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    Baby Doves!

    Nice! I've got a 12 week old ringneck I found fallen from his nest in my goat pen. I handfed him and he decided to become a pet. You never would expect doves to have so much personality and intelligence, I'm surprised to find he's a lot like a parrot without the biting and moodiness.
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    Seed train like on BYC?

    I'll take your lime basil, riverman, been looking for some of that for a while. Offer: Jalapeno Sweet basil Mesclun salad mix Tomato "Brandywine" Pepper "Cayenne" Cantaloupe "Hales Best Jumbo" Ornamental Gourd Mix Zinnia mix
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    Hot Weather Beans and Peas ...

    I'm in zone 8 and peas are a winter/early spring crop here, I plant them in January. We've had kind of a weird cold winter though, so mine are just now starting to really take off and make peas.
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    I ran across a great deal on tomatoes at Lowe's just now...

    If it makes a medium sized red tomato that's not a roma type, it's probably "Early Girl" or "Celebrity", maybe "Better Boy". Those are the most typical varieties stores like that carry.
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    Raining on my hay %&*#

    It never fails to rain the day after I buy a truckload of hay. Never. :rolleyes: Hay prices west of the Rockies are pretty extreme compared to the midwest. I am currently paying $15 a bale for last year's alfalfa, 3 string bales that are about 100 pounds. I use almost two a week, not to mention...
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    How to plant garlic

    Yes, you pull the cloves apart and plant individually. I usually buy garlic bulbs from the produce aisle of the grocery store and plant those, it's way cheaper than seed garlic. We have mild winters, so I plant mine in the fall and harvest in early summer.
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    Chayote sprouting

    Thanks! I figured you might know what to do with it, you seem to know about all the uncommon garden plants. This should be an interesting adventure.
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    Chayote sprouting

    I was given a chayote fruit and it sat on the counter a long time while I figured out exactly what to do with it...and now it is sprouting! Anyone have any experience with these? I want to plant it and see what it will do.
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    Anyone have fenugreek? Other 'medicinal' herbs to trade?

    Thank you...I actually found some at an organic food store. I haven't tried cooking with it yet, but I find it really makes my goats produce more milk when they eat it.
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    Well that's a neat surprise...

    Pretty! Hmm....do I have room for one more kind of watermelon in my garden...?
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    First popples soon (I hope)

    I've never heard that as a term for baby bunnies either. When I was a kid, there used to be a line of stuffed toys called Popples.
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    For those of you who want seed potatoes from the grocery store

    Is there a purple that actually stays purple when cooked? All the purple potatoes I have tried turn white when cooked.
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    Dutch Gardens sent me

    Yes there is. They're a smaller variety than the big German irises. And usually way cheaper too. I love the big irises, but wow they cost a lot.
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    The tomatoes are up! Pictures

    Yay! Mine popped up yesterday too, even though I had them planted directly in the garden and it snowed on them last weekend. Now the long wait for fresh homegrown tomatoes...
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    Sprouting Sweet Potatoes

    If they were purchased from a grocery store, they are likely treated with a chemical to inhibit sprouting. (Unless they are organic) This does wear off with time, which is why those really old potatoes you accidentally forgot about will sometimes start to sprout. I always grow mine from the...
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