Hi all, I live in NJ where we are suffering/benefiting from record low temps and record amounts of rain. Is there anything special I should be doing to...
That was our spring last year. If you're not already doing it, maybe mulching the peppers/tomatoes might help. They crave heat and hate cold wet soil. They...
danderso
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Jun 1, 2003 2:33 pm
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will your comments apply to OKRA, too? Mine is looking awfully pathetic.........can't really get it up here, so growing it is the only way my southern husband...
thanks Beverly! I don't know what I have as I was just given the bulb. The husband is the gardener and the wife brought them to church and she doesn't know...
Hard to say with okra. I'm from Michigan, and have never had much luck with it, until last year. Last year I planted some up next to my house, in my ...
danderso
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Jun 1, 2003 8:33 pm
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Half your question has already been answered, and now about the basil. Basil likes it hot too, so do the same to it as the peppers and tomatoes. Basil also...
FIRST...I LOVE YOU TOO!...didn't get to say that before we hung up... I haven't read and digested the whole e-mail yet, but from what I've skimmed...sounds...
Douglas Ricketson
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Jun 2, 2003 4:20 pm
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I am in zone 7 and just leave them in the ground....they always come back. ... From: Lynn Littell [mailto:MsMuddyToes@...] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003...
Johnson, Carol
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Jun 2, 2003 6:40 pm
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I've got a rather large strawberry patch on a south slope. It's got well drained sandy loam, and mulched very heavy with sawdust and wood chips(used two years...
Greetings!!!! Also have the same weather here in eastern Pennsylvania but will share something suggested to me over the weekend. It is to put plastic ...
Sandy Fylstra
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Jun 2, 2003 8:48 pm
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It sounds like this is a great time to be collecting rain water in preparation for the regular draught that is making it's appearance more regularly around the...
Soaker hoses work really well for us, though we're not short of water this year! They're inexpensive and easy, and save water. I have one in each of our ...
What a great idea! Dried strawberries! We dehydrate everything else, but I never thought of that. We will have to try it! Thanks for the idea! Lynn ... ...
I am in zone 5/6 and everybody here has to take them out and store them for the winter. We'll see if I get that motivated! Fall can be a very busy time with...
We use plastic buckets and have been trying to get a barrel set up, but can't seem to find the time. For now I bought a $5 plastic muck bucket for the water...
I can't argue with that. But consider this: the govt is the ONLY agency/entity that can afford to even touch this aircraft. WHY? $36.00 an hour...
shannon mikus
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Jun 3, 2003 6:47 am
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... My dad got me an unused metal barrel that I'm going to turn into a rain barrel. Just need to repaint it and put in the gear. I got plans on how to create...
Michelle Carlson
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Jun 3, 2003 12:21 pm
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... What's a "rain garden"? I'm intrigued. Michelle Carlson *<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>* Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in...
Michelle Carlson
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Jun 3, 2003 12:24 pm
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I actually ate armadillo once when I was a child--my mother had a friend who would cook and eat (and apparently serve to guests) roadkill. It was fried. ...
Martin&Caruso
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Jun 3, 2003 12:27 pm
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... Easy now! I'm Union (for the first time), and it has it's benefits. I will say, however, that I understand the general anti-Union mentality - I worked ...
Michelle Carlson
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Jun 3, 2003 12:37 pm
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I have to thank Valerie for this one! She started me on this with some great info. If you do a search, you'll find some states have implemented this garden...
We don't have chickens, but a friend of mine does and she built a chicken tractor. No, they don't drive it as I first thought, it is a large pen on wheels...
... That's fascinating! I never thought about how much sense that makes! :) I wish our city lot was bigger - can't wait to get our own land in the country...
Michelle Carlson
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Jun 3, 2003 12:56 pm
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Unions are on the decline. I am not saying that is good or bad...just a fact. I do believe something must be done to protect all levels of employees from the...
Johnson, Carol
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Jun 3, 2003 12:57 pm
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Great idea. Another great use I found for empty soda bottles it to secure them into the ground to use as guides for the hose. I found some sturdy branches and...
... Don' t let hens into the garden after you have seeded anything. They will rip it up. Espcially peas and corn, but anything else they will dig up to get...
... Amen to that! Michelle Carlson *<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>*<>* Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like...
Michelle Carlson
carls197@...
Jun 3, 2003 1:30 pm
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There's a great book called "Chicken Tractor" by Andy Lee and Pat Foreman from Good Earth Publications. Everything you wanted to know about chickens is in that...
Our chickens have their own yard in back. In spring when we are digging and preparing the beds for planting, we let them out into the big yard (mostly raised...
Here's some to get you started, hope they help! www.birdfarm.bravepages.com This is a great site which has many different feed formulations listed. ...
