Thanks for the pictures! Your place is awesome. I'm too new to have suggestions, just compliments. Patricia ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
HI my black eyed susans are getting torched by the sun (local temp last week hit over 102 f) they are recently transplanted (5 days)..and yeah they look more...
Hi, I live in the hottest part of Southern California.. the VALLEY! 105 in the day is de rigeur. To make things worse I'm also a first time gardener. My...
Hi, my black eyed Susan's are getting pretty dry as well. We have only been hitting about 97, but no rain for weeks now doesn't help, and I don't have time to...
Matt - I transplanted some black eyed susans at the top of last summer near a sidewalk along the southern exposure of my very hot brick house. Last year they...
I love to transplant stuff when it's blooming because then I can see where it should go...but this generally is not a nice thing to do to a plant. So I try to...
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... in ... OK Jairaj - I know the Valley is very hot, having been raised in Sunland-Tujunga, but it's not the "Hottest" place in California. I live in Needles...
Cauliflower, and all the other Brassica (broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts, cabbages) are cool weather lovers. In your area you should easily be able to have a...
Hi Christine, It is my understanding that you apply the oil just as you see
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Thank you Wanda. I guess I'd better go and have me a look-see today as some of my corn has been tasseling the last few weeks and some are getting fat now....
Dear Nige, Sorry for the very long delay to respond to your email. I DID check the sweet william to see if it was there at all, and it is. It doesn't die...
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I put down some 'Durana White Clover" and can't find how long and how tall to grow before tilling under. Thank You....
am getting ready to start digging (got the seed order today - YES!!!) for the new beds ..I have this book on biointensive planting and ..wow this book stays...
I also own Mr. Jeavons book, it is a good one to have. I have used many of his suggestions, but not all. I do market gardening and some of his methods don't...
Oh! I have! I love that book. I carried it everywhere with me when I began gardening as well. I called it the gardener's bible. :) What a wealth of info...
Matt, Yes, use the method here. If you think that book is something you ought to take a look at their other publications. One other book, an introduction to...
Hi Christine, thanks for your response and that page on cauliflowers! it listed all the things i did wrong. My tomatos and eggplants are now 8 weeks old so I...
Hi Jairaj, You might like this site on tomatoes, http://sustainable-gardening.subto.us/tip/tomatoes.html it is the only I bookmarked to return to. Otherwise,...
Jairaj-- I live in Bakersfield, which is hotter than where you are. I killed a lot of plants when I first moved here. Cauliflower has to be planted as a...
Frances, thanks for the tips.. Yes I'm learning the hard way about the heat. What other hot weather crops are you able to grow besides eggplants and tomatoes?...
Besides eggplant and tomatoes, I grow okra, cucumber, green beans, zucchini, and peppers in the summer. Any kind of squash really takes off. Corn also grows ...
Hello, I planted a red and black bean variety of pole beans that I wanted to harvest as dry beans. The plants are starting to die back and the pods turning ...
Hi Samantha, when the pods are dry, you can harvest them and get the beans out. If there is still moisture in them, let them dry out a bit more, weather...
Hi everyone, We have had a very wet summer here in Hilo, Hawaii. I finally got a chance to work in the soil yesterday and found it a little soggy and a bit...
hi..what worked for me are raised beds..of course I don't know if you have established beds. But it worked for me..other than that I dunno except for the...
Below is the address for a newsletter I received with a few tips about foiling slugs and deer, and a couple other things. I was wondering about opinions on...
Hi Irene, I like your e-mail name. :) I consider ammonia one of those really poisonous cleaners. I don't know about using it. I want to hear what others...
Hi all, Mostly all is going well in my first-time garden - things are getting enormous and beautiful and very fulfilling (and filling!). However, I have a...
