Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Runnin' out ...

of room ! I kinda knew this was going to be a problem , and had several ideas in mind . As I repot my seedlings into 4"...

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posted by snag_one

7 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Raised bed

Today we finished a four-day project. Built a raised bed for our new blueberry bushes. The old ones drowned in our heav...

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posted by gms23_39

4 comments posted 11yrs posted by gms23_39

Blueberry bed

We finally finished the raised bed for the blueberries this afternoon. Used landscape timbers to build it. Eight feet b...

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posted by gms23_39

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by gms23_39

Weird tomato

One of my San Marzano tomatoes has different leaves , heart shaped rather than lobed like all the rest . Wonder what it...

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posted by snag_one

23 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Jerusalem Artichokes

A friend gave me a small handful of Jerusalem Artichokes last spring. Stuck them in the ground and since I could not ge...

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posted by susan_r23666

16 comments posted 11yrs posted by susan_r23666

Hoop House

I'm building a small plastic hoop greenhouse (very small, 5'w x 20' long) o ver an existing garden bed. Using the gray...

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posted by m.w.evangelista

6 comments posted 11yrs posted by m.w.evangelista

Peppers and Patience

I always get frustrated because it seems to take forever for most types of peppers to germinate . All the tomatoes have...

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posted by snag_one

17 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

When to thin

Well , I've got lots of tomato seedlings now ... and two in most cells . When do y'all thin your seedlings ? I can do i...

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posted by snag_one

27 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Optimum lighting distance

Since I've got a lot of stuff starting to come up , I went ahead and made some brackets to hang that 2 tube flourescent...

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posted by snag_one

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Asparagus

Need a little help here. What I want to do is make a long trough, above gro und, deep enough for asparagus to continue...

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posted by wawwiz

13 comments posted 11yrs posted by wawwiz

ripened on the tree stone fruit

Peach, selected for flavour, perfectly ripe, straight off the tree. Aroma, flavour, sweetness and juice running down th...

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posted by secret

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by secret

Supplemental lighting

As mentioned in my last post , I don't believe my seedlings get enough light due to the type of insulated glass in the...

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posted by snag_one

11 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

The time has come ...

to start planting for this year's garden . I'll be getting my shelf (actually an old table top screwed to the window si...

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posted by snag_one

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Flying Dragons

I finally got my hads on three one metre high Flying Dragon citrus dwarfing rootstock plants today! I've been trying to...

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posted by shaun.at.pukekohe

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Too wet to plow ...

But I managed to till up a couple of strips out in the garden . I'll be planting some lettuce/spinach/bok choy soon , I...

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posted by snag_one

11 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one