I LOVE THE END OF YOUR STORY,IT MADE ME GIGGLE. BUT I FOUND THE FIRST PART VERY INTERESTING, I NEVER THOUHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BUT I THINK I'LL TRY.
I couldn't imagine a very good garden without manure. I have a mix of eight-year-old mixed alpaca, sheep, and horse dung on my garden. It's best to have it aged, as it might be too high in nitrogen if it's fresh and burn the plants, but you can defi…
June 30
Got snow peas--had 'em for a week and they're starting to wind down in this heat. Thank God the T-storms broke it up today.
Has anybody had any experience raising these middle-eastern cucumbers? I just sent off for seed--usually raise a more common variety like Marketmore 76, say. I'd love to hear some feedback about what to expect. I will be growing them on the chain-li…
Still, it's worth it to take a MG course. There's a lot of info on diseases and soils and pruning--etc. I was hoping for a little landscape design though, and was dissappointed. But you can certainly put it on a resume under 'activities'.
For employment purposes, I'd pick the community college. My program was one or two nights a week, and no more than a semester (Vermont). They're usually run by an extension service of a university. My training was about 40 bucks, 1o-15 yrs. ago, w/…
I have beeen saving the seeds and sis sends me some from central Florida that do wonders in the summer and I need to gather the seeds yearly as they don't like being in the house!
In order to breed true , the fruit needs to be open-pollinated, not hybrid, so you'd be better off looking for an heirloom variety--most stores have heirloom or 'ugly' tomatoes--try the cheapest seeds you can find--these are usually open-pollinated…
I hate to waste a good seedpod. I love the cheap, open pollinated varieties from the drugstore, though sometimes I'll fork over the dough if it's an heirloom. I usually try to recycle stuff like cosmos & marigolds. A couple years ago I had a mixed h…
I've found that heucheras don't like an unamended, heavy clay soil. My best success with them, including 'Palace Purple', is to add some compost or other soil amendment. Even in Missouri, the purple ones color up best with lots of sun.
Sounds wonderful Judy. Nice to have a great afternoon with the kids.I bet that was a lot of fun watching their "concert" I love kids laughter-Oh especially babies. Cracks me up.
I have this great piano and one day 3 of my students made up a song ab…