Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

the upside of wormlife

like many people i'm sure you think of worms as what they do down below or at the surface of the soil. a few people mig...

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posted by songbird

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by songbird

My local Kmart

Has Burpee seeds on sale for 40% off .Yours might too . Sale includes their line of heirloom seeds , I got some Touchon...

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posted by snag_one

8 comments posted 14yrs posted by snag_one

Composting horse manure?

I have always heard that cow manure is vastly better for gardening than horse manure, but I do have a neighbor with a h...

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posted by galt_57

28 comments posted 14yrs posted by galt_57

Small space gardening

Grabbed this link from another group I read , thought it might be of interest to some here . http://www.motherearthnews....

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posted by snag_one

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by snag_one

Asparagus help

OK, so after 30 years, it's time to replace the aging asparagus bed. I'm both cheap and optimistic, so plan to start fr...

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posted by garygarlic

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by garygarlic

A Question of Tenderness

Of those who successfully cultivate them I'm asking how cold-hardy (or, alternatively, how frost-tender) are Swiss char...

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posted by derald

5 comments posted 14yrs posted by derald

seeds

Going to try and start some hot pepper seeds again this year. Last year near the beginning I got lots of mold. I also d...

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posted by zekor

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by zekor

Green House

Our winter here are 4 double hung windows 46 x 66, a door with the top half glass, a small window for the side of that...

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posted by mjciccarel

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel

Seed Starting, Japanese Maples and Sweet Pickles.

Lots of gardening based reading to keeping you busy and dreaming of spring at The Green Thumb Alliance. Here are just f...

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posted by jamescerwin

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by jamescerwin

Straw Bale Gardening

Anyone here into straw bale gardening? Like to read opinions on it before I try it. Dick

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posted by rdadams

21 comments posted 14yrs posted by rdadams

Here We go Again

Damn Deer came up on my porch and ate every stinking one of my Panseys. Took them out of the pots and left them on the c...

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posted by mjciccarel

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel

Tomato Question

I have a few tomatoes that have "crackeled" skin. What would cause this? Is doesn't seem to bother the inside. I just ca...

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posted by mjciccarel

13 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel

Anoother good reason to compost

A Swedish lady found a wedding ring that she'd lost in the kitchen 16 years ago. It turned up on a carrot in the garden...

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posted by elbrecht

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by elbrecht

Tomato by Xmas day

Well to those who might remember me, I'm Fran, who used to post as Farm1 and I've returned after ISP probs. I've missed...

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posted by moramined

8 comments posted 14yrs posted by moramined

another for the reading list

_Teaming with Microbes_ by Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis revised edition (c) 2010, Timber Press. a little too preachy and...

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posted by songbird

0 comments posted 14yrs posted by songbird