Recent content by country lady

Hoodat, thanks for the info. I pruned and went through my tomato patch this morning. I only found two plants and destroyed the few bad tomatoes that I saw. Hope it works. I stake my tomato plants but a farmer near me said he normally doesn't stake. This year he staked and the tomatoes...

Either way, you both could be right. I started heirloom seeds in the house but bought either 4 or 6 individual plants from Wal-mart, Bonnie plants, so likely the plants came from Alabama or down south. My heirloom plants grew as big as the ones I bought and seem okay so I have some...

My gosh, I've never heard of a pickleworm. I haven't noticed any droppings, but then I haven't looked either. Pickleworm sounds right. I did see a worm in one tomato. I've thrown away quite a few tomatoes. Thanks.

Same goes for NW Tennessee. I have loads of green tomatoes but just started to get red tomatoes. I've heard so many people this year say tomatoes aren't ripening . (Please see my post about the black spots) Just a blush and I bring them in on my enclosed porch to ripen. I found a worm...

I am finding tomatoes, before they ripen, with a hole. Then the hole turns black. It's not blossom end rot or the regular tomato hornworm. The hole is anywhere on the tomato but the stem area. Japanese beetles are on my green beans nearby. Could it be the beetles laying eggs? For some...

Thanks, SweetMissDaisy.

I am terrible at growing zucchini. I got no zucchini last year because the bugs ruin the plants. This year I used wall-o-waters at the start and now have row covers. So far I've only seen male blooms. What am I doing wrong? I've never had this happen before. Any suggestions? BTW, I...

I understand completely how you feel. A neighbor's dog killed 3 of my 6 ladies while I was posting on this computer a month ago. We had their tractor where we could look out the kitchen window to check on them but I still feel if I hadn't been on the computer so long I would have seen the...

I am sorry to vent but while I was on here this morning a neighbor's black lab came into my pen and killed three hens, including my favorite. One ran off into the woods and one other is either traumatized or has an injury. I am letting the two rest in this heat. I live in farm country and...

I have a problem growing squash (mainly zucchini) every year even though I check for eggs on leaves. I have had no zucchini at all this summer and replanted lots of vegetable seeds as well. (We had a terrible winter and spring here) I've only seen two honey bees and I don't see the female...

My friend's husband has a yard that is on the annual garden tour--just gorgeous (and labor intensive!). The nursery owner gave him a "sorry" plant and it turned out to be the most beautiful spot in his garden. It is one plant but covers about 10 feet. It is round and fairly low to the...

It's a frustrating age that we live in. I assume cottonseed meal would have lots of chemicals in it. Cotton farmers use lots of chemicals. I have a photo taken of my farmer grandfather before 1929 and he was dusting cotton with a poison. I checked into organic chicken feed but the...

Thanks for your hints. Yes, GMO does matter, and I do have six laying hens but that's not a lot of manure. We do use a tad of soy sauce in stir fry but not otherwise. I will check into cottonseed meal. It's hard to get around chemicals and GMO seeds. I put blood meal in the bottom...

I read recently that soybean meal is very good for the soil. My clay soil is lacking nitrogen. Have any of you tried this?

I finally found Stevia at Lowes. Anybody have any luck with it?