If I'm not mistaken, milorganite is derived from sewage solids. Too many heavy metals and pharmaceuticals for me.
I covered a large section of garden with several inches of chipped wood. I thought I was doing a good thing to suppress weeds and conserve soil...
So, today, hoe'd out the tomato's and peppers...planted some more peppers...planted a 40' row of beans...weeded aparagus...cut an acre of...
Hi Carolyn, I was gone for a week, so I don't have details of care or lack thereof. I'm leaning toward lack. I've got more cabbage hardening off...
There was a frost here while I was in Omaha! Fiddlesticks!!! Lost about half the cabbage starts, and about 5 of the tomato's don't look so good....
don't know how to do the photo thing. It isn't a priority with me. At least right now. I had another Aunt (she divorced my blood Uncle years...
Hello boys and girls. Drove for 10 and 1/2 hours to get home. 751 miles. Wonderful visit with family I met for the first time. My double cousin...
I'm off to visit with family in Muscatine, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska. I've only had brief encounters with the ones from Iowa in years. The ones...
RA, you may wish to place a water butt at the high end of your plot. Fill it during your time for water usage. Then you can use a soaker hose if...
Finally got off work and home in less than 13 hours. Worked on weeding and such, found out that rabbits or squirrels (vile creatures, but they...
Don't set yourself up for failure! Start small. Be patient. One bed for growing this year sounds like a big enough chore with all of your other...
Planted tomato's and peppers today. Trialing one variety of Toms that I am calling Corwin. Seeds were given to me by and 'old' man who claims...
What I was told by a more experienced gardener: 'Don't harvest any spears that are smaller than a #2 pencil'. I do that, and I quit harvesting...
They have returned!!! This year I have actually observed the hen/female. I do hope they are nesting. We are at the very southern boundary of...
It'll be OK. Just pull the cinder blocks. Whatever may have leached into the soil will be quickly remediated and buffered by the existing...
Very insightful Ronni. Something for me to discover. This could relieve frustration on both sides of the issue rather quickly. Smart woman you are!
I perused that thread when posted with great enthusiasm. It reinforced my beesawantin of Sneeboer tools.
If I am ever able to wear out some of my Grandparents garden tools, I will replace them with Sneeboer. I've lusted after them for most of my...
These folks are from Rwanda. They are urbanites. No transportation to speak of. They don't live particularly close. (just a few miles, but...
As I have posted here before, I'm a garden host for a refugee family. So far, they have only been here twice to do gardening work. They are not...
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