Hello all... I realized my clippers are DULL when it was hard to cut a ripe okra off the plant this evening.... How do you guys sharpen your...
This came in a pot with a strawberry plant and is taking over. It has grown very, very fast in long runners (up to 4 feet already) that want to...
I miss Glenda. I'm sure she misses us too... :(
Quick question about picking broccoli.... When??? This a.m. a small yellow flower is about to open on one stalk of broccoli. Should I...
I am frustrated with my squash and tomatoes. The squash (yellow and patty pan) are getting lots of flowers but compared to the number of...
Hello Water-gardeners... I hope you can help me out with my Wedelia trilobata Golden Water Zinnia. I bought it to "try out" a water plant. It is...
Hello all, Veggie questions here... I've got tomatoes in large pots and in the ground, cucumbers in the ground, and squash (yellow and patty...
I am pretty happy with how my side yard looks this year. When I am resting in one of those chairs with a glass of lemonade, I will be thinking of...
This is another of my favorite combinations: Orange tiger lillies growing in front of blue hydrangea. I like the hot orange with the cool blue....
This is my Spirea Bridal Veil that is growing in the front yard. Last year as I was about to trim it, I noticed a tiny fledgling hiding inside,...
Austin has learned to open the screen door by himself... he likes to run out and smell the herbs in pots outside the kitchen door. I brought in...
Well. Last night I harvested a yellow squash and two pattypan squash! It's been YEARS since I grew anything edible (other than figs and a tomato...
I planted bee balm two years ago... it's attracting many bees to my yard - yay! Here is some growing near the tiger lillies. I like the hot pink...
This morning after I watered, I saw this little guy under one of my tomato plants. He's no doubt waiting for a ripe tomato to fall.... so I...
There is a lot of orange in my garden today -- a bezillion regular orange tiger lillies (but I love them just the same), and orange torch lillies...
I have been reading about this on various websites -- using cornmeal in the garden as a fungicide. It involves spreading it in the soil. I...
It's been many years since I grew peppers so I don't remember if it is normal for them to be dark at the joints like these are. I read somewhere...
I have been meaning to post this. He's my favorite piece of yard art ... he's the sentry outside my kitchen door. Isn't he cute? [img]...
I checked my strawberry plant today and it has little "plantlets" (for lack of a better term) at the ends of long, kind of straggly stems -- take...
Did I ever mention that I have not planted any sunflowers this year because TWICE I bought seeds (several packs each time) and forgot and left...
Separate names with a comma.
