Ronni, is your sharp implement a cultivator? If so, you'll find it is one of the most useful gardening implements around. Four inches may be...
Steve, I use Epsom salts on any rose bush that looks stressed. I mix the Salts into the soil around the rose, then water thoroughly. The bush...
Great looking coop, and secure, too! I won't show it to my girls, however, since they would want me to upscale their coop to one like yours. With...
It's very comforting to know I'm not alone in my inability to say "no" to a vegetable seed! Bunkie, thanks for the thumbs up on the Homestead...
Okay, I admit I'm a gardening junkie, but honest to Pete, why do I get sucked into trying out every weird vegetable I can find? I was at the...
JonnZ, the only problem I can see is that peas fix nitrogen in the soil, and beans planted in the same place might have a lot of green growth...
Toni, I know what you mean! Our gardens, both flower and vegetable, are behind in development, but I don't care. The plants are enjoying...
Oh, thank you for the spring photos, especially the forsythia. I miss forsythia! We used to bring in a few stems to force into bloom in the...
Welcome from Central Texas, your neighbor to the south! You'll fit right in--lots of vegetable and/or flower gardeners here and even a chicken...
And here I am! All your concern is touching, very touching. Our church is mobilizing (doesn't take long 'cause there isn't that many of us!) to...
We put part of our pasture in clover for the bees--honeybees just LOVE clover. Clover also fixes nitrogen in the soil, and adds tilth when turned...
Receiving one of those invitations is like receiving a work of art! And the apron and brooches and embroidery--just lovely. How wonderful to see...
KK, thanks to your post and pictures, I now feel I've been on vacation! Lovely photos, lovely food, and especially lovely people. So glad you...
Welcome from Central Texas! You do have a green thumb--you just haven't found the right plants yet. This is the place with lots of good gardeners...
It was shocking that an event that has drawn people from all over the world to compete in a friendly way and enjoy meeting each other, was...
Welcome to the Stew from central Texas! Tell us where you are, please, so we won't recommend something totally wrong for you (I still blush when I...
Adorable! How on earth do you keep them so tidy when they are avid gardeners?
Jerry, they saw the workers at Ideal Poultry just after hatching, so they didn't bond with me when I picked them up as three-day-old chicks....
Cheryl, your green thumb extends all the way to your shoulder! I think you'll find that the gaura is attractive to pollinators, and that the...
GP, if talking to your potatoes encouragingly doesn't work, I have found that tough love does. I threaten them with dire consequences if they...
