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Winter is back
It is snowing again. Looks like 4 or 5 inches already. Everything is coming to a grinding halt, including me. They are predicting 64°F for tomorrow. Hope it makes it.
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Apples and cherries and ...
Peaches and pears ! I've started clearing a place for HerOrchardness , and I'm not sure which ones need 2 trees to pollinate . Apples I'm sure of , but the rest not so much . Additionally , our...
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Disease resistant basil type?
For the last two years every basil plant I have grown, either from seed or purchased has turned yellow, gotten very bitter and died. I do not know what disease this is, but if anyone has any idea what...
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Grafting tomatoes
I want to try grafting some of my favorite heirlooms this year. Can anyone point me to some good websites explaining techniques? My small motor skills are not wonderful, so any help I can get would...
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Y shape Apple tree.
Can anyone help me. I bought this Granny Smith apple tree recently on M26 rootstock. I want to keep it in a patio pot for now as we should be moving at some point in the future. My problem is the Y...
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growing mustard for seed
I was able to successfully sprout some yellow mustard seed from the kitchen. I'd like to try growing it in the garden. Has anyone else done this? When should it be planted? Does it need a lot of sun?...
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Seed-planting Dealies
Never used them. The traditional way is to use a fold of glossy paper and to tap the paper so they slowly drip out of the fold. By adjusting the slope of the paper and the way you tap you have quite...
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BUTTERNUTS
will butternuts ripen off the vine?
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Is it Spring, yet?
... not this year! :p :) some years we've had crocuses up and blooming by this time. it is starting to snow again at the moment and we're due for rain and ice tonight before going back below freezing...
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White Fly's
My greenhouse in infested. How do I get rid of these things? They are all over the broccoli plants that will be planted in t he garden in a few weeks and I expect that will take care of them but what...
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Harvestable rights (was winters arrival)
I had to start a new thread for this as my news server kept rejecting my reply (perhaps it is a laissez faire capitalist machine). sYour idea doesn't work because: - Irrigation water is held in dams...
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Aren't they cute !
The little baby plants are poking their heads above ground for the first time . So far I have Iceberg lettuce , kale , and cauliflower up , and a couple of onions are coming up now too .
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billy did you get some rain?
i sure keep hoping that the rains do come along soon for you out there. we're still getting some snow, the forecast is that coming up next week we might have at least three days in a row with highs...
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Here we go again
What a winter for North Carolina. Expecting 2 - 4 inches on top of the ice we got this morning. Screwing with my greenhouse and my germination in the house for sure. I guess I won't be planting in...
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Eat , Sleep ...
and be merry , for tomorrow we plant . We have seeds , and we know how to use them ! . I have my 1st starter tray ready to go , tomorrow I plant onions and lettuce . I've always had a problem with...
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