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Herb Wall Garden
Ever thought about growing your own easily accessible herbs, which also create a lovely feature on your garden wall? The Wall Hogger range of vertical garden planters made from recycled plastic...
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lentils and pulses
Does anybody have any experience of growing lentils and pulses? What climate do they work well in? Of the hundreds of varieties do any suit a warm temperate region with hot humid summers? How about...
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resisting temptation
yesterday out and about, saw packages of bean seeds i did not have already on display. i looked, i had the packages in my hand, read the descriptions and had to tell myself that i really did not need...
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Runnin' out ...
of room ! I kinda knew this was going to be a problem , and had several ideas in mind . As I repot my seedlings into 4" round pots it's getting kinda crowded on my window shelf . The square ones...
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Raised bed
Today we finished a four-day project. Built a raised bed for our new blueberry bushes. The old ones drowned in our heavy clay. Used untreated landscape timbers and built a bed three feet wide by eight...
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Blueberry bed
We finally finished the raised bed for the blueberries this afternoon. Used landscape timbers to build it. Eight feet by three feet. Drilled three holes, each end and middle, for each of the six eight...
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Weird tomato
One of my San Marzano tomatoes has different leaves , heart shaped rather than lobed like all the rest . Wonder what it'll grow ? Guess I'll just have to wait and see ... I have that seedling marked ,...
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Jerusalem Artichokes
A friend gave me a small handful of Jerusalem Artichokes last spring. Stuck them in the ground and since I could not get out and do anything last year I had 4 large trees. I now have 3 good-sized...
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Hoop House
I'm building a small plastic hoop greenhouse (very small, 5'w x 20' long) o ver an existing garden bed. Using the gray pvc conduit, painted where it w ill touch plastic, with rebar stakes....
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Peppers and Patience
I always get frustrated because it seems to take forever for most types of peppers to germinate . All the tomatoes have germinated and are doing well , but the only peppers that have shown any...
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When to thin
Well , I've got lots of tomato seedlings now ... and two in most cells . When do y'all thin your seedlings ? I can do it now , but then if one dies ... or I can do it when they're bigger , and the...
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Optimum lighting distance
Since I've got a lot of stuff starting to come up , I went ahead and made some brackets to hang that 2 tube flourescent fixture over my shelf . I have 2 gro-lux 40 watt tubes , and am wondering how...
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Asparagus
Need a little help here. What I want to do is make a long trough, above gro und, deep enough for asparagus to continue to grow for at least 10 years. D on't know a lot about the plant other than it...
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ripened on the tree stone fruit
Peach, selected for flavour, perfectly ripe, straight off the tree. Aroma, flavour, sweetness and juice running down the chin: heaven is here this week. Pre-picked, bulk -processed, chilled and...
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Supplemental lighting
As mentioned in my last post , I don't believe my seedlings get enough light due to the type of insulated glass in the window . I have a 250 watt halogen work light and wonder if that will work as a...
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