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Whats with onion sets.
Hi . Anyone care to explain how to grow onions from year to year. I'm not understanding how making onion sets gets you anywhere. You either let then grow and eat them or plant them late and make sets...
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Day in the garden
Yesterday was a beautiful day. The birds were singing and the temps were in the high 70°Fs (mid 20°Cs). DW was off to visit with her mother, and I was at home watching our arthritic shepherd, who...
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tomoatoes & blue berries
I am a new gardener. I have two raised beds 4x6. One I planted 3 blueberry bushes in last fall. They survived the winter and are flowering well. i would also like to grow strawberries & tomoatoes. I...
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poor germination rates for Climbing Bean (Blue Lake)
Hello I am currently growing my crop of climing beans (Blue Lake Variety) in individual pots, indoors. However, the rate of germination has been very poor. Currently only about 30% of the total...
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Is this for real?
I'm trying to grow a garden and some organic foods, but I'm not sure where to start.. I found this website online but I just want to see if anyone has done this program before and maybe get some...
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Pepper Plants
My pepper plants (many varieties) have some brown spotting on them. They are not wilted and seem to doing well. There are a few leaves that are mostly brown but it seems they are just that way, not...
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Borer beetles
I have been seeing parallel rows of holes in my pines. I thought it was woodpeckers. I was told it was borer beetles. I sprayed Sevin, and the problem seems to have stopped. Question is, if it was...
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"Let It Rot"
Dan, what do you think of the book?
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How Long Does Tree Spray Need?
I've been wanting to spray my small orchard for three days now, since the petals fell, but it's been too windy. I'd hoped the wind would die down this evening, Thursday, but no luck. I'll try tomorrow...
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Roots in Raised Bed
I've been doing SFG in raised beds for a couple of years now, and there is now an accumulation of left over roots in the beds from past plantings. I imagine they compost at some time, but do they...
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BBC dig in seeds
My dig in sees have been sown for a few weeks now and looking nice helathy plants to take along to kids garden club I run that restarts this Sat after along cold winter. Thsi weekend kidss willbe...
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Composting Rhubarb leaves?
Hi all, I cut a dozen rhubarb stalks from my yard the other day, and proceeded to put the leaves in the compost pile. I know the leaves are posionous, but does anybody know if they will break down...
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How do you apply special treats to your plants?
I spray them with liquid seaweed diluted. Fish emulsion I dilute and hand pour along the edge line. I have a bucket with a link to a hose which I could siphon to a hose but did not like the idea of...
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14 years ago
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Best berries for mass wall planting
I have about 16' of metal grating that I want to grow vines on, and thought berries, or a combination of jasmine and berries would be nice. The space faces directly north, and only gets sun until...
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Upside down tomatos
I was at Walgreens the other day, and saw those little plastic upside down tomato bags. $10 each .......... I don't think so. I can make some out of five gallon buckets that would be sturdier, and I...
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