Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

what's up

many years ago Ma planted some flowers that were supposed to repel mosquitoes. it also happens to be able to spread mor...

28 comments posted 11yrs

posted by songbird

28 comments posted 11yrs posted by songbird

What will we have underneath?

I have three potato plants in tubs and the tops are now about 3 ft high with plenty of flowers and the poisonous 'Green...

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posted by mike.crowe.1037c7a6

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by mike.crowe.1037c7a6

OT Iris from seed? OT

I let the yellow Iris here form seed pods , and today I harvested a few seeds . Anybody ever propagate these from seed r...

4 comments posted 11yrs

posted by snag_one

4 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

got some Zukes!

Hi All, Last weekend I got six zukes off of 10 plants, plus a small eggplant. Both went straight to the pan in about 20...

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posted by T

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by T

clover, weeds

Clover 'fixes' nitrogen, which is a good thing to do. My first question is, does this help nearby plants while the clov...

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posted by gbeccles

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by gbeccles

'Maters looking up

A few days of sunshine , after an application of fish emulsion and some epsom salts (one tbsp spread around under each)...

0 comments posted 11yrs

posted by snag_one

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

very few bumble bees

we did see some earlier in the season, but now i'm not seeing them around much at all. even the smaller bumble bees are...

5 comments posted 11yrs

posted by songbird

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by songbird

Damned Leaf Spot

Sigh. It seems that I get a second year of tomato leaf spot. At least I think I recognized it earlier this year than la...

22 comments posted 11yrs

posted by drew

22 comments posted 11yrs posted by drew

OT - gardening tip

A beautiful woman loved growing tomatoes but couldn't seem to get them to turn red. One day, while taking a stroll, she...

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posted by "frank "

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by "frank "

Squash bugs

Hi, I have insects eating the leaves from my squash. Have only tried manually s quishing them, but that is very labour...

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posted by jessicamplourde

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by jessicamplourde

Garlic stems turning yellow

Hi everyone. Im hoping someone can help me. I planted garlicfor the first time last fall. They did good until the stems...

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posted by sockiescat.101a7246

2 comments posted 11yrs posted by sockiescat.101a7246

carrot and radish tops

Hi All, Before planting, I dig radish and carrots greens from store bought organic produce. Now that my little garden i...

8 comments posted 11yrs

posted by T

8 comments posted 11yrs posted by T

Liquid cow manure fertilizer

Rather then spread the manure over the soil around the vegetable, I now put a couple of trowel fulls of manure in an ol...

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posted by Vegegrower.10142f26

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by Vegegrower.10142f26

holes!

Hi All, We have had thunderstorms every afternoon for the past three weeks here in Norther Nevada. Today's was accompan...

5 comments posted 11yrs

posted by T

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by T

critters not fritters

i needed a catchy title... :) it makes a lot of difference when the live trap is actually working correctly. and having...

0 comments posted 11yrs

posted by songbird

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by songbird