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Giant Mutant Sunflowers Take Over My Garden

It started out simply enough in the summer of 1998. The guy next door gave me a packet of very old sunflower seeds. I p...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by evelynmch
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by evelynmch

Corn laying down

Yesterday at this time my sweet corn crop was head high. Then we had a storm - badly needed the rain, but the wind was...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by spam.me.not.pdavis
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by spam.me.not.pdavis

Preying (praying?) mantis eggs

Anyone here ever purchase a preying mantis egg case for the garden? I called futuregarden.com, and spoke to 2 different...
4 comments posted 21yrs
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New raised bed

Im new here, so firstly...Hello to all. Being new to vegetable growing I thought it best to ask some advic before I sta...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by tvrchimaera.1rhuvz
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by tvrchimaera.1rhuvz

Care of cabbage plants

My 84 year old mother-in-law told my husband to break off the lower leaves on my cabbage plant. What is the purpose of...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by acarter
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by acarter

What the?

I know it's been a bit damp around here lately but this is ridiculous. I just found some mushrooms growing in a contain...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by no
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by no

Do deer bite green tomatoes?

I'm having fun this year trying to figure out three new pests; deer, chipmunks, and Japanese beetles. The deer seem to...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by galt_57
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by galt_57

Blood Valencia

Blood Valencia is a pigmented sport of a conventional Valencia orange tree. The mother tree was growing in a home garde...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by heganyu
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by heganyu

When is the best time to prune kiwi vines?

I have some of those frost-hardy kiwis, three years old (one male, two female). They have intertwined themselves in the...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mlowry3
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by mlowry3

is mildew covered lambs' lettuce edible?

I was about to pick my lambs lettuce for dinner, when I noticed a lot of the leaves are covered in mildew. Even if I tr...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by cquarman
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by cquarman

Is it still cutworms?

It hasn't rained for about 3 weeks. Almost all my bean plants has been cutted as if by cutworms. I'm surprised because...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by j0069bond
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by j0069bond

interesting tip for avoiding slugs

I read this in New Scientist, I believe. Take a battery that's apparently drained (doesn't work in your walkman anymore...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kae
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by kae