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How to dig in green manure?

I have never grown a green manure before and am not clear, from what I have read, as to how exactly I should dig in the...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ex
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by ex

Master Gardener Program

In Ohio, where I live, we have a program called the Master Gardener Program, which consists of 10 weeks of classes, and...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by haunted
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by haunted

How do to prepare onions for storage?

It's my first season for onions and am wondering how to best store them. I planted a pound of yellow onion sets. From t...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by pyde_piperNOTHIS
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by pyde_piperNOTHIS

Have you used sulphur?

I hae been told that it helps to remove harmful organisms from the soil. I am dubious. Have you had real-word experience...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by videochas
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by videochas

Ironite Questions?

Ironite v. a liquid. What problems have you people had with Ironite? What is the issue with this product? If it's dange...
201 comments posted 18yrs
posted by invalid
201 comments posted 18yrs posted by invalid

Another good reason to have a garden: BPA

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080816/wire/808160391WASHINGTON FDA: Food containers safe Published: Saturday, A...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Anyone ever shave a cactus, edible (or inedible)?

Has anyone done this to make it safer? My friend is always ending up with thorns in her skin, so I wondered if I could u...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dale662
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by dale662

Prickly Pear Cactus

So after a gruesome summer of watching one napole after another shrivel up and blow away, I'm down to my last one. Anec...
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Aphids/eggs in compost?

I want to begin a compost pile starting with some corn stocks but noticed they are spotted with live black aphids. Woul...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by MS
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by MS

pepper fruit set is low

I have 6 pepper plants growing outside my kitchen window, on the East side of the house where they are sheltered from t...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by none
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by none

heat and peppers

At the risk of starting a new thread on peppers (no fruit here ...) I have some jalapenos and habs that I put in in Apr...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dlass51
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by dlass51

Excess cucumber

Other than cucumber sandwich and pickle how else can I use up a lot of cucumber without too much work?
22 comments posted 18yrs
posted by j0069bond
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by j0069bond

Pepper saga.......... Pepper expert anyone?

I've already mentioned the problems with our Bell peppers this year. Whitefly and spider mite but these may not be the...
49 comments posted 18yrs
posted by invalid
49 comments posted 18yrs posted by invalid

peaches, how to protect

Hi all, I've just moved homes and for the first time have a fruit tree - a peach tree. I know very little about gardeni...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jzfredricks
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by jzfredricks