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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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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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Strawberry questions
We bought some killer one gallon strawberry plants the other day. They all have strawberries on them, some ripe. I want to grow a bunch of them. I have four 8' railroad ties. OLD railroad ties that...
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I'm baaaaaaaack
I had a long absence due to illness, hospitalization, working on a website and writing a book, and all the other crud that happened in between. I'm raring and ready to get my garden started, so will...
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Drainage issues after repotting
I bought some young tomato and strawberry plants today to grow in containers as I have a small garden. I planted these out using grow bag compost specifically for fruit and veg into a rattan hanging...
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Watering tomato in pot.
I have a tomato in about a 10 gallon pot. I assume it takes in heat and my dry out sooner than in the ground, i have 4 inches of pine bark mulch. Last year I drench once daily about 3 in the afternoon...
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Question for garlic growers
I'm growing garlic for the first time. My mistake. I won't do it again and am considering composting what's in the beds now. The garlic is inhospitable to everything that I'd normally be planting now...
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Which Gardening Moves Burn Most Calories?
Which Gardening Moves Burn Most Calories? By Kiera Butler | Mon Apr. 5, 2010 2:30 AM PDT ? Image courtesy of Flickr user ezioman Last weekend, when I finally ventured into my backyard garden after a...
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What ate my brassicas??!
I have just started gardening after years in a flat/prison. I have built eight raised beds and planted some brassicas in most of them. All went well for a couple of weeks and the plants established,...
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Asparagus
Cut our first asparagus of 2010 this morning. Lightly steamed, placed on a slice of toasted homemade whole grain bread and topped with a poached egg. When cut, the egg yolk serves as the sauce. One of...
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13 years ago
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Creative Propagation '92
Dan, no way I can read the old version and the new to compare and contrast, The best I can do is give you the table of contents and make the observation that this previous rendition was written by...
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Transplant arcane terminology
The recent post on seed propagation got me wondering if there are terms that denote a practice that is of value. Here is one I grew up with. "Mudding them in." Which suggests new transplants like it...
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