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My story was don't try to grow chives if you have a really bad slug problem. The chives I plantrd grew to be a quarter inch tall and...

"The first one is free!" :) :) :)

Same here, and now I have endless daughter plants :lol: I should use them as free take-away for cafe customers!

In my war against burdock, I rented this machine that mowed them down. Great! I didn't clean them up and created a small Forest of them...

Filling our home made raised beds (4') with other stuff like potting soil, and junk. I shoulda ordered plain old dirt.

some of them can be harder than others. :) the spikes are rather dangerous on some of them. can you describe what you did with them...

Hi everyone, I keep hearing that cacti and succulents are easy to grow. But I don’t get it—I’ve lost every cactus I tried to grow. Some...

Record freeze arriving tomorrow so we plucked the garden one last time. Banana not just for scale.

Thank you. I am so excited to be able to can and know that I can teach my kids and grandkids how to can because the way the world is...

Awesome job! That sure feels satisfying to complete that beautiful work! 😍

Got 7 quarts of pumpkin canned. I have to start getting the rest of it done tomorrow and after I get all the pumpkin done then I will be...

My mom and I are canning the pumpkin. We have already done 7 quarts and I am going to be doing it after my mom goes home. I'm so excited...

I'm scared of snakes but I will not hurt them at all unless they are poisonous and then I am not taking any chances.

I love "my" snakes. It seems crazy to me that so many fear these harmless, beneficial, and interesting reptiles. (The only venomous...

It's absolutely worthy for a try, not too complicate. Ingredients: 4 medium apples (firm varieties like Honeycrisp) 2 cups red wine ¾...