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Garlic Bed Mulch Crop
in a couple weeks our garlic is ready for harvest. last year we harvested the garlic, covered the bed with shredded straw to prevent weeds, and didn't touch it again until early october a couple weeks...
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What is the best way to supplement with potassium?
and keep it organic. Seaweed?
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Onion seeds, how long?
Hi All, It has been two weeks since I planted my onion seeds. Everything else I planted is coming up, but not the onions. How long do they typically take? Many thanks, -T
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Mineral amendment?
Hi All, IS there a such thing as a "Mineral Amendment"? Sort of like fertilizer, only minerals Many thanks, -T
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soil test kit?
Hi All, Anyone have a recommendation for a soil test kit that I could order on line? Many thanks, -T
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gardens coming along
it is raining now so i get a bit of a break. :) most of the gardens inside the fence are weeded and ready for planting. some work still to do in there though as some horsetail is trying to invade....
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Do tuberous begonias "bud back?"
I have a tuberous begonia overwintered in a hanging planter; grown from seed last spring. It shared the planter with a bunch of Impatiens. The single thick stem had foliage on the end, so I cut the...
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Garden progress
The pace accelerates , I got the last pieces to the drip irrigation puzzle today in the mail . Looks like the garden is number one in priority right now . I've got seedlings ready to go , and the...
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Of wells and pumps and distribution systems
There's no time like right now to make sure the garden does well this year ... So I've installed a submersible pump in our well (was here when we bought 20 years ago) and I'm in the process of...
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let the games begin!
the weather has been cold and rainy much of the past few weeks. no gardening getting done yet, or not much at all i could get some onions stuck in the ground if we get a dry enough spell where i'm not...
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still too cold here
last night got down pretty cold and we had a bit of snow so there won't be any gardening for a few weeks at least. also a lot of rain a few days ago, ground is way too wet for me to be out there doing...
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Re: What happened to McIntosh Apples?
I'm not sure. We've always bought McIntosh apples (I assume that's what you mean, and not Macintosh computers) for apple pie, and I can't say that I've noticed a difference. Perhaps the time of year...
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Re: Squirrels decimating mangoes
Tried almost everything like hanging old CD?s, attached lose aluminum foil etc. Works for a while but they?re smart and figure out after a few days. Even wrapped a big rubber snake around the...
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local gardening group meeting
i've volunteered to see if we can get a local group going for talking about gardening, mini-seed-swaps, etc. pretty much just going to be informal as i don't want to get into prepared speeches and...
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Preservation help needed for heirloom turnip
This is going to be a longish story; I tend to do that. You have been warned. On my first pilgramage to the Seed Saver's Exchange summer campout, I met Dennis, a fellow gardener and heirloom veggie...
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