Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Mineral amendment?

Hi All, IS there a such thing as a "Mineral Amendment"? Sort of like fertilizer, only minerals Many thanks, -T
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posted by T
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by T

soil test kit?

Hi All, Anyone have a recommendation for a soil test kit that I could order on line? Many thanks, -T
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posted by T
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by T

gardens coming along

it is raining now so i get a bit of a break. :) most of the gardens inside the fence are weeded and ready for planting....
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posted by songbird
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Do tuberous begonias "bud back?"

I have a tuberous begonia overwintered in a hanging planter; grown from seed last spring. It shared the planter with a...
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posted by garygarlic
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by garygarlic

Garden progress

The pace accelerates , I got the last pieces to the drip irrigation puzzle today in the mail . Looks like the garden is...
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posted by Snag_one
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Of wells and pumps and distribution systems

There's no time like right now to make sure the garden does well this year ... So I've installed a submersible pump in...
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posted by Snag_one
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

let the games begin!

the weather has been cold and rainy much of the past few weeks. no gardening getting done yet, or not much at all i cou...
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posted by songbird
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by songbird

still too cold here

last night got down pretty cold and we had a bit of snow so there won't be any gardening for a few weeks at least. also...
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posted by songbird
18 comments posted 4yrs posted by songbird

Re: What happened to McIntosh Apples?

> I bought some Macs after not having any for 10 years. > Just no flavor at all. I've never seen any Organic Macs, if t...
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posted by michael.trew
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Re: Squirrels decimating mangoes

> > > > >> > > >> >In a few weeks, my avocados will be ripe too...... > >> > > >> >Any non-shotgun suggestions? > >> >...
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posted by patgreaux
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by patgreaux

local gardening group meeting

i've volunteered to see if we can get a local group going for talking about gardening, mini-seed-swaps, etc. pretty muc...
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posted by songbird
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by songbird

Preservation help needed for heirloom turnip

This is going to be a longish story; I tend to do that. You have been warned. On my first pilgramage to the Seed Saver'...
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posted by garygarlic
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by garygarlic

lettuce refrigerate why

Most things with leaves aren't easily infected by bacteria. I guess for the reasons that they normally live outside as...
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posted by allen
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by allen

No new news?

Hi, according to my feeds into Agent 4 there hasn't been any alt.c posts [with, perhaps the odd Ilya Shambles rambling]...
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posted by Man
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by Man