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Blueberry pollination?
I was given a single blueberry plant several years ago but I understand tha t several plants are needed to achieve pollination. Is it possible I could split this root-ball up to produce the several...
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The End Is near !
Until next spring , that is . I'm just biding my time until the first hard frost . I still have lettuce , spinach , and bok choy producing - and the bok choy is doing the best and it's all volunteer ....
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Confusing Raspberries
I am a little confused about their behaviour and wondered if anybody could explain. I bought a cane last year and planted it and found it started to grow in the Autumn/Winter when everything else was...
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What are these weeds?
My garden has been taken over by 2 types of weeds. One is a short clumpy g rass that has a brown top on it. The other ones look like oak seed pods onl y green with a redish stem. I do have photos if...
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Volunteers
If the number of bean plants that keep sprouting (apparently some pods got tilled under ...) are any indication I'm going to have a great germination rate for the ones I saved . These are Kentucky...
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Peppers Pickled
Put in the jar on the 12th , and I just couldn't wait any longer . They're very tasty , not as hot as I'd feared . As I recall , it was about 40 peppers , 2/3C each white vineger and distilled water...
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Kitten eating fungi
With all the rain we've been having, some meaty looking fungi came up under some trees. We usually only have toad stools. A kitten was licking and chewing on some with gusto. When I knocked it away...
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Now what ?
Well , the spinach and lettuce has come up , the bok choy is there from seed that fell before I harvested the pods . And today I tilled the straw from around the potatoes (what a disappointment ...)...
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Brussel Sprouts
My luck with Brussel Sprouts have seem to run out these last few years. The first few times I planted them they were wonderful - very tall stalks with lots of sprouts. The last few years have seen...
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giant red peppers
12cm across at least. a bit longer than that. not quite done yet, but the one we picked and ate last week was very tasty. wish my camera weren't bork. songbird
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more experimenting with beans
this year instead of planting single variety rows/plots i decided to just decide what i wanted to put in an area, mix the seeds all together and then plant whatever came to hand while going along the...
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apple tree seedlings
last fall i planted some apple seeds to see what would happen. the method was simple. scratch a line in the dirt, scatter seeds along the line. cover with dirt. ignore for the rest of the...
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Fall salad greens
Wish me luck , this year for the first time I've planted fall crops of lettuce , bok choy , and spinach and we have great germination ... all from seeds I saved this summer . I just sprinkled a few...
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Aquaponics & Geocentric domes for greenhouses
Is this the right group to discuss Aquaponics and Geocentric domes for greenhouses? Or is a better group? thanks.
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Physalis, Cape Gooseberry, Tomatillo, Ground Cherry, Golden Berry
Hi all, Can anyone help with this Physalis plant. It has recently gone from a lush bright green colour to having many mottled purple/brown leaves and purple stems. I have re-potted it today in a pot...
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