Kale seed Dooley, Kale is THE most nutritous green we can eat. I had my first success with this lovely green this year. It has been picked...
Garlic Hi Jewell! I believe it is the garlic seeds which form at the top of the stem that replant the garlic. These are called scapes. I use some...
Garlic I really need to know what we did wrong in the harvesting. We did it the same as always and this is the first year the garlic dried up on...
Garlic Newgrow, I was under the impression that you could plant garlic in spring in the south? Am I wrong? Also, we harvest when half the leaves...
Flat or mounds Newgrow, it has been my experience that it depends on the vegetable you're planting. Cucumbers usually are hilled up. Tomatoes are...
Username When I joined, I was going through the usual pains of gardening, such as Black birds stealing my new tomato plants, stray cats pooping...
Seeds I saved seeds from some peppers I bought and will let you know if they grow peppers , oh, say about August? Seedsavers.org is a place...
Seeds Have you tried seedsavers.org? It's far too cold here in Michigan to even think of gardening, but my mind is busy planning.
Thank you for the info. Our's just lays on the bottom and looks distasteful. We use the water rather quickly.
I am puzzled. Is the algae a bad thing? Now I feel like a dumb bunny because I should know these things, but I do not. We use opaque/white barrels...
I spoke too soon. I had to take out all the tomatoes from the big garden due to blossom end rot. The plants were doing fine until we stopped...
We use garlic in a lot of food. It's great grated and added to a bit of Italian dressing for garlic bread. When using in sauces, etc, add at...
I set the garlic out a couple of weeks before expected frost. Mulch a bit with leaves and let it grow. It usually grows to about 4 to 6 inches...
A neighbor gave us crowns about three years ago. I just stuck them in the ground back of the flower garden along the creek. The first year they...
Bunkie, thanks for the web site. None of the pictures look exactly like mine. The leaves first turn pale, them sort of yellow to tan , dry up and...
Please describe Mosaic virus. That may well be what my beans have.
I already planted turnip greens. Was it too early? I remember that they taste better after a light frost. What can you all tell me about...
We are already planning next year's garden and are debating whether or not to use Bamboo poles to stake the tomatoes, runner beans, cucumbers. Any...
Holy catfish, Nan! I have never seen such a beautiful sight. Did I see Cucuzza? Your tomato plants seem to have very little foliage. Do you prune...
I see mildew on the zucchini and yellow squash and I just lopped off the branches that had it. The rest are doing well. The lack of rain seems to...
