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...
Thank you for the link, Toni. That is interesting. My husband just "rescued" a bunch of bees from a water meter. If they stay in our hive, good....
A warm welcome from Texas! We will help all we can, share stories and encouragement, and support each other in our gardening efforts. You'll like...
First one to blink, loses!
I LOVE the "Stewversary" connotation! And yes, Dooley, with all your interests, all your experience, and all your ideas, reaching 6000 posts will...
One of the most important things a child can learn is consideration for others. It seems yours are learning that! Take care of yourself, because...
Miss Toni, mistress of garden junque and assassin of ugly bugs! Way to go, girl.
FBG, I actually thought the defendant's lawyer was the defendant. A less prepossessing man I have never seen.
Jerry, I wouldn't want to be inside for several days, even if the courtroom were air-conditioned and the jury box had padded seats. The courtroom...
