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Harvest
Harvested three sweet chiles yesterday and just picked six yellow summer squash today. Looks like stir fry for dinner tonight.
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Minerals for Pumpkins
I had a soil test done on our gardens and have added the recommended amount s of the minerals they were low on. One area is going to be the pumpkin/squ ash patch. I read that pumpkins like acidic soil...
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Plum Tree with red/green branches turning black
I bought this Victoria plum back in October last year. It looked very similar to how it does now with green and red mottled branches. I didn't think much of it as all the others of this type were the...
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No lack of pollinators ...
At least down in The Holler . My one beehive has over the last 3 weeks become 4 hives ... the result of a split , a swarm , and a mini-split is that now we have 3 colonies with virgin queens and one...
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Garden Peas
Hi,can anyone recommend a variety of pea that easy to grow in pots and has a good yield? Cheers
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BT or DE ?
Something is nibbling on my bok choy , and I've seen grasshoppers . Not certain that they're to blame , but ... which will work better for grasshoppers ? Other pests that I've seen on these plants...
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8 years ago
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Rain again
Last two days we have gotten five inches of rain, the majority falling over the last 24 hours. Lots of flooding in the Houston area but not where we live. Lost power last night for about eight hours....
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A good start yesterday
The weather gods have smiled upon me and given me 2 days of nice weather in a row ... yesterday I got 30 of the tomato plants in , the last 4 will happen today , along with planting most of the...
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ACK! too wet !
The weather forecasts for the next 10 days look good , the plants are ready , and last night's rain has the ground too wet . There go my plans for today . I have to be careful , there's a good bit of...
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Best Plants to attract bees.
Have setup an artificial bee-hive. What plants are suggested to attract bees? Brian
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Capsicum - Scotch Bonnet Advice
First time I have attempted to grow Scotch bonnets. A little concerned they are growing too slowly and will not mature. Are they best kept in greenhouse or should I harden them off outside??? Summer...
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Chilli's
Have too many Anaheim plants, about 20 too many. They will be a decent size in 3 to 4 weeks. If anyone is interested I'm in Guildford, Surrey. Rather give them away than throw away. Brian
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Crow resistant barrier fabric?
I don't know if the crows like the threads for making nests or what, but they seem responsible for greatly shortening the useful life of our row covers. Is there any that either avoid attracting or...
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Broccolli flowers
Well for some reason all my plants went from 1" heads right to flowers, question: Are the stalks and flowers (yellow things) edible? Leaves are shot, but I have long stems and yellow flowers.
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Can I dig pine bark into my garden?
Hi All, One of my garden plots has visqueen over it and seven holes that I grow stuff through. The visqueen has pine bark as cover over it. If I decide to recover the entire area and remove the...
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