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Kale
I've heard that if kale is cut back it will grow more readily, but does this apply if it has been cut back to almost the base? It has since started to regrow, but the green growth is not recognisable...
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Garlic planting (with some oddities)
I planted my garlic this week, a bit later than I had planned due to a combination of weather and personal health. The bed had been prepped for a while and by the time I got around to putting in the...
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dry bean rejects, edible
this past season being rather full of strange events meant i had a lot of malformed or partially developed beans in the pods when shelling. the rotted ones or those that were mummies (small,...
 
Blueberries
I have one blueberry plant which is planted in the top of a planter containing strawberry plants. Each year it gets a reasonable amount of blueberries but they don't ripen. Any ideas why?
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onions (sets, seeds, bunching, starts, chives)
the sets and starts did get a layer of worm poo put underneath them when they were planted (they grew well, very green and healthy). the seeds and bunching onions were planted in sandier soil without...
 
New to this gardening business
Hello everyone, I'm new to gardening and need loads of guidance. So, I wheedled a bit of dads garden for myself to grow veg, at the moment it's 10'x10' doesn't get maximum sun all day (loses the sun...
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i don't think this is edible
and so strange looking to find in a garden: since the Halloween is almost here it's also fitting because it does look like a hollow weenie when the green goo gets washed off. however this pic is more...
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Oversized red beets
I have a number of over-sized beets. I hate to throw them out but they are about a foot long and too big for pickles. These are giants that my good-hearted brother gave me 'cause he didn't know what...
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cold frame - fall, winter, spring greens in Ohio?
I've been thinking of trying a cold frame for a number of years. I have: 1) south facing edge of garage, with no shade (~25 feet long) 2) about 13 2x4's 3) 5 or 6 double paned glass windows, roughly...
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Grape Harvest, NorCal
Well another week of ups and downs in the wine trade. The 3 days of expected 90 degree weather turned into 5 days of heat, and the sugar levels in the grapes soared. Happy days were here again, but...
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Tomato variety change and taste test
After a sunny, mostly warm (for Pacific NW) summer, we did a taste test on our tomatoes this weekend. We were particularly interested in the Early Cascade [EC] and Champion-II [C2] tomatoes. The ECs...
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I now have a lifetime supply of ketchup
5 1/2 pints of green ketchup are in the BWB canner right now -- 4 pint jars and one of those Atlas jars from Classico spaghetti sauce. Not a bad yield from 10 pounds of unripe slicing tomatoes (Romas...
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ever-bearing strawberries, okra, etc
[long winded ramblings follow. you've been warned... ;) ] still blooming and putting on fruit. as long as we get enough sunny days and no hard freezes i think they'll keep on going... some strawberry...
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heritage and heirloom plants
hi we have just started a new nursery, we are selling only heritage /heirloom vegatable and herb jumbo plug plants, ready for the garden. please have alook at our collection and see what you think i...
 
to stir up the pot
Ideologically motivated bad science, pseudoscience, misinformation, and lies irritate me. In fact, arguably, they are the very reason I started this blog. True, over time my focus has narrowed. I used...
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