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Wanted free seeds for Middlesbrough community allotments
Has anyone any information on sites or places to get free seeds ? Vegetables fruits trees or flowers would be exellent for the current project being ran in middlesbrough :) thankyou !
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Japanese egg plant recipes?
We happened to get a couple of mystery plants amongst our Hungarian (hot banana) pepper seedling purchase this spring. After fruiting and much googling found that they are Japanese egg plants. Hadn't...
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taking a break
for a few days from picking and canning... remind me next time there's a drought to not say anything about not getting enough rain... songbird http://www.anthive.com/flowers/100_7059_Glug.jpg
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Even more tomatoes
Today DH & I picked 103 pounds of tomatoes, mostly Viva Italia. Looks like I will be busy canning for a while. That makes 287 pounds so far this season. And the season is not over.
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First asparagus
It is still officially winter here but I cut the first asparagus of the season here on Saturday. There was only about 15 stalks so at a dinner party for 6, three hours later, they went in a flash....
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First Broad Bean
Yesterday, I noticed my first broad bean (fava in USian?) of the season popping it's head up. Must plant the next lot in a few days. I love new, tiny broad beans.
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japanese beetles, selecting for smarter jbs, etc.
today wandering around checking things out in a spot i hadn't looked for a few days previous i noticed that the japanse beetles had finally found the soybeans. they usually are flying around here or...
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purslane, revisited
For those who encourage (or tolerate) purslane, what do you do at the end of the season? Specifically, turn it under, or pull it? (Or anything else, for that matter.) My understanding is that it...
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I found a turtle
in the garden today. It is now 2 streets over in the field of tobacco. Now to see if it has friends and family.
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Pruning summer squash?
My yellow crookneck squash have overrun and killed my green beans, and they are threatening my tomatoes and okra. If I cut them back, will they branch back out like pumpkins, or will it kill them to...
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Watermelon
I've never grown watermelon before, but I took the plunge this year (Petite Yellow from Seed Savers). The first melon is getting to softball sized and I realize that I don't know how to tell when a...
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Tomato beginner
Hi I have planted tomatoes for the first time this year. Four Ailsa Craigs and two Alicante's. Both seem to be doing well, and are starting to show some nice (still green) fruit. I have a few...
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More tomatoes
I just figured out that I have already picked 73 pounds of tomatoes this season. And I still need to pick a few Jelly Bean tomatoes today. Thank goodness the squash and cucumbers have slowed down...
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cucumbers
we haven't grown cucumbers here before. many years ago we grew them at our other place but i don't remember the "art" of it as that would be 30-40something years ago. which brings me to the question...
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raspberry canes
Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I have well established raspberry canes which produce a wonderful amount of fruit year in year out, i want to move them from thier current spot into planters, can i do...
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