Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

6440 Threads Posts
to

ok Gunny, here's where we are at

you said BS when i said we'd get 200- 600lbs of fruit out of our patches. 26 plants total, 24 beefsteak and 2 sweet 100...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird

Approaching the Collapse: Don't Panic, Go Organic

Again, thanks to chatnoir http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_23829.cfmheadline: Approaching the Collapse:...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Wildbilly
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by Wildbilly

ID My Apple Tree No.1

Hi, Can someone help me ID the name of this apple tree. Please see picture tree01b Cooking apples or eating? Cheers +--...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bigjohnuk.8d45196
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by bigjohnuk.8d45196

Tomatoes survived the big blow

Irene wasn't much of a storm here in New England, a lot of rain and only moderate winds. My tomato plants are all still...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by schvantzkoph

First Red Tomato

My first red tomatoes are Juliets. The Stupices, and the Early Girls are still green. Temps have been in the low 80s F...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Wildbilly
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by Wildbilly

Mortgage Lifter

So I planted some Mortgage Lifter tomatoes this year. The plants grew very well, were most prolific in flowering, setti...
44 comments posted 15yrs
posted by boron_elgar
44 comments posted 15yrs posted by boron_elgar

Apple tree newbie

Hello, hubby and I are retired and next year will be moving to a smaller property. There is just the 2 of us and a slop...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by plag2003
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by plag2003

growing onions questions

anyone here grow onions from seed? we normally grow our yellow onions from sets from the greenhouse, but i've managed t...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird

tomatoes coming in nicely

15 tomatoes turned into 5 quarts canned last night. there are a few out there that are bigger than my two hands. as for...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird

peas again

they've sprouted, maybe we'll have some pods before the frosts. i'm hoping we have late frosts and they will do well. i...
20 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
20 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird

Quick Decay of Tomatoes

Birds have been pecking on my tomatoes this Summer so I have been picking them a bit green, and then letting them sit o...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by galt_57
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by galt_57

Berkeley and Oakland Come to the Table

Food justice advocate Nikki Henderson and renowned Chez Panisse chef Alice Waters dish on food, class, school lunch, an...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Wildbilly
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by Wildbilly

At least it is not snow

We have had 4.5 inches of rain since about 5:oo AM. And it is pouring right now. I was trying to keep the tarragon on th...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by b2forewagner
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by b2forewagner

a patch in progress

FIRST: skip to NEXT: if you want to ignore much that you might have heard before. :) skip to SUMMARY: if you want the r...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird