Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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No Big Box tomatos this year

After last year's late blight fiasco I've sworn off buying plants from the Big Box stores, I'm doing everything from se...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by schvantzkoph

Carrots survived the winter

Is this unusual?, my garden is full of carrots. I've been eating some of them for the last few weeks but I'm wondering...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by schvantzkoph
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by schvantzkoph

Gardening

Well the first of my lettuce is in, but I had to stand in the rain to do it. Weird day. The sun would come out, and I w...
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posted by wildbilly
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by wildbilly

Just dug the horseradish for the first time

Interestingly, some of the biggest roots ran laterally from the crowns for about a foot before turning down (just beggi...
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posted by zxcvbob
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by zxcvbob

Amazing !

I find it hard to believe no one on this forum grows heritage beans apart from me, can that be.
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posted by Bobspamtrap
46 comments posted 16yrs posted by Bobspamtrap

Too late to change Dealing with SHADE

Well I did 12 12 hour readings with a fancy light meter and got the results I could get by eye. Essentiality I have par...
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posted by b2forewagner
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by b2forewagner

Mushroom Problem Solved

I grow shiitake mushrooms on oak logs in my basement. Last week, I noticed two small mushrooms budding on one of them....
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posted by pintiha
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by pintiha

Lovelock: 'We can't save the planet"

We use to have an expression that sort of sums it up. Nothing can be done however anything is possible.
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posted by b2forewagner
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by b2forewagner

Charlie got me thinkin sourdough

Discovered this I found in a book called "Wild Bread" by Lisa Rayner.
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posted by b2forewagner
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by b2forewagner

2009 garden photos

http://tomshomeplace.com/Janis-garden-2009.htmlWe just have a small garden for the 2 of us, but it produces above avera...
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posted by tomnews2
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by tomnews2

Organic Foods

There has been some conversation on rec.food.cooking about organic foods and especially Calmar's entry into the fray. So...
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posted by susan_r23666
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by susan_r23666

Black plastic covering

I plan to use black plastic covering for my peppers this summer in zone 5 . How do i do it . How does it get watered and...
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posted by andy.petro
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by andy.petro

Farm size and population story

Must see this site http://tinyurl.com/ygu952s that Dean Hoffman Posted in Misc.rural What is Obama going to do about it...
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posted by b2forewagner
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by b2forewagner