Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Exciting "no dig" article

This is from LA Times today. http://tinyurl.com/5bam5vabout a local man who does "no dig" gardening atop mounds of hay,...
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posted by Persephone
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by Persephone

Design Student Growing Project Need Help!!!!

Hi All, I am currently a pupil studying Design Techonology in my final A Leve year. I intend to design a compact produc...
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posted by Jim.Greenfinger.2c78566
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Jim.Greenfinger.2c78566

Simple questions about fertilizers

Hello. I have some simple questions about fertilizers. For the last few days I've spent a lot of time figuring out idea...
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posted by Korleone.2c73109
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by Korleone.2c73109

moisture meters?

Hi- has anyone here in the group had any experience with those gizmos that you stick in the ground to measure the moist...
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posted by dnchaseb
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by dnchaseb

My Allotments Wk23 Update

Hello all, it's been a busy time at the allotments as I'm sure it ha been for you all during the last week, I have just...
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posted by PLOTTY.2c536d1
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by PLOTTY.2c536d1

Lower crop yields due to Ozone

Could this be affecting our own garden food production? On a larger scale, in view of the current hoo-hah in the pop me...
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posted by Persephone
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by Persephone

Cloche aka cat hammock

Over the weekend I knocked in 4 stakes and stapled some frost cloth across the top. It was supposed to be a cloche for...
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posted by roblyn
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by roblyn

plastic mulch

Planting my starter green beans through clear plastic mulch yesterday when I realized that it was very hot. Then I real...
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posted by wildbilly
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Provado on Tomatoes :(

Hi all and sorry if this has been asked before ( although quite unlikel as my mum's pretty unique ). Basically my mum t...
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posted by jim38curl.2c390ec
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by jim38curl.2c390ec

Creosote railroad ties

I am looking for some old railroad ties. They have creosote treating on them, but it is weak due to the age of the ties....
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posted by toquerville
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by toquerville

Successful transplants - I hope!

Having had major failure with tomato seeds sent by my Canadian friend (first time it has happened), I had to crawl to a...
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posted by Persephone
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Persephone

Too late to plant potatoes in Minnesota?

I have some red potatoes in the pantry with long sprouts on them, and unplanted space in the garden where the hail kille...
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posted by zxcvbob
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by zxcvbob

Growing kale in pots

Last year I grew about fifteen Lacinato or Dinosaur kale plants in 16" pots and had a good crop. I ate them regularly 3...
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posted by RF
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by RF

Buying square tomato cages

Do any of the "big box stores" such as Walmart, Home Depot or Lowes sell square tomato cages? I need some and I do not...
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posted by neutrino1
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by neutrino1