Oh you lucky person. that's rosemary! A wonderful shrub/herb that can be used for cooking, is a pest repellent, and a great addition to the...
No, believe me, excessive rain is NOT our problem! I've been deep watering twice a week because Mother Nature has decided to send her moisture...
Well, PricklyPear, I could use Epsom Salts as a foliar spray also. I have a one-gallon sprayer that I could mix up an Epsom Salts mixture and use...
Mrs.G, what a nice posting to remind us all to wish Happy Father's Day to all the daddies out there!
Mart, the Kinnebecs did well--as you noted, not as big as the LaSodas but a nice crop of potatoes. I like the taste, also. They are "creamier"...
Donna, I have to admit your teen-agers look better than mine! The Buff Orpingtons are a breed I've wanted to have, but with our Texas heat, I'm...
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Netty--great gardeners should have great birthdays!
When talking to a fellow gardener, preferably out in the garden surrounded by the subjects of our conversation :lol: , I use common names. If...
Toni, we dig ours as soon as the foliage dies back, but ours are in the ground and will deteriorate if left. In a container, I don't think you...
Happy Birthday to a great gardener, author, greenhouse builder, and all-around good guy!
Love1pink, that tomato plant didn't just come back to life, it came booming! Looks really good and now you know how to handle it. Enjoy a bumper...
Well, if I don't it will be my fault, and not the lack of expert advice from Carolyn and Mart!
I don't see why not, if you don't need that space for something else. You may not get the biggest potatoes, but they ought to taste just fine. We...
AHA! I have Epsom Salts in my potting area. I'll look up the ratios and give my Opalkas a spray. I picked another one yesterday and it didn't have...
Kiasmum, basil balls are a way of preserving basil for winter use. I posted on the Recipes forum about them:...
Dooley, cut the basil stem just above a pair of leaves. It will branch out and get bushier. I harvest basil weekly, or more often when it really...
Another warm welcome to GardenStew! If it were my plant, I'd move it to where it got afternoon shade, give it a boost of manure tea (composted...
The garden caught up with me today :mrgreen: ! I dug and hung the last of the garlic, picked corn, pulled carrots, and harvested squash and...
AAnightowl, honeybees will forage in a three-mile area if they need to. When the queen decides to mate, she will find drones in a five-mile area....
Looking at Lowe's yesterday I found yellow yarrow--I'd been missing having yarrow in the flowerbeds. Of course it was on the mark-down shelf at...
