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Sympathies. I do have a love-hate relationship with peonies. Here they always flop and that together with how quickly they’re over makes...

I don’t really understand how tomato cages work. Do you reach into them from above to prune your tomatoes and then to pick them? How do...

The twining of the pole beans begins, and the award for earliest spinner goes to 'Vitalis', a variety sent to me from Spain. Wow, I...

I can vouch for the beauty, usefulness and general benefits of allowing celery, in particular Redventure in my case, to go to seed...

Ah, penny drops! Thanks

Interesting. Allium leaf miner arrived here about three years ago. I had always assumed they only like alliums. So allium leaf miner...

The brief note that I have from last year is ‘Sparse growth but early.’ I guess sparse growth could equate with delicate.

Also planted 12 varieties of semi runners and seeded a few pole beans. Lately I've been growing Sacre Bleu every year. People keep...

they look ok, if a bit bumpy which i've not seen here - normally they are smooth. the walls are not as thick like a bell pepper so...

Interesting, but they seem to have a lot of wasted space - or am I misunderstanding something? And having looked up tobacco float...

Thank you for your detailed description. That’s very helpful and I’ll add it to my notes. When I said mine were delicate and spreading I...

I use Dolloff as a dry bean, but it is supposedly very good as a shelly. I've never in my life cooked shelly beans, which is probably...

I’m growing Beaver Dam peppers this year. I’d never heard of them before I got some seed, but have read their interesting history. My...

I use bagging of flowering shoots for peppers as I’ve had some crossing in the past. For tomatoes I simply assume they will come true...

An interesting post. I’m intrigued by these varieties with Lima in the name. There’s a discussion in Beans of New York to the effect...