Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

purple dove beans

i really enjoyed growing these the past three years. the first year i only had a small sample to work with and to get t...

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Sweet Potatoes

I harvested the sweet potatoes this morning. We had a 25' row, about 3/4 regular yellow and the rest white sweet potato...

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posted by pintiha

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Gourds?

Hi All, Not to ask too stupid a question, but if gourds are not editable, what are they used for? Are they toxic? -T

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a few squash pics

the varigated ones, a cross between kabocha and a local pumpkin of some kind: http://www.anthive.com/img/edibles/thm/DS...

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Frost Warnings Tonight

We've had a little cold snap here in Maryland, just northeast of Baltimore. Daytime highs in the mid-60's, overnight lo...

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posted by pintiha

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pallet project done pics

feels so good to have this mostly done at last... it was a ton of work to do to get all those pallets removed and cut u...

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irish moss still alive

as i was taking pics the other week i also took a quick few shots of the irish moss bit that i rescued last year (after...

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fertilizer sticks

Hi All, Are these organic fertilizer sticks I see for outdoor plants any good? Many thanks, -T

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posted by T

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first frost

last night. it took me by surprise because yesterday was busy and i didn't check the forecast. even if i had i may not...

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calcium for alkaline soil

Hi All, I am getting blossom rot on few of my peppers. My research says that this is due to a lack of calcium in my soi...

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Mystery Seeds

Has anyone received any of those mystery seed packages that have been popping up around the country?

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posted by pintiha

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Fall planting

Pulled out the green beans and planted Florida broadleaf mustard just before the rain on Friday. There is a good crop of...

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tomatoes, onions, beans

since it was looking like we were going to get rained on again yesterday we picked through the tomatoes to get those th...

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posted by songbird

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Too Many Melons

I planted a couple varieties of cantaloupe this year and they're all ripening at the same time. I think that next year,...

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posted by pintiha

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tomato harvest and other things

tomatoes starting to get red enough to pick some. for the first pick we had a five gallon bucket and i turned most of t...

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