Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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The Harvest Begins

I picked 3 cucumbers this morning , peppers are starting to produce , and there are several small okra pods out there ....
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by snag_one
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by snag_one

garlic time

at last it has gotten to the ready stage for lifting it. forecast was a slight chance for rain today but it looks like...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by songbird
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by songbird

Okra

Okra is coming to maturity so fast we can hardly keep up with it. Looks like we will run out of space in both freezers...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by gms23_39
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by gms23_39

lemon cucumbers: sudden death syndrome

Hi All, I grew a lemon cucumber last year. It suddenly died. Went from healthy to wilted overnight. This year I got thr...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

Got me a mystery plant

Hi All, I just got back in from watering the children. I got me a mystery plant. It is one of those 1/2 price, late in...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

Decorah or bust!

I'm off to the annual Seed Saver's Exchange campout and gathering at the headquarters farm in Iowa, doing some visiting...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by garygarlic
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by garygarlic

bean crazy

when i was planting beans i took a little time to try to sort them out and combine some containers to reduce the space...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by songbird
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by songbird

Shredding paper

Just finished putting the last weeks newspapers and the odds and ends of safe papers through the paper cutter for the c...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by gms23_39
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by gms23_39

Indoor blooms

I bought a mini fairy garden fushia that had blooms on it, so I re-potted it into a bonsai pot and have it indoors in a...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by countd
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by countd

My New Garden Toy

Hi All, Do to circumstances beyond my control, I am relegated to having to water the children at night more often than...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

Radishes have flowers?

Hi All, Several on my radishes have developed 12 to 18" stocks with white flowers on the ends. (No they are not weeds,...
20 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
20 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

onions, garlic, shallots and water question

Hi All, On my onions, shallots and garlic, when the stocks start to lose their green and dry out, do I still keep water...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by T
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by T

Garlic scapes

We like garlic, use a lot and always grew more than we could use. This year we cut back to about 120 feet of row from t...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Ross
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by Ross

Melon seeds and hot water

Would inadvertently putting hot water on fresh seeds for 30 seconds or less to clean for saving, cause any viability pro...
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by haggisz
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by haggisz

Reached My (Strawberry) Limit

It looks like the major strawberry season is over. I went out this morning and only found four berries. However, that w...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by pintiha
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by pintiha