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Can you re-use peat pellets?
I have a bunch of peat pellets in which the seeds never germinated. They are all dried out now. Are they okay to use them again, or should I just remove the netting, crumble them up, and add them to...
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Canning peppers
Does anyone know how to do this? We did some last year and of course can't find the book it was in. Do you blanch them or do you have to cook them through? Thanks for any help. MJ
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Reshaping an old cherry tree
Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can reshape a very old (Victorian I guess), very tall, sweet cherry tree - or alternatively propagate from it. It's too tall to pick the cherries without a...
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Artichokes not budding
I have eight globe artichoke plants. I bought them last year, and they grew all summer but never got any buds. This year, they have grown quite well, but there is still no sign of buds. I don't do...
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Seed dryer
I'm looking for plans for a homebuilt seed dryer to dry the seeds from my garden. It could be either solar or electric powered. If anyone can direct me to an appropriate site etc. I'd be appreciative....
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Tomato concern
I decided to start a small garden in the front yard (suffering odd looks from the neighbors). It's a great sunny location, the back is so shady as to be unacceptable. Anyway, I have five tomato...
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To many Tomatoes and Peppers
All at the same time. we have been canning making Salsa stuffed peppers. I guess I will have to take a bunch to work.
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cucumbers and water
So, I've been making some observations on how much water my garden needs, I have the usual assortment of beginning gardener vegetables. Plus blueberries, cantaloupes and honeydews. Topping out the...
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Blasted -- Sunflower and Pepper
GAH! I'm able to get 5 and 6 yo kindergarteners to grow the most beautiful peppers, tomatoes, and sunflowers from seeds in less-than-perfect conditions. Such as having to train 33 kinders that they...
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OT Question
Anyone know which herbs can be used to make an effective repellant for mosquitoes? Victoria, zone 5a
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ID this, please
Something got planted in the deck garden and escaped a label. Since several family members were digging through the seed envelopes (of which there are at least 150, many with no photos or drawings)...
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Three sisters garden, week 9
My three sisters garden is coming along. The corn is doing well, the beans have been eaten by insects, and I have a few melon and squash plants. I've started to spray the garden with a mixture of...
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mini cloner
Put this together a short while back as an experiment. seems to work well for basal cutting, haven't tried it yet on hardwood cuttings. Pics are towards the center, a big red Folgers Plastic...
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Peaches problem
My peach tree, I just noticed, has clear hard oozing sap coming from the peaches. Lots of them. Not a good crop this year. What is this, and what do I do? Steve
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Potato question:
Is there a way one can tell from a potato plant above, how many potatoes you got growing below?
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