Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

'Mater ties

The plastic bag my morning paper comes in makes an excellent tie strip to tie my tomatoes to the stakes . I pinch a cor...

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posted by snag_one

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by snag_one

Medlar an unusual fruit

I pulled my medlars to make jelly this week and came across some unusual examples. This is the bottom view of a typical...

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posted by secret

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by secret

Grow light ?

I've been using full spectrum (sunlight) fluorescent tubes for plant starting for the last several years. Does the qual...

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posted by speek

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by speek

Rabbit

I have a rabbit living under my shed right next to the garden. Cute little thing and doesn't seem to be afraid of me. W...

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posted by mjciccarel

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Chipmunks eating my blueberries

I just saw a chipmunk eating my blueberries, any suggestions about how to kill them? My cats are indoor cats because it...

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posted by schvantzkoph

16 comments posted 14yrs posted by schvantzkoph

Squash Borers , again ...

I've been watching for eggs , and looks like they slipped past me again . I was checking my acorns and zukes last night...

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posted by snag_one

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by snag_one

Coming home

We were gone for a week. The plants had done very nicely and the weeds really took off. Hope I can get the weeds out be...

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posted by susan_r23666

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Everything else is early,

So why not the bugs? I found the first two Mexican bean beetles today. They met with an untimely end or perhaps that was...

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posted by speek

8 comments posted 14yrs posted by speek

Garden Bloopers What's Your Best Story

I'll play Recently I mixed up my weed killer with my keep the deer our of my rose bed stuff. Sure was a close one. I ha...

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posted by mjciccarel

5 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel

fertilizer how and when

I am interested in how folks fertilize their herbs and vegetables. I have potted herbs - basil, rosemary, mint, chives,...

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posted by solar.flick.a412cb6

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Stem Rot (Southern Blight)

I'm wondering how to get rid of 'southern Blight' or Stem Rot. I'm trying to grow some tomato plants in pots, and have...

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posted by solar.flick.a3fdb36

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suckers on grape vines

I've noticed lately that my fairly young grape vine is producing suckers at the crotches of leaves/branches. Are they wo...

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posted by atlas-bugged

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Scientists trial lasers to replace pesticides

Researchers in Germany are working on an alternative to poisonous herbicides. They're aiming lasers at weeds. A team of...

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posted by wildbilly

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How to harvest herbs correctly

So, I am growing a few herbs in containers. My first attempt! I have Basil, and chives, Rosemary and Mint. My question...

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posted by solar.flick.a3e3556

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Gardener's Worst Sin

I mixed up the "Keep the Deer Away" concentrate with "Kill all the Weeds" concentrate. By the grace of Mother Nature I...

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posted by mjciccarel

12 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel