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What is the soap and water ratio for aphids

I would like to use soap and water to protect the plants against aphids. What is the recommended ratio. I was planning t...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by standish22
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by standish22

Blood meal - how to use it.

I used Blood Meal, because we were very low on nitrogen in our veggie garden. I used it according to instruction - work...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by standish22
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by standish22

Groundhogs

A groundhog dug a tunnel into my garden last year, I filled it in last fall but he's just reopened it again. I've bough...
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by schvantzkopf
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by schvantzkopf

Handy Water Figure to Know

I'm harvesting rain water and found this that lets me figure how much water to put on my beds this summer. # "If we tak...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Charlie
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

Potting soil

Tell me again, why isn't potting soil re-used? I'm getting ready to pot the sweet basil in the pots that I used last ye...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

When To Transplant Spinach Seedlings?

I have some spinach seeds starting indoors. They just began sprouting in the past couple of days. How long should I let...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by USENET2008
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by USENET2008

Container Garden:Transplanting Mint

I received from Nichols Seed Company yesterday the two mint plants I ordered in January. One is a Black Simpson pepperm...
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kitamun
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by kitamun

Seed-starting irrigation tips wanted

I'm out of the house a lot and want to keep seeds I'm starting moist during those times. Any simple tricks I can use to...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by masspete
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by masspete

Bay Area Got Garden:-)

Stepped out into bright Sun, the buzzing of bees (honeys and some big black suckers), the flitting of butterflys, and t...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Seed Saving Basics

Snagged in aus.gardens....old news for some....good place to start for those new to saving seed. http://www.seedsave.org...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Charlie
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

I had a productive Earth Day...

My celebration consisted of planting seeds of 3 kinds of beans, 2 kinds of peas, 3 kinds of radishes, 3 kinds of beets,...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wandhart
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by wandhart

OT...Got Garden? Daily Food Crisis in the News

All you pollyannas can just move along, nothing to see here. Everthing will be taken care of. Just a temporary glitch i...
62 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Charlie
62 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

yellow onion tips

Hello, Im growing some onions this year and the plants are still young. My problem is the tips of every plant are turni...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ruonabike
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by ruonabike

Why Flowers Have Lost Their Scent

Ethanol is obviously not the solution to pollution. Like Kunstler says, we gotta give up the damned driving. Charlie --...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Charlie
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie