Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Hopi Lima Beans

We're taking the vines out today, blasted things only produced about two quarts of actual beans. My fault, probably, fo...

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posted by gms23_39

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What to do ...

When you're overrun with tomatoes ? Make Salsa ! Freeze some too , but I'm only freezing the Roma's . Here's my recipe...

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posted by snag_one

20 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Peppers gone: (

My peppers were pretty well ready to picked. Stayed at sons overnight, came home checked garden and peppers were gone....

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posted by sockiescat.e6d5206

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Figs not ripening.

We've had a fig tree that was here when we moved into our house four years ago. The long and short of it is that every...

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posted by farberbear.unspam

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one to bookmark

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ You'll see why.

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posted by phorbin1

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Neonic persistense

Knowing that many seeds these days are treated with neonics , I'm wondering if that stuff is also present in the plants...

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posted by snag_one

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Heavy , Man

Went out to the garden yesterday to see how many tomatoes were ripe only to discover several plants in a heap in the mi...

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posted by snag_one

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first tomatoes and other garden news

from the beefsteak plants. i picked about a dozen yesterday and had my first toasted tomato sandwich. the cherry tomato...

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posted by songbird

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

Re: ?? ginger (Zingiber officinale)

> Anyone here successfully grow culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in > North America? If so, when does one harvest?...

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posted by secret

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Re: Dioeciious squash?

> Does anyone here know what causes squash to become dioecious or, at > least, to appear to do so? > > TIA, I didn't kn...

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posted by secret

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Wish Me Luck

I have told the saga of how awful my spring / summer garden has been. (Prob ably too much too often) After I hurt my kn...

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posted by mjciccarel

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Next year

The green beans get their own trellis or other support . I let them go over onto the tomato cages because they were mak...

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posted by snag_one

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Bolting

Perhaps you people can help. Last couple of years, I plant, say, a 6-pack of lettuce or chard, and they right away bolt...

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posted by lbax02_spamblock

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japanese beetles and wild grape vines

while out wandering the place the other day i noticed that the japanese beetles have absolutely shredded the wild grape...

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posted by songbird

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

Salsa recipes ?

The roma tomatoes are starting to come off , and one thing I've wanted to try is making salsa . I'd appreciate some bas...

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posted by snag_one

4 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one