Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Preserving garlic

I've heard that one can store peeled garlic cloves in olive oil. Do you have to blanch or otherwise sterilize the clove...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mlowry3
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by mlowry3

Does lime repel insects

At the community garden some gardeners use lime on the veggie leaves. Does this deter insects? Will this affect the tast...
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posted by unmonitored
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by unmonitored

Vinagar Herbacide?

About a month ago there was a thread here about using vinagar as a herbacide. I cought the thread late in the discussio...
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posted by laser6328
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by laser6328
14 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ineedabiggaboat
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by ineedabiggaboat

Another Brussel Sprout Question

According to a couple of web sites, you can remove the bottom leaves once there are sprouts to stimulate sprout develop...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nutter
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by nutter

Olives - Inside Or Out For Winter?

Hi, Everybody, I have two small olive plants - each about a foot or so high, in 10-litre (2.5 gal) buckets. It is winte...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by anyone
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by anyone

Dill?

Am seeking information on What I thought I planted, Dill. It smells like dill(the foliage), but the flowers are single...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by 3952
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by 3952

Turnips Greens

My turnips have grown like weeds! The greens are huge, just wondering if I can clip some of them without disturbing root...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by not available
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by not available

Grape vines

I live in Victoria Australia Can anyone tell me where I can purchase grape vines in Victoria. I am after about 50 vines...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by andywatson
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by andywatson

seeking Plant suggestions...

Hello guys Could any of you kindly make some suggestion on what kind of plant could i use to fill my balcony ? I live i...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by azuraan
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by azuraan

Egypt Onions

What or when do you harvest /use the parts of Egypt Onions. The top mini bulbs before or after flowering? The stem as s...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospamjryez
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospamjryez

1 year old grass seed still good?

I have a bag full of grass seed 1 or 2 years old that I was storing in my garage (opened). Is it still good?
11 comments posted 22yrs
posted by df
11 comments posted 22yrs posted by df

winter squash not maturing

I've planted a winter squash this year called Lakota. The vines are very productive and healthy looking, but every frui...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by orinkh
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by orinkh

Imidacloprid (Merit 75) safety

Organic purists will blanch at this entry....sorry. In my climate/location adjacent to a 500 acre pasture on a hill in...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jrlong
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by jrlong

Cukes for pickling-timing question

I am growing a small amount of pickling cukes this year. A friend who does pickling each year is going to show me how t...
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posted by reader
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by reader