With an over abundance of parsley, you might give some thought to making "parsley pesto" (is made the same way as when using basil, just...
Looks like a case of "blossom end rot" that can be caused by two things: #1: watering procedures and/or weather conditions, and #2: poor calcium...
Big plants, little peat pots: it does appear you WILL have to transplant into something bigger, especially the corn. May I suggest the large 40...
Your idea of a two foot wide bed, by 1 foot deep and 12-16 feet long, sounds like it should do the trick for you as most plants are pretty...
Just noticed your post: 200,000 seeds, WOW! For quick, easy basics of time to plant varieties/transplant outside, may I suggest you use a...
Beans have a fairly shallow root system, I grow them in 24", and 36", plastic flower boxes with great success. For pole beans, I have a round...
Thank you all for such neat replies! Have been hunting for this information a LONG time, hope it helps others as well. Playtime: On your...
Have you ver wondered just HOW MANY plants to plan on for various containers? Came across this information and thought it was worthy to pass on:...
I have three Oriental poppy plants that bloom profusely every year and set pods for gathering. The plants usually "die back" when hot weather...
I start my seeds on grow mats, for bottom heat, in an unheated south-facing sunroom with large windows and skylights where they depend on sunny...
I would definately put the used litter in the compost pile, and let it rot down GOOD before using. I recently read that wood shavings, pine...
Geranium cuttings are best taken in August/September for the next spring's blooming, but that can still be done in January/February with good...
Watering: move the containers out of sprinklers reach to avoid leaves getting wet: that causes prime conditions for the fungal disease(s)...
Nov. 24, 2008. First results are in: dianthus, in a seed row starter with NO bottom heat, are up several days before they should be. Gerberas,...
Here it is the 11th. of November and I'm already thinking "seed starting" for 2009. Actually, pansies will be planted next week so they'll be...
You'll find your dehydrator indispensible once you begin using it as just about anything can be dried/stored for future. The round ones, with...
Decided I'm going to make my own seed starting mix to try, so ordered in some sphagnum moss, fine grade vermiculite and perlite as ingredients....
Rather than a silica gel, you might want to try a glycerin method of preserving calicarpa. It'd take several weeks for "curing" this way and...
Thanks one and all on the Green Tomato Pie recipe responses, have really enjoyed them. Biita: I'd try tasting the pie first, is rather on the...
With Fall fast approaching in many areas, our gardens will see numerous green tomatoes clinging to vines that will never have time to ripen before...
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