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What's the best garden hose?

I'm in the market for 2 50' garden hoses. Everything I've bought before kinks and disappoints me as far as quality goes...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Recommendation for strawberry protection

I have some strawberry plants, and the birds keep beating me to the berries. Can someone recommend a kind of netting to...
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posted by juniper
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by juniper

Tomatoes have flowers but no fruit

This happened with my Green Zebras last year, and is happening with my Paul Robesons this year. Tons of big fluffy yell...
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posted by fakeadderess
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by fakeadderess

my stevia plants taste like crap!

I've been using Stevia to sweeten my tea and cereal for a couple of months now, and when I saw some plants at a local s...
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posted by none
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

ping Nad R & Billy

Nad - I've been reading a book from the "River Cottage Handbook" series and thought you might be interested since you t...
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posted by ask
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by ask

Broadbeans

How do tell when they are ready? Three times now I've picked some and one had nothing in it at all and the others had ve...
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posted by Grub.89800f6
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by Grub.89800f6

Cherry tomatoes and shade

Seems I can get ripe cherry tomatoes at this time. I lost access to a sunny garden. Dad passed. Was wondering and will...
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posted by b2forewagner
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Wilting Tomato Plant

I have four tomato plants in my garden. It has been in the upper 80' the last three days here in SW Wisconsin. Three of...
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posted by bchaguy.8975836
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Late Blight on LI NY

Late Blight http://easthampton.patch.com/articles/plant-disease-destroying-east-end-crops Cheers
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posted by martin_rid
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by martin_rid

Herbs

Well, it looks like wifey's planting of herb seeds was 102% successful. We now have lots of basil, cilantro, etc. I kno...
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posted by pittmanpirate
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Bugs follow-up

Looks like I might have saved 3 of 6 plants . Removed the bugs , buried the stems to root , and I've been keeping the s...
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posted by snag_one
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by snag_one

Aquaponic Gardening

Hi, I'm obviously new here and would like to introduce people to Aquaponic Gardening. For those of you who dont know it...
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posted by aquaponicworld.8926697
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by aquaponicworld.8926697

OT Fifteen reasons to grow your own food.

Those here might find this interesting. http://www.thestreet.com/story/11012915/cellulose-wood-pulp-never-tasted-so-good...
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posted by nadr
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by nadr

25 to 1 ratio

Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment by David K...
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posted by Wildbilly
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by Wildbilly

Grrr , bugs

Found the problem with the zucchinis . Small black beetle type bug is eating the stems . Leaves behind a yellowish past...
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posted by snag_one
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by snag_one