Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Coated Seeds Question

What is the deal with these things? I have a terrible time getting them to germinate. Is it me? I have tried soaking th...
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posted by mjciccarel
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by mjciccarel

acorn squash

years ago we'd eat them and liked them, then the stores started carrying them with little flavor so we stopped buying t...
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posted by songbird
21 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

N/C Ratio example

here is a pic from earlier this summer where i'd planted peas into a garden where one side was prepared by mixing in pl...
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posted by songbird
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

still going

we have a dozen tomatoes on the counter top left from before the frosts came along and we were able to get the rest of...
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posted by songbird
11 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

Taters ...and garlic

I planted some Yukon Gold taters last summer , and they didn't do diddly - maybe because I planted them kinda late . Th...
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posted by snag_one
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a few recent pics

a few of these you might have seen before: from a berry bush the bluebirds love in the late summer/early fall: http://w...
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posted by songbird
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

jack frost

we've had a few light frosts up until now, but the weather was trending well above average. this week we'll be below av...
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posted by songbird
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

routine as routine gets

lovely weather lately, sunshine, mid 60s-70s most of the time. the rain finally went away and things have dried out eno...
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posted by songbird
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by songbird

Super Dirt

Super Dirt Scientific American September 2013 p. 76 Enlisting bacteria and fungi from the soil to support crop plants i...
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posted by wildbilly
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Plants nutrients

Hello everyone... What are the easiest way so that the plant will get the better nutrients...
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posted by thomaspoul.cc32928
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Another Bio-char article

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-biochar-quiets-microbes-pathogens.html
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posted by phorbin1
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by phorbin1

Squirrel meets tragic end

Found a gray squirrel next to my garden this morning. I have an ordinary el ectric fence around my garden to keep the d...
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posted by galt_57
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by galt_57

froggy mornings

when it is foggy we call it froggy. lately, a usual sign of fall is froggy mornings. waking up to pea soup and having t...
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posted by songbird
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