Tomatoes here are doing okay. It got hot fast this year. So, pollination stopped for a time. But I'm starting so see new blossoms. I've got...
I plant my melons and winter squash in round basins. I dig a pit about a foot deep and pile up the dirt around it to keep the water in the basin....
The previous posters have answered your question. I'd like to add this information. Super Hot peppers are fine for making organic bug spray....
I soak beet seeds and chard just because I had a hard time getting them to germinate until I tried soaking. But generally I don't soak seeds...
Looks wonderful. There's a problem with fresh raspberry pie---a weeks worth of calories. Oh well. What's life without a good pie. Yum.
Cilantro was an acquired taste for me. But I acquired it. I learned to love the stuff. But, I've also used fresh chopped basil in my salsa...
Congratulations! We got great rain early in the week. Now our rainy season is taking a break. It's supposed to return on Monday afternoon....
This is a recipe found all over the internet. Here's my version I make 12 pints every year. ANNIE'S SALSA 8 cups tomatoes, peeled, chopped...
Ugly tomatoes? What's that? -cut them up for a salad -make Pico de Gallo (fresh not cooked salsa) -make Gazpacho (Cold Mexican soup) -peel...
Sharing our experiences and learning from each other is why we all come here. One thing about gardening is that none of us can learn it all in...
Well, whatever else we might want to say about onions, they are delicious. Bulbs or fat stems--I love them. Grew onions and leeks from seed...
I went looking and I was surprised that information I found wasn't really clear to me. I honestly don't understand it completely. But...
Great question. Unfortunately I don't have an answer---yet.
This is why I live in the country. My nearest neighbor has several old cars sitting on his property. Yes, they are ugly. So what? I...
I've never read that. I've never done it. It doesn't make sense to me. You need the flowers--the male blossoms to pollinate the female blossoms....
Thanks. I snipped the plants and hung them in my cupboard to dry out. We'll see if the seeds were mature enough when they dry out. I'm thinking...
I have some calendula growing in semi-shade. The plants are suffering in our 111 degree heat. I'm thinking about taking them out because they...
HA! I'm new to growing sun flowers myself. I have them planted above a block wall. They look great except for a few burnt lower leaves. So I'll...
Put it in large pots and set the pots in the ground about 2/3 of the pot deep. (Am I making sense?) I live in the desert and my spearmint...
I live in the desert. It took me two years to get chives established that I planted from seed. They are just not invasive here.
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