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We are selling our home and need some fast growing and hardy summer time flowers quick! We are headed to Lowe's in a bit to pick up some stuff for the house to include your recommendation of flowers...thanks.

Found an idea on line about how to grow potatoes in only leaves in a round container. I had some old 2X4 welded wire fencing and formed containers 36" deep by 32" around. Planted the potatoes in about 6" of soil and waited till they leaved out a nice amount and then began to cover all but a...

My beans are done and I have two 4X4 raised beds to plant something in this smoldering 8a heat...what will do well?

Grew some swiss chard for the first time, when do I know it is ready to harvest? What is the tastiest way to prepare it?

I have poop boards in my coop so I can collect pure manure and help with clean up. I scrape the poop boards about every three days and get a couple pounds of dry light weight manure. I have read that to apply manure 90 days prior to harvesting any abouve ground crop and 120 before any root...

Anybody use Cleavers or Sticky Willy? My daughter and I were playing in the yard today and she picked up some and I showed her how it sticks to your shirt...well I went to look it up and turns out it is edible and has many medicinal purposes...my main questions is how to dry it for use as a tea?

Do you continue to prune all of your suckers off your tomato plants for the life of the plant?

If I plant straight neck and acorn or butternut squash side by side in seperate rows will they cross pollinate?

I built some 4' X 4' raised beds, went to my local garden center and got a really good soil mix with: gin trash, top soil, sand, humus and composted manure. We have received a TON of rain so far this year and the soil I got was very clumpy. Anybody have any good ideas of how to get some fine...

Got my raised bed's built and dirt in them. Each one is 4' X 4' and gives me an additional 32 square feet that I didn't have before. My original garden is 8' X 15' and now I have a total of 150 square feet!! I grow tomato's, green beans, squash, okra, peppers and cantelopes in my garden...it...

I'm in zone 8a and the low tonight is 55. Should I let mt tomatoes and peppers outside tonight for the first time all night or for a few hours?

Anybody know how to make those pickled okra that you get at the store that come in a jar?

Got some seeds today to make my wife a little indoor herb garden that we can use as a "growing spice rack". I got basil, terragon, rosmary, parsley. Going to put them in individual pots and place them in the kitchen window and use a good potting mix that I use to start seeds with. Anything...

Can I use just brown leaves for planting potatoes and no soil? I just read up on a past thread that talked about making wire potatoe cages and some people only use hay/straw. I have a ton of leaves that I picked up in my neighborhood and could use those.

I am in Northwest Louisiana Zone 8a. Any folks out there in this area and what do you use as your last frost free date? I used March 15.

Is it safe to use composted pig manure in a vegetable garden? I have heard both yes and no, so I am confused!

Anybody know anything about this type corn? I picked up a 1/4 lb at the feed store the other day cause I didn't feel like paying $4.50 for G-90. I hear it is a dent corn, my main question is, can I make corn meal with it?

I started indoors (6) of each last week: Tomato (Marglobe), Tomato (Beefsteak), cauliflower, brocolii, bell pepper and lettuce. I live in zone 8a, north Louisiana. What is the best time to start each type indoors?

What is the best way to store unused seeds? How long can seeds last if stored properly?

How deep does the soil need to be in a raised bed/frame for brocolii, cauliflower, lettuce, pepper, tomatoe, squash?