Hello yourself, I think it helps immensely to have others with the same or similiar ideas to your own to talk and share with. It keeps the "steam rolling" so...
I am in the process of planning next years vegetable plots and was going to plant winter squash in a raised bed next to a raised bed of potatoes. In "Carrots...
Hi Catherine, you have some good questions. :) I try to have something in between mine so that any oxins or whatever they are called that plants give off,...
July, Heirloom things are passed down from one generation to the next, like your grandmother's china or clock. In the context of gardening, they are seeds...
Hello, Heirloom generally refers to a seed that was saved and selected for by a family for generations. The family loved the variety so much they brought the...
emily.skelton@...
Oct 2, 2006 3:53 pm
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Help Me! We have those big black beetles, we call them stink bugs but I'm not sure thats what they really are. We just planted our fall greens and they have...
gail hotmail
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Oct 2, 2006 4:16 pm
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Try a Neem based spray. You can buy the concentrate and mix in a sprayer. Neem is an anti-feedent, stops bugs from eating leaves of plants. It also kills...
emily.skelton@...
Oct 2, 2006 7:24 pm
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I would be interested in any solutions to insect control with out the use of pesticides. What hat gardeners in found effective? Is there any danger in adding...
speaking of seeds and were the derived from why can't i find organic strawberry seeds? or any type of berry for that fact. i'm also having trouble choose what...
Emily Thank you. In Spanish we said"autóctono" or "nativa" to refer to a plant that is originally from here and "introducida" or "alóctona" when it was...
Julia Franco
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Oct 3, 2006 12:42 am
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Anne Marie: Thank you very much for the explanation. Here in my country there is an organization called "Anamuri". They are peasant women that took the mission...
Julia Franco
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Oct 3, 2006 12:42 am
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It depends on what insect you are trying to control. You can spray non toxic soapy water on some things...some respond well to other beneficial insects that...
You can get organic strawberry seeds at bountifulgardens.org, I think it is. I got mine there. Ms Muddy Toes with her muddy toed boys and husband; alias Lynn...
Thanks Emily, What about the synthetic based pyrethroids? I tend to shy away from anything "synthetic" that we've messed with, but... Thanks Gail ... From:...
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Oct 3, 2006 1:55 pm
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Insect control without pesticides: remay covering beds of new transplants and seeded beds until plants get too big rotating crops use beneficial insects...
emily.skelton@...
Oct 3, 2006 7:12 pm
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Try looking for organic strawberry starts/seedlings/small plants. Strawberries are rarely sold as seed. It did find a wild strawberry as seed once. But the...
emily.skelton@...
Oct 3, 2006 7:17 pm
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thx emily.skelton@... wrote: Insect control without pesticides: remay covering beds of new transplants and seeded beds until plants get too big ...
I live in VA and picked strawberry runners from an organic farm last spring. I found the farm by surfing organic farm and CSA websites and found one whose...
shannon mikus
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Oct 4, 2006 4:19 am
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now that's is something i could look towards the future. my brother bought some stars and moon water melon about a year ago but it wasn't flavorfull for...
Miko Which are the Moon and Star melons? I dont know them... Thanks July,from Chile ... From: "shannon mikus" <mikozilla@...> To:...
Julia Franco
huertas@...
Oct 5, 2006 12:19 am
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Hi July The moon and stars watermelons are small dark green to almost black with bright yellow patches on them. Ours did pretty well last summer, but we went...
dear violet in God we dwell and in His Name we write these lines to you Sat Nam How is your garden growing? god bless you and family peace to all, life to all,...
Kyrina Thanks for the information July We have other kind of melons ... From: "Kyrina" <kyriandrob@...> To: <seedsofchange@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Julia Franco
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Oct 5, 2006 11:06 pm
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Julia, The Moon and Star melons are small, dark green with bright yellow speckles that range in size from pinpoints to 5-6 cm across. It looks like somone was...
shannon mikus
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Oct 6, 2006 2:47 am
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Moon and stars is a small, "ice box" round watermelon with large yellow spots (moon) and small yellow dots (stars). Emily Skelton Seeds of Change - Certified...
emily.skelton@...
Oct 6, 2006 6:26 pm
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I gather a handfull of these bugs put them in an old blender---strain out the pieces and put the juice of the bugs in a sprayer bottle ----add about half water...
Thanks Sandy! I will try this one. I also bought some Neem spray. Need to plant again and give it another go , this time I will be prepared. We were ...
gail hotmail
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Oct 7, 2006 1:51 pm
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Gail, the stink bugs overwinter in garden compost and litter. If you till during the winter, this will help uncover them and freeze them. Othewise you will...
Hi again all, does anyone having any ideas on resealing a pond. It has been there for over 50 years and is spring fed. Been having troubles with leaking in...
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Oct 8, 2006 3:00 pm
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Gail, funny story goes with this recipe of riding bugs-----I told a young gal from Lousiana about blending bugs---she moved to New Mexico----she immidiately...
