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I was given 320 canning jars today and about 50 quarts of them are olives. I am going to empty all the jars into the compost pile. They are from 1999 and most of the fruit is dark and disgusting looking. Can I compost the olives without the brine?

Did a quick search and couldn't find a thread on this, but I might have missed it. I planted two sections of corn this year. The sugar dots are doing beautifully, two medium sized ears per stalk. A month later, I planted red sweet corn. It is now six feet or more high, the tassles are...

I may have made a mistake. I planted slicing cukes next to watermelons. The cukes are vining like mad, eight plants, and a total of six fruit. The watermelon are vining and about to bloom. I don't know if the low production on the cukes is because they are too close to watermelon. Someone...

Over the next year, I am going to double my garden size by adding ten more raised beds. At 8", the beds I have currently are just too shallow. I want them at least 18 and possibly 24" deep. I have arthritis in my back and it's just killing me to bend for weeding, harvest, etc. Since I...

I finally harvested all of my spinach and turnips from tthe raised beds. They were planted at one end of a 16' bed. The other halves have peas, leeks, carrots and peppers. I want to replant the empty half as soon as I can, not sure with what, maybe pumpkins. Anyway, what do I need to do to...

First time trying to grow tomatillos. (Are they also called ground cherries? I don't know.) Anyway, I have started them indoors and they hav several sets of leaves, so I am going to transplant to large buckets (one per) in the next day or tow. My question is this: The seedlings are strong...

I found a deal on garlic plants today, ten plants for a dollar, so I got 20. They range from 2" to 8" tall. I came home and looked for planting instructions and all I could find was how to plant the cloves. I have a number of questions, and know this is the place to come. I am in Zone 9A...

Greetings! I am fairly new to posting here, but have been reading for a while and find myself in awe on a regular basis. This spring I will plant my first garden. I spent last summer taking out trees, digging out bermuda, composting, and then covering my 25x35 foot area with black plastic...