ground sphagnum moss does work, we opt for a easier-cheaper method, and one that hasn't let Us down... Cinnamon...sprinkled on the potting medium...
Man did we get potatoes this year, maybe the cooler than normal summer? These were taken a week ago, after all were dug, we had 489 pounds of...
gosh I don't have any left, they are a wonderfully early tomato though, I think I originally got the seeds from Burpee's :?:
compost, already mentioned, leaves, aged manure, deep dig or double dig your area to be planted. gypsum will help, but it will also raise the...
let me "muddy the waters" so to speak, for a moment. :shock: kalalaukid has posed a question here that although ZuZu's answer is correct,...
it is a shame you're not closer...would take some long handled tools to reach from Norway Droopy [img]...but thanks for the thought! :-D
I second Eileen's comment. You can purchase peat, sand and potting soil and mix your own, any good garden center wil have everything you need.
Tomatoes coming at us strong, aprox. 1/2 bushel per day..about tired of canning :shock: peppers still producing heavily... Celery, half is...
thats way cool, couldn't have been more perfect a pig than that...
Frank, and everyone, thank You all very much. I moved to this farm 10 years ago, there was a small garden spot, it looked quite sad, hardpan...
every item in our garden gets it start from seed. These lil "babies" are hard to discard, so we ended up with 128 CELERY stalks... Need...
Folks, our county fair was held this past week, and again, a great success for Organic Gardening! My wife, Laura, even received a written comment...
Anitra, I have used cornmeal with great success. I put 1 cup of corn meal in a permeable bag, soak it in 1 gallon of water overnight and spray...
are we talking squash bugs, or cucumber beetles? Squash bugs are very difficult to elimminate when they grow past the nymph stage. they look like...
Excellent post Anitra, good precise info, and you echo the one thing I voice repeatedly as a master gardener..Soil test...it's hard to know where...
thanks for the info Frank, rss or not, I would still visit this forum!
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for about 4 years, every season in a place I had converted to garden, I found one or two very old marbles. They sat on my mantle for 3 years, a...
as I was mowing today I was wondering too about the possiblity of a different variety. I'll keep digging too :mrgreen:
mullberry?
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