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It's Ground Cherry Time Again - I bring them in from the garden and pour them into garden flats about 3 deep...the open kind, not the celled type. I let them set in the su... Read More
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Have You Any JBs Yet? - I found a couple in a rose yesterday. I have a good wild grape vine hedge on the garden fence...makes a supreme trap crop for the beetles
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Does anyone add micros like zinc, boron, sulfur, molybdenum, etc?.. - Farmers are testing for a wide range of nutrients these days...contrary to what some say. I am wondering anyone gives thought to this?
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Set out onion plants - Yesterday the 26th I set out my onion plants. The soil was warm and very nice and loose. Now is is rainy, but am glad to get started outdoor... Read More
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Sweetpotato Harvest - The harvest was very, very bountiful. I raised Carolina Ruby and O'Henry yellow [my favorite]. The Reds were very smooth, of a good size, a... Read More
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Butternut Squash - I planted about 3 or 4 Waltham and about 8 Quantums. The Walthams are not impressive, but the Quantums are unbelieveable in their growth an... Read More
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Japanese Beetle Time - I may need to use some Milky Spore this year. I used a little in '04 and have been quite good until the last two years. I have wild grape v... Read More
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Sweet Potato Peek - I have had some really bad experiences with scurf and mouse/vole damage on sweet potatoes in recent years. This year I pulled out most of th... Read More
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Soil ph Map of the USA - How does it match up for your area? If you zoom in, it has ph numbers. Remember, this is general.. http://www.bonap.org/2008_Soil/pH20110321... Read More
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Garden Soil Types - We have 3 gardens that are close by each other. 2 of them run north to south with a very gentle slope of about 1 to 2 percent. The other gar... Read More
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