Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Reshaping an old cherry tree

Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can reshape a very old (Victorian I guess), very tall, sweet cherry tree - o...

5 comments posted 17yrs

posted by Ali_R.4c905a6

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by Ali_R.4c905a6

Artichokes not budding

I have eight globe artichoke plants. I bought them last year, and they grew all summer but never got any buds. This yea...

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posted by bbb_bus_complaints

11 comments posted 17yrs posted by bbb_bus_complaints

Seed dryer

I'm looking for plans for a homebuilt seed dryer to dry the seeds from my garden. It could be either solar or electric...

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posted by ewillson

26 comments posted 17yrs posted by ewillson

Tomato concern

I decided to start a small garden in the front yard (suffering odd looks from the neighbors). It's a great sunny locati...

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posted by defaultuserbr

13 comments posted 17yrs posted by defaultuserbr

To many Tomatoes and Peppers

All at the same time. we have been canning making Salsa stuffed peppers. I guess I will have to take a bunch to work.

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posted by lol

11 comments posted 17yrs posted by lol

cucumbers and water

So, I've been making some observations on how much water my garden needs, I have the usual assortment of beginning gard...

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posted by jeff_thies

13 comments posted 17yrs posted by jeff_thies

Blasted -- Sunflower and Pepper

GAH! I'm able to get 5 and 6 yo kindergarteners to grow the most beautiful peppers, tomatoes, and sunflowers from seeds...

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posted by cuhulain_98

9 comments posted 17yrs posted by cuhulain_98

OT Question

Anyone know which herbs can be used to make an effective repellant for mosquitoes? Victoria, zone 5a

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posted by wandhart

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by wandhart

ID this, please

Something got planted in the deck garden and escaped a label. Since several family members were digging through the see...

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posted by boron_elgar

16 comments posted 17yrs posted by boron_elgar

Three sisters garden, week 9

My three sisters garden is coming along. The corn is doing well, the beans have been eaten by insects, and I have a few...

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posted by schvantzkoph

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by schvantzkoph

mini cloner

Put this together a short while back as an experiment. seems to work well for basal cutting, haven't tried it yet on ha...

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posted by gunner

0 comments posted 17yrs posted by gunner

Peaches problem

My peach tree, I just noticed, has clear hard oozing sap coming from the peaches. Lots of them. Not a good crop this yea...

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posted by oldfart

21 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

Potato question:

Is there a way one can tell from a potato plant above, how many potatoes you got growing below?

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posted by MS

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by MS

"The One Straw Revolution" has been republished

The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka Published by: The New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/auth...

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posted by phorbin1

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by phorbin1

Please I.D. Unknown Herb

Can anyone identify the herb in folder "Unknown Plant" at http://tinypic.com/1r509n5u.Thank You.

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posted by wildbilly

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by wildbilly