Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Anti Slug and Snail Experiment

Following postings about slugs and snails and copper wire etc., I am performing some experiments which gardeners, (that...

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posted by 3d&6d

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by 3d&6d

New to growing veg, any advice please?

Hi, I am very new to all of this so could do with some advice please Last weekend I bought a small plastic type greenho...

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posted by Jemmy.29b5b27

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by Jemmy.29b5b27

Eating garlic greens

We plant garlic every fall (upper NY) and harvest it the next summer. We do not let them develop seeds at the top of th...

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posted by aaaron123

16 comments posted 18yrs posted by aaaron123

A Pea problem

Hi, I bought some Cavalier seeds (peas) from my Organic supplier. Unfortunately only about one in five actually produce...

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posted by tvrchimaera.299b546

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by tvrchimaera.299b546

Squash vine borers

How do you stop them from killing the vines? I tried to cover the vines with soil but that didn't work. I tried Sevin d...

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posted by spamless

41 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamless

Keeping Fed

Three excerpts from an article by Dmitry Orlov, dealing with food production and distribution in two ailing economies.....

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posted by Charlie

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

triple curled parsley as a perennial

Here in zone 8, put in triple curled parsley plants last year. I had always considered them to be cool-season annuals,...

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posted by dlass51

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by dlass51

Plants phone in

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PLANTS TEXT MESSAGE FARMERS WHEN THIRSTY Beginning this crop season, farmers wil...

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posted by Persephone

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by Persephone

Basil Problem

Hi folks. My Basil is very ill looking. The seedlings are all drooping over and the leaves are sll stickin together unde...

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posted by chrisREMOVEmiles

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by chrisREMOVEmiles

can anyone help me with wimberries?

I am a Brit who moved to Oregon in the US (its beautiful). I would lov to plant some wimberry (bilberry) bushes but cann...

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posted by Hazel.Harrison.2946f48

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by Hazel.Harrison.2946f48

Got Hope? Got Seed? Got a Clue? Better Get Two of These!

No surprises here....if you have a clue. Got seed? Open pollinated? Got a place to put seed? Got hope? Dr. Kissenger's...

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posted by Charlie

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

Will solarization kill bamboo?

My old garden (14'x60') has two problems, on the left side where I've been growing green vegetables I have a terrible b...

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posted by schvantzkopf

33 comments posted 18yrs posted by schvantzkopf

UK - Problem with fig tree

We have been in a house with a fig tree for 3 years and each year we have had a problem that seems to be getting worse....

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posted by steven

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by steven

May 4 Remembrance

Please plant something today in honor of Alison, Jeffrey, Sandra and William. We'll not forget you. Charlie

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posted by Charlie

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

Growing Amaranth

Has anyone tried growing Amaranth grain in your back yard? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. rob

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posted by roblyn

10 comments posted 18yrs posted by roblyn