Recent content by dixie

Ooh, what a gorgeous rose

Unknown rhododendron in my May 2021 pond garden.

Opalka is one of my favorites. It is listed as a paste type, but It is huge, has few seeds and wonderful flavor for slicing. I get my seeds from Fedco.

I think I'm gonna like it here!

This pink hibiscus (unknown variety) was grown from seed in my Zone 7 SE Tennessee garden. Diggin' With Dixie blog

I didn't notice either one. I'll try again.

Thanks for the welcome baymule. Does the forum have zone specific groups?

Question about pictures: When I look at other pictures posted, they are quite large, but the one I uploaded shows very small, although the original size is 2048 x 1536. Can anyone tell me how to fix it? Thanks

I'm looking for seeds of large flowered, hardy hibiscus seeds. I have assorted vegetable seeds to trade.

Today I planted: Peppers: Odessa Market Sweet, Boldog Hungarian Paprika, Early Jalapeno & Pepperoncini. Tomatoes: Opalka, Donskoi, Tidwell German pink, Rumi Banjan yellow, Early Cascade, Isis Candy cherry, Stump of the world dark pink & Maiden's gold.

I joined this site quite some time ago, but forgot about it in all that has been going on. I live in Birchwood, TN, just outside Chattanooga on 9 1/2 acres. I have been gardening for many, many years using the traditional row method, but in 2010 I switched to square foot gardening and it is...

Thanks. I joined a long time ago, but didn't bookmark this site & forgot about it! I hope to be more active now.

I have been SFG'ing for 2 years now, after traditional row gardening for 40+ years. I use Mel's mix and have had tremendous success. I think the main problem folks have with poor success is the compost. I was fortunate to find composted cow manure from a local dairy. So many of the bagged...

I planted my fall crop a little late, but it is under a row cover in one of my SFG boxes & growing, although slowly. I planted one of the Baker Creek mixes.

They are so cute!