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I just finished
Canning 18 half-pints of jalapenos from my garden . I used a very basic pickling recipe , 1c vinegar , 1c water 1tbsp kosher . Processed them in my wife's steam canner , and increased the time 50%...
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Slowin' Down
... are you open to suggestions? :) or do you pretty much know already what you are going to do? songbird
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cherry tree leaves
something is eating holes in the leaves of my miniature cherry tree, have looked during daylight hours but cant see the culprit(s) any advice will be very welcome plus what to zap the bugs with
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Cherryplum Nadia
Hi everyone! I'm lookin' for some nursery where I can find this new hybrid cherry X plum called NADIA. It's an aussy new variety, a true hybride and not that supermarkets' average rubbish "cherryplum"...
 
Harvesting winter squash
I grow kabochas yearly. I've had two nemeses: 1. powdery mildew that sets in in July and pretty much kills the plants, eventually. 2. squirrel(s) that attack the fruit. It/they can decimate the crop,...
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More beans
We started picking Romas on Sunday. Got enough for a meat then. Picked again on Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Today DH cut the beans to size and I canned most of them today. Got 8 1.5 pint...
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Summer Squash Wars
(Orecchiette [Little Ears] With) Zucchini And Tomato Bel Mondo restaurant, Sydney Servings: 4 - 6 Preparation Time: 30 minutes 2 Leeks, cleaned and cut into Rounds 2 clove Garlic, minced 2 Or 3 medium...
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a half pound
the smallest quantity of seeds i could buy in bulk from the grain elevator was a half pound. i wished to get some winter rye, but he'd already sold out, the last three bags went a few days ago. so for...
 
Picking beans
Picked my first Roma beans today. Got enough for a meal tonight. I may be swimming in them before the week is over. The shell beans are coming along too. They have almost finished flowering. Now to...
 
Garlic storage games
I have been experimenting with garlic storage to get it to last as long as possible as I only grow one crop per year. Usually I plant in March and harvest in October. I always hang and dry after...
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More Squash Bug Questions
Pulling weeks around the new batch of Cucumbers and Zucchini this morning i am seeing squash bugs again. I looked at the leaves and do not see any egg s (ok not every leaf but a most of them) even on...
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Dry Farming
Anyone in the NG have experience with so-called "dry farming"? If I'm correctly understanding what I'm reading on the W3, there exist two basic practices, both called "dry" farming: Simply put, one...
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Quite possibly
the best BLT I've ever eaten . 4 slices of thick cut hickory cured bacon , a smattering of lettuce , and 2 half-inch thick slices of Big Boy tomato still warm from the sun on whole wheat toast . Juice...
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Question for Garlic Mavens
I copied the following text from a garlic cultist's web site. The author grows garlic in Texas: My question is: "Do you actually do all of this stuff"?
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natural farming
having read through: _the One Straw Revolution_ _the Natural Way of Farming_ _the Road Back to Nature_ _Sowing Seeds in the Desert_ it would be difficult to give a long review of them. much is...
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