stands now, zone 5 has a solid lead, but could that change? Just a heads up, this will be my last post as the official counter and data entry person. River_crossroads will wrap up with the official winner and the final tallies tomorrow. Hope everybody has a great gardening year! (Barb_wa, I hope your daughter is okay.) Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 9:55
| I've gone through my seeds and made the final separation for WSing, direct sown flowers and direct sown veggies. I'm ready for the final push on my lunch hour and this evening. I have 2 half gallon milk jugs and 24 gallon milk jugs that I'd like to use up. I also have dozens of cups and a dozen two-liters as backup but I don't think I'll need that many. On second thought, I may move those melons from direct sown to WS. I think they would transplant well. |
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- Posted by JackiesInTheGarden 6b (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 15:54
| I've sown a total of 56 containers in Zone 6. I'm a WSing newbie. I sowed my first seeds about a month ago. Technically, I guess, that makes me a spring-sower. Although I've been a lurker at GW forums for a while, reading and learning, I just recently registered. WS is SO much fun - I just had to add my accomplishment to the count! ~jackie |
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| Got the rest of the daylily seeds sowed tonight and I think I'm done with WSing! 12 more containers for zone 5. Final total 195 containers. |
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- Posted by river_crossroads 8b Central Louisiana (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 21:29
| Hi all, About 2 and one-half hours to go - the deadline for posting is almost upon us! That's what Terrene has previously announced. Please note that Gardenweb uses Eastern Daylight Time (Summer Time) for the date and time stamp. Any post dated Wednesday, May 2 does NOT count as we want to wrap this up and announce the winners! You can see the date and time that will be on your post when you take "Preview Message." It's at the end of the line with your screenname. Terrene has asked me to sort the spreadsheet and announce winners in various categories based on the sort. Exciting. Here is a link to a clock showing different time zones. You can check how your local time differs from Eastern Time used in Boston, New York, or other cities in that time zone. Thanks to everyone for your hard work and for a fun competition. See you later! Cities listed on link - Boston/New York vs Chicago/Dallas vs Denver/Salt Lake City vs San Francisco/Seattle |
Here is a link that might be useful: Clock with time zones
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 23:15
| Please add 33 more for zone 5; final total is 527. |
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- Posted by river_crossroads 8b Central Louisiana (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 12 at 6:24
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Special thanks to Terrene for a terrific job, NancyPlants for her cheerful, colorful work, Bakemom for her newbie packs, and to our founder & leader, Trudi! I only do a few jugs but they are extremely important jugs. We are all winners and I thank you for the help that you give me. Congratulations to all you hard working people. Happy Gardening, everyone!
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| Thank you Terrene (and all others involved!) for keeping count for us this year. I always enjoy coming here to check on the competition and the progress, and I especially enjoyed the quotes you added also - nice touch! Thank you! |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sun, May 20, 12 at 16:31
| Congratulations! Zone 5! |
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