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I mention the chayote squash as it is supposedly easy to grow; that has not been my experience. I had a great vine at my last house but the bulldog literally dug it up & ate it. All of it, vine, roots & the chayotes themselves. It was a real PITB as...
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Spring is here. It will be several weeks before we get anything in the ground. The snow in the yard has dwindled from 3 feet deep to 2, but we may still get more. However, I celebrated by making plans to attend a communal Naked Garden Day event....
We have had some very warm weather this week and Bill has gotten a lot done in our garden, all nude of course. He started getting the soil prepared, rows laid off and before this last cold snap he did get the potatoes and onions in. As soon as the...
I just bought my cabbage & collards for the fall garden. It was getting time to start planting the winter crop. My raised bed plot was throughly overgrown with weeds & required a little bit of effort to prepare. I figure that Ill add a little...
Its early in the year for us but our first freeze is in the forecast. Were predicting 30-32F as lows for the next couple of days; thats brisk for us. My cabbage & collards are doing well & will stand the cold fine. But . . . my half dead tomatoes &...
I have an aeroponic garden, which is really nice given that we have a 60-day growing season where we live. The only problem is that I have to tend it clothed. Most all of our plants are in our south-facing sunroom, which unfortunately is on the...
Trying to gather seeds from what I grew. Larger seeds are easy to get. Anyone have tips for gathering small seeds for basil, rosemary, carrots, arugula, flowers, etc.
It must be spring - our irises are blooming!
We've had another drought of record in Texas (and bordering states) that's been complicated by unending heat. The days of successive 100f+ have set a new record. It looks awful and gardens are generally trashed. The heat may have broken a...