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    Fast growing flowers needed...selling home!

    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.
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    Potato's above ground = Epic fail.

    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...
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    Now what to plant Zone 8a

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

    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?
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    Chicken manure

    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...
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    Cleavers...or Sticky Willy

    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?
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    Tomato pruning

    Do you continue to prune all of your suckers off your tomato plants for the life of the plant?
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    Acorn/butternut/straightneck squash

    If I plant straight neck and acorn or butternut squash side by side in seperate rows will they cross pollinate?
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    Need a way to create tilth

    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...
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    More gardening space!

    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...
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    Plant's outside tonight?

    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?
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    Pickling okra

    Anybody know how to make those pickled okra that you get at the store that come in a jar?
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    New to Herbs...need advice.

    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...
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    Potatoe Question

    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.
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    Frost free date for Zone 8a

    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.
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    Pig Manure

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

    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?
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    Did I start too early?

    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?
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    Seed storage

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

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