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I hate slugs!
I finally caught the culprits in the act of eating my veggies and habaneros! DIEEEEEEEEEEEE slime! Besides picking them off the plants at night while juggling a flashlight, I've read of various...
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10 years ago
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Well , maybe
someday I'll actually get strawberries to grow . This is the 2nd time I've tried , and I'll admit that WM isn't the best source . Twice now I've purchased and planted berry starts with the same...
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10 years ago
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Habaneros?
Has anyone grown those hot peppers before? What sort of pests would be eating the daylights out of the leaves? I planted a couple and have babied them through the spring temps only to have something...
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10 years ago
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Aphids?
This is the first year cabbages have looked like they were going to survive long enough to have a crop, until yesterday. Suddenly, leaves in the center are shriveled up and masses of tiny insects are...
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10 years ago
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What? This stuff again?
I tilled my garden Sunday and Wednesday night we got almost 11 inches of the cold white stuff again with four more predicted. Chippewa County, Wisconsin Shorti
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10 years ago
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Some Days You Just Can't Catch a Break. Who's Next?
Koala Photo Shows Forest Destroyed By Loggers, Animal's Heartbreak After Losing Home
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2012 bean report?
any interest in my ramblings from last season's beans/peas? i've tried to write it up a few times and it's pretty long -- i keep deleting it. last season was unusual, i did learn a fair bit, there...
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Europe Bans Pesticides Thought Harmful to Bees
PARIS ? The European Commission will enact a two-year ban on a class of pesticides thought to be harming global bee populations, the European UnionĀ¹s health commissioner said Monday. The U.N. Food...
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10 years ago
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Biochar and denitrification in soils
Agricultural soils represent the main source of anthropogenic N2O emissions. Recently, interactions of black carbon with the nitrogen cycle have been recognized and the use of biochar is being...
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10 years ago
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Wood/Bark/Mulch attracting tiny ants close to the house?
We only started mulching with commercial mulches(Bagged) a couple of years = ago. Since them we have been seeing more tiny ants in the house. And DH say= s they are outside, he saw a column of them...
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10 years ago
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the bird parade
while out digging yesterday i was having fun with the killdeer pair that has returned again to nest in the fenced garden. i know it is the same pair as last season because they are fairly tame when...
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10 years ago
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So far this year
DH has finished replacing 4 of the 5 old planter boxes. The last one will have to wait until the garlic and onions come out. The new boxes are one plank higher than the old ones. A little easier to...
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10 years ago
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wood ashes
i have some wood ashes available and have been reading up on the best ways to use them. i'd be interested in hearing from people who use them and experiences or cautions. what i have read so far says...
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10 years ago
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notes up
finally got the notes done from the two books (_Dirt_ and _The Biochar Solution_) and along with a few other topics of the moment. it's at: the notes are my own method of tracking what i'm reading,...
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around tuit
finally got the old grape vine removed and now have a nice arbor that i can use for climbing beans this season. the surrounding area is an auxillary strawberry patch (if i get berries from there i'm...
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