Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Yard & Garden Pics

This is our first garden. It's small but a lot of fun. You can can see how it's doing by checking out these pics we pos...

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posted by iron500

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by iron500

Parachute netting for fruit trees

Does anyone have a mail order source for these, preferably online? Anyone have experience treating these with copper sal...

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posted by mdelceg

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Corn already tasseling and sprouting ears....

I am worried that my sweet corn is a failure. It is only 4-5 feet high and already has tassels and very small ears form...

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posted by damon_327

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by damon_327

Charcoal Ash

Good Morning All! Is there any productive use of Charcoal Ash (from a BBQ Grill) in the garden. Thanks,

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posted by nospam_tdwalker

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam_tdwalker

Biointensive Gardening

I've often mentioned biointensive gardening. Here are a few links to explain this method. Simply search for "biointensi...

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posted by Charlie

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How and When to Harvest Lettuces

Hi, I think the subject says it best. I have a variety of leafy lettuces and I would like to know when they are ready t...

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posted by XFrayed

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Attn: BoronElgar

I put up some pictures in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. First one is of the zuchinni-in-pot. Lookin' good so far Charli...

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posted by Charlie

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more on CCD

Here's an interesting take on the ccd controversy. I could not seem to access part I of the story, but still found it o...

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posted by dnchaseb

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Where are my strawberries?

I have a dozen strawberry plants, eight that I planted last year and four that I planted this year. The plants all look...

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posted by prostetnic.v.jeltz

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by prostetnic.v.jeltz

Break New Ground....Build More Beds.....Get More Pots Growing

I's lookin'...........not too good. Lawns need to be turned to gardens, every porch and balcony needs to be farmed. Lik...

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posted by Charlie

86 comments posted 19yrs posted by Charlie

ants in parsley

Anyone know why ants would camp out in the upper branches of my parsely. They try to attack me when I go out to harvest...

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posted by blackrockranch

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by blackrockranch

the non-toxic times

This article was included on a newsletter I get from seventh generation. Thought some you might like to read it also: T...

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posted by raeannsimpson

12 comments posted 19yrs posted by raeannsimpson

A different chile question

We all know that chile heat varies wildly, that two chiles growing next to each other on the same plant can be quite di...

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posted by jon

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by jon

peppers

Anybody have any good recommendations for an "organic" fertilizer for peppers? Not doing to good with just manure this...

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posted by raeannsimpson

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Anyone tried Ropel?

Groundhog eating my tomatoes - and he just got one of my best ones (interestingly,he hasn't touched any of the tomatoes...

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posted by llatham

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by llatham