Nope. Not for Southern Arizona. Those things get too hot in our desert sun. The poor plants will suffer in the heat. You'll spend your life...
I love spearmint for tea and occasionally a little in a salad. I don't want to loose all of my spearmint. But, it's a battle keeping it under...
Thanks, Toni. I thought they might be but I wasn't sure. So, I'm going to start some seed in a couple of Jiffy pellets tomorrow.
I've got seed that says Mexican Tarragon. Also says on the packet that the seed source is Israel? What? :lol:
My experience with Basil has been to think of it as a summer garden herb. I have a long growing season so I have it from May until the first...
Thanks to both of you. If this experiment works, I'll go ahead and put them outside when the weather is warm enough. (around May 1'st. After a...
I've been growing sweet potatoes for a couple of years. I went in the back room to get one for supper and I've got two that have started...
If there's anything better than an ice cold watermelon that you grew yourself, I don't know what it could be. I had four beauties this year....
Don, your slips sure look nice. I've had mine look that good one time. So, I tried it again with a couple of sweet potatoes from the grocery...
Not my favorite. Planted them once and that was it. Are they even a real cucumber? To me they tasted more like a melon that didn't sweeten up.
I live in a warm climate and grow sweet potatoes every year. Love them. In April, when the soil is fairly warm here, I dig my sweet potato bed...
Here's how I freeze tomato sauce. I quarter the tomatoes and put them in a large pan. I add a little salt and about 1/2 cup of water. I turn...
I have never frozen salsa. I know that there are recipes for freezing salsa. I have frozen spaghetti sauce with peppers and onions and it holds up...
Well Mart, that just makes too much sense. :lol:
Waretrop, these can be eaten young as green beans or left to mature on the vine. They can handle drought. Marlingardener, I'm not sure I...
I garden in Southern Arizona. I've read this bean is one that works in warm climates. I asked about them in my garden group and two members had...
I've never made compost tea. I have a compost pile and I just put the finished compost in my beds. If I want to water in fertilizer, I use fish...
I've also used the epsom salts for blossom end rot. Works on bell peppers to. I've mixed it 2 Tablespoons per gallon of water and poured it...
After I'm sure I have two or three melons per vine that will probably make it to full size, I cull the rest. Usually I get decent melons. Years...
Use jars intended for canning (Mason or Kerr or Ball jars) for anything that's going to be pressure canned. I use any old glass jars I have for...
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