Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

squirrels-proofing tomatoes

Squirrels appear to be chewing on our tomatoes, just when they get ripe. (a) Does netting deter them? (b) It's been ver...

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posted by gbeccles

16 comments posted 19yrs posted by gbeccles

Help please - poisoned by squash?

This year a seedling appeared in the veg plot which looked like squash. I assumed the seed must have come from the comp...

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posted by cordowr.14f2127

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by cordowr.14f2127

AIRLOOM TOMATOES

HE MANS HOW IN THIS SIGHT GROWS THER OWN AIRLOOMS ?

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posted by Riff

12 comments posted 19yrs posted by Riff

A Practicle Response to All This........stuff

Good read and pertinent to gardening, organic in particular. Lots of food for thought and good ideas. Even if one were...

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posted by Charlie

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by Charlie

Tomato Plants Dying

Hello all, First of all, i'm a newbie. i just moved into a house from an apartment, and the idea of having an organic k...

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posted by paulirwin

18 comments posted 19yrs posted by paulirwin

Apple rootstock propagation

Hello All, I'd like to try growing apple trees on my property in southcentral Ontario. Conditions are somewhat far from...

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posted by davidort

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by davidort

Holes In Tomatoes

I'm looking for suggestions as to what might be chewing holes in my tomatoes. I'm finding a great deal of tomatoes (gre...

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posted by ROT-13-sevneqbax

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by ROT-13-sevneqbax

foraging in the hedgerows.

Hi my 1st post.. Well today ive been out and about collecting berries from the highway and byways around where i live,...

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posted by adamgreen.1478c87

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by adamgreen.1478c87

Purslane

I've been weeding my garden today, after almost 2 weeks of rain -- following 2 months of drought. I've pulled up a coup...

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posted by zxcvbob

33 comments posted 19yrs posted by zxcvbob

My Allotments Website + August Video

Hello all, I know it is slightly earlier than usual but I'm off t Snowdonia again, I have added this week's update and...

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posted by PLOTTY.144e986

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by PLOTTY.144e986

White stuff on the snap bean leaves

My wife would like to know what ails her snap beans. The tops of the leaves look like some graffiti artist cleaned out...

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posted by mailbox

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by mailbox

Restoring old veg plot

Hello, My new garden has a veg plot at the end, which I'd like to have a crac at. I've read Joy Larkcoms book cover to...

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posted by alanroy.142468a

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by alanroy.142468a

Joint compound as fertilizer/conditioner

Any reason why joint compound can't be worked into the soil to add in nutrients, like calcium, or as a way to control t...

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posted by m44_master

16 comments posted 19yrs posted by m44_master

Layout of Raised Beds

Hello All! I have an old basketball/tennis court made of macadam (asphalt). The court is about 40' (East/West) by 100'...

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posted by nospam_tdwalker

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam_tdwalker

Tomato pesticides, anything better than Malathion?

Hi, I'm growing tomatoes on my apartment porch, got maybe a dozen plants going not too bad. Got a severe problem with b...

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posted by Real.Dale.Benjamin

36 comments posted 19yrs posted by Real.Dale.Benjamin