Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

6440 Threads Posts
to

Hemlock tea?

Anyone else enjoy Hemlock tea? I do. I picked some twigs today while snowshoeing and brewed up a pot. What other trees /...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jingome
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by jingome

New Salsa Verde Recipe

Put my new recipe for Salsa Verde up on my website. After six attempts, I finally hit on the secret: reduce it slightly...
17 comments posted 21yrs
posted by scott
17 comments posted 21yrs posted by scott

Beware of ArborDay.org double-billing!

On 14th January 2005 I sent a $12 check to "National Arbor Day Foundation" in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA for my membership...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by xxxeni
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by xxxeni

Do I have to let seeds dry before planting them?

I got some seeds out of some jalapenos and am trying to get them to germinate. It's taking longer than I excepted and I...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by samueldjones
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by samueldjones

"Visitacion Valley" tomato

x-no-archive: yes Has anyone here grown the "Visitacion Valley" tomato cultivar (said to have been developed in the San...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pottedmeatproduct
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by pottedmeatproduct

getting a new garden plot ready

I have read the advice on this wonderful group for the last 3 years and want to say thanks for all the wonderful posts....
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nbriggs
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by nbriggs

Hand-tilling cover crops

I'm thinking about some fall-planted clover or vetch for a cover crop. I was pleased with the result when I cover cropp...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by kathy
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by kathy

starting fruit trees and bushes...

Hi Everyone, I just bought a blueberry plant, a raspberry plant, strawberry plants, and an apple tree online. The small...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nospamforme
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by nospamforme

Greenhouse almost done

My husband is hooking up the electricity now so we can have heat in the greenhouse tonight. I transplanted my broccoli,...
13 comments posted 21yrs
posted by susan_r23666
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by susan_r23666

alpine vege garden

I have just started to finish reaping from my first summer garden in the Alpine area of Mount Buller, Vic. The patch ha...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mansfieldman
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by mansfieldman

Powdery mildew resistant plant seeds

I am tired of my summer squash, cucumbers and pole beans getting powdery mildew all the time. Where can I get seeds for...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by neutrino1
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by neutrino1

Germinating chile seeds

Spring is almost here, and we're all probably thinking about what we're going to do to get our gardens started soon. If...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by scott
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by scott

rhubarb, the colour red

On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as r...
20 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rookswood
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by rookswood

pumpkin flowering

On our national gardening show (on ABC tv) Peter Cundall was talking about pumpkins, and said growers should not to be...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rookswood
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by rookswood