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gradually getting there...
had a nice rain/thunder/lightning storm last night, made sure yesterday to have plenty of materials on-hand for projects i can do on a rainy day. it didn't rain today but was gloomy and threatening...
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5 years ago
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My first squash bug
Hi All, Wednesday, it was hot (~80F) and dry and lots of sunlight, so perfect for spraying my hordes of weeds with vinegar. I put six gallons down. Well, now, up from the depths of a weeds canopy...
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6 years ago
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Long Term Gardening
Last fall, we gathered several pails of black walnuts at a friend's farm. S he has several large trees, which produce more nuts than she can use. I pla nted 32 in the back row of the garden and eight...
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6 years ago
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So far so good
Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the "posthole" method . Used my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin'...
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6 years ago
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starting back up for the year
pulling off the last of the old bean vines from the fence. chopping up the wild grapevines so i can spread them on the surface of a garden (don't want to bury them until they've dried out for another...
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6 years ago
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trellis for beans
I'll be planting some of the white greasy beans songbird sent me (as well as a bush variety), and am wondering about trellis requirements . I have a few feet of 6x6" welded concrete re-wire , will...
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6 years ago
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Warming mats and root development
Is there a correlation ? I've put the mat back under a selection of the seedlings that seem to be lagging in that department . The ones that were on there are doing well ... of course the ones that...
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6 years ago
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Foiling Bugs and Bambi
Well , for sure Bugs and maybe Bambi . Just finished redoing the fencing around the garden . I had to rework it to include the bee hives , I moved them to the far end of the garden since the wife...
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6 years ago
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Peat Pots
and Piss Poor Performance . I don't understand it , the same seed , soil , and growing conditions and the plastic cells far outdo the little strips of 8 peat pots . I like the concept , just slit it...
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6 years ago
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A berry good plan ?
We had a pretty nice strawberry patch until I let the grass get started . It soon overwhelmed the berries ... I considered using some black plastic as a weed/grass barrier , but was told that it...
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6 years ago
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Good time to seed radishes?
I'm in central Illinois and was wondering if now would be a good time to spread some radish seeds in the garden? It seems early but over the last couple of years I've tried them more toward late April...
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6 years ago
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Rabbit Raisins
Free for hauling it off ! My neighbor raises rabbits , and he figures 3 wheelbarrows full of droppings/bedding is enough for his small garden . Looks like if I take all he hasn't used there's a 5x8...
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6 years ago
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Ping songbird
Did the package arrive yet ?
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6 years ago
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Re-powering a tiller
Oh dear me dear me , the free tiller won't start ... again this year . Always been difficult and I'm tired of throwing money - and more importantly , time - at a Briggs that's at least 20 years old...
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6 years ago
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Spinach with berries? Hmmmmmm
Spinach with berries ??????? What do you guys think? Worth a black thumb trying out? (Chenopodium capitatum) An old-fashioned plant that dates back to 1600 in Europe. This curious plant produces...
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6 years ago
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