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Summer progresses
I have picked about a dozen cucumbers this week and 2 pretty green zucchini this morning. A couple of yellow ones will be ready in a day or two. The beets, cabbage & broccoli are finished. My Lodi...
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Hello grean finger guys and girls
Hi we live on Anglesey, and do no have a large garden, and for health reasons my son made some raised beds for us. We also have a 8 ft greenhouse, that we have 4 tomato plants and 2 grapevines in,...
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Plum tree disease
I have a mature yellow plum tree which in recent years has been developing a problem causing the fruit to malform soon after forming. The problem has inreased over the last ten years. When the fruit...
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Army worms!
For the last two days we've had literally battalions of army worms marching in a southerly direction through our property. From what I've read, they are mainly pests of grasses and grains and so far...
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Some Walking Onions
followed me home today from an estimate ... now I need to find a good place , they're perennials according to the info I got from the web . Fresh green onions year round if I do this right plus small...
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Little Tiny White Things
My Peppers in the Greenhouse and the Zucchini in a pot just out side the door are covered with little white specks. They don't move, are they eggs? If so eggs of what? How do I get rid of them. I just...
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Diagnosing disease/pest in tomatoes and chillis
Hi all. I'm new here and totally new to growing plants and vegetables. I'm trying my hand at growing some tomatoes and chillis but my poor plants are being plagued with what I suspect is two problems....
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camouflage
had to get on the roof to do a little patching today... funny blob of concrete? erm... no... songbird http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6906_Where.jpg http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6909_TodaA.jpg...
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'Mater ties
The plastic bag my morning paper comes in makes an excellent tie strip to tie my tomatoes to the stakes . I pinch a corner off the bottom so I'm not fighting trapped air . -- Snag Learning keeps you...
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Medlar an unusual fruit
I pulled my medlars to make jelly this week and came across some unusual examples. This is the bottom view of a typical fruit. They are about 4-5 cm across. You can see why it is called the 'open arse...
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Grow light ?
I've been using full spectrum (sunlight) fluorescent tubes for plant starting for the last several years. Does the quality of that light diminish with age (use)? I've noticed (this spring especially)...
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Rabbit
I have a rabbit living under my shed right next to the garden. Cute little thing and doesn't seem to be afraid of me. What I can't figure out is why it isn't eating anything in the garden including...
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Chipmunks eating my blueberries
I just saw a chipmunk eating my blueberries, any suggestions about how to kill them? My cats are indoor cats because it's no longer safe for cats in my neighborhood. I'm going to set a number of...
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Squash Borers , again ...
I've been watching for eggs , and looks like they slipped past me again . I was checking my acorns and zukes last night , and found frass ... and I was pissed . I'm pretty sure I got 'em all , all 3...
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Coming home
We were gone for a week. The plants had done very nicely and the weeds really took off. Hope I can get the weeds out before they start again. This morning I pulled up granyx and red burgundy onions,...
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