Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Over the Garden Fence

Anyone else see that piece by Paul Krugman? http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/05/paul_krugman_fe.ht...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by rosefam

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by rosefam

Along the Garden Fence

>"Cultivating boredom lengthens one life" paraphrase of Calvin or >Hobbes or Charlie Brown or one of the other great ph...

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posted by rosefam

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by rosefam

Bugs eating my basil

I normally buy commercial plants for the garden, but this year I decided to start some herbs from seed. Most of these w...

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posted by AnnyMiddon

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by AnnyMiddon

Ants Loving my Squash

Howdy. I recently invented a highly effective organic squash bug control system and am very pleased with it. Normally,...

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posted by hamelcd

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by hamelcd

Nibbling

Can you please tell me how to stop possums eating my roses

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posted by louisefogarty2

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by louisefogarty2

Need fertilizing help

This year I will be growing tomatoes in large pots and I plan on using potting soil for this. Should I add a fertilizer...

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posted by mejealous1

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by mejealous1

Greenhouse Advice

Hi, My wife and I are looking at purchasing a greenhouse to replace the potting shed we have had for a few years. We ha...

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posted by mainman

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by mainman

Just planted our little farm - what next?

Hi, Newbie farmer here. Just planted out little farm. About 9 tomatoe plants spread 2 feet apart, 1 green bean bush var...

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posted by szeik

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by szeik

Q: Zone 3 Asparagus?

Any suggestions or hard-earned wisdom? I'm planting Jersey King & Purple Passion. I have access to many cubic yards of...

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posted by snowshoe

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by snowshoe

Gravenstein Apple

We have a nice Gravenstein Apple Tree in Northern CA. How often should I water this tree? Thanks

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posted by brown6606

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by brown6606

OT... For Bill Rose... Ventria pharma rice threatens food supply

Sorry if this *seems* OT, but Bill hasn't heard of Ventria. Here's a bit o' news. Ventria poses a threat to the food su...

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posted by Charlie

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by Charlie

Belated Women's Day Gift

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good one...

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posted by rosefam

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by rosefam

Here's the anti-ACLU

FWIW http://theacru.org/A spoksperson for this group, The American Civil Rights Union, is on my radio, right now. As pa...

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posted by adykes

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by adykes

Too Wet to Plant?

Hi everyone. Thanks for all of the good advice so far! Another question has popped up, though. This weekend is the fros...

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posted by ROT-13-sevneqbax

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

cherry tree question

We used to have this beautiful cherry tree at my grandmothers when we were growing up that most of us kids could climb...

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posted by lynn.scott

9 comments posted 19yrs posted by lynn.scott