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Do it right the first time. Before buying a tree, prepare the bed. This takes physical effort and some planning to get good results.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XOYYZ 16 January 2013 Physalis peruviana Required are five or six plants. Germination is slow and erratic judging from past experience in my zone 5. These plants are slow growing and require a long season. They will be planted outdoors about the end of May. Of all the...

I let nature take its course. Never have any superfluous plant growth. I try to get the plants outdoors as soon as possible. This reduces damping off, which I never have, since I do no use artificial lights and a basement environment. In other words free flowing air and sunlight.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?HMYWR 12 August 2011 Making Potting Soil Home potting soil for the 2012 season was made today. The compost pile is used as a mixing base; sand, wood chips, coconut fibre, garden soil, is added and mixed thoroughly using the large rototiller and smaller tiller. The...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?UOQES 27 May 2012 Romain Lettuce Growth Romain Lettuce is thriving. A plant was utilized yesterday, which was almost perfect. It could be a bit larger. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XGXGG 29 April 2012 Romaine Lettuce. Romaine lettuce planted outdoors. The plants were...

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QHBIN 21 August 2009 How a Potato Plant Grows There is a great deal of information on the Internet about growing potatoes in tires, boxes and indicating that large quantities of new tubers can be produced with high vertical hilling. The view propagated is that potatoes...

There is no evidence to support this conjecture.

The pictures are not convincing. I have grown too many potatoes to believe such nonsense. This site is selling some silly tower, which targets the ignorant.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?BKWAI 11 September 2010 Yukon Gold Test Box Potatoes Yukon Gold Potatoes were harvested today. A total weight of 23.5 pounds was harvested from the 4 by 4 foot test area. The quality is excellent. Another plant could probably be placed in the center of the area without...

From where I sit, soil testing in a backyard garden, a few square feet at the most, is a total waste of time. Now if one is growing commercially in a relatively large area soil testing is probably warranted. My patch is around 2000 square feet and I condition my soil by trial and error with...

I have a trellis of morning glory alongside the deck and they self germinate with a vengeance every year. Sure don't have to soak them. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?LPRWZ 15 July 2011 Morning Glory (Ipomoea) There is a trellis along the deck to support Morning Glory. These plants self seed and...

With the quantity of plants that meet my requirements I now sprout many seeds to insure germination. Here are my techniques. Planting Corn http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QPDGU 31 August 2012 Corn Produced. About 75 cobs of quality corn corn was produced. Pictures for 15 and 19 of August are...

Another feature about grape production. Total weight is important but quality is also of much interest. By quality I refer to size and juice amount of the fruit. Concord is my favourite and I like the fruit to be relatively large. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AZQUW 16 September 2011 Concord...

Another feature about grape production. Total weight is important but quality is also of much interest. By quality I refer to size and juice amount of the fruit. Concord is my favourite and I like the fruit to be relatively large. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AZQUW 16 September 2011 Concord...

Yes. The vertical potato grower getting 400 virtual pounds in a small area using vertical hilling. The Seattle Times has an article each year as do many other people who plagiarize such articles and grow nothing. How a potato plant really grows. http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QHBIN 21 August 2009...

Has anybody ever seen a potato growing like this? http://www.durgan.org/URL/?FABDN Virtual Potato

Opinion and fact! Guestimate and hard figures! Nothing like getting the bathroom scales out and doing a bit of weighing. Many garden books are plagiarizing of some old book written years ago, and the recommendations must be tested or at least reflected upon.

You are aghast at the Pink Slime. It is the tip of the iceberg. Do a Google on Glued Meat.

The basement was not 55F but almost the same temperature as the main house more like 70F. The insulation isolates the room from the house. The pipe brings in outside air which in the Winter is around 5 to 10 C. The room is not perfect, but it does tend to keep potatoes, onions and garlic...

This is/was my first attempt at growing blackberries. I am beginning to imagine it is not as easy as it would appear at first sight.