Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

My Allotments Update

Hello all, despite the weather I have still been able to get some things done at the allotments to let you know about,...

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posted by PLOTTY.3a07237

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Late November. Allotment

What to do now in late November on the allotment? I've planted in onions, garlic, peas, raspberries, strawberries, blac...

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posted by ex

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A garden success

The weather has been unseasonably warm but that doesn't help me much since I'm on the north side of a hill and the Sun...

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posted by wildbilly

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First Catalog

I just go my first seed catalog of the season today. It is from Pinetree Seeds. Looking forward to seeing what they have...

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posted by susan_r23666

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Apples from seeds

For all those who think it's easy to grow good apples from seeds, read this article of how they breed apples at the U....

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posted by sherwindu

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Care of cherry tree

We've a morello cherry that we planted in the ground in March/ April, which happily fruited earlier in the year. But I...

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posted by gds.3978c1c

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Need Acidic Soil for Blueberries

Im looking to turn my lawn more acidic in order to accomodate my apple trees to their full nutritional potential and al...

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posted by Chrisguk.3963a96

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String beans

I'm new to gardening. We live in a semi tropical zone and planted some string beans early October. The 9 plants climbed...

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posted by nope_not

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Colorful Califlower

Our califlower did good this year, had some really awsome colors to thei leaves , Thought I would share, Have a great ni...

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posted by postphotos

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Bringing pepper plant in for Winter?

Has anyone successfully brought a pepper plant in for the Winter? I brought one of ours, a jalapeno, in just a day befo...

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posted by none

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cold frame -- unheated green house

In the raised bed threads, some people indicated they extended their growing season by a couple of weeks at either end....

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posted by larrry.phillips

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Pumpkin?

I posted this in rec.food.cooking. Later realized that I should have crossposted it to r.g.e (and maybe r.f.p): I grew...

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posted by zxcvbob

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Raised garden redux

I was out scrounging today at a location where they abandoned a dirt operation. I was looking for plate and screen. I f...

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posted by toquerville

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Cherry trees

Has anyone grown cherry trees from seeds and then grafted onto the root stock? Any advice, comments?

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posted by ask

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Lemon Balm

My lemon balm did very well this year, thought I would share a photo of it, have a great night, Judy http://www.shutterp...

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posted by postphotos

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