Recent content by hiker125

Oh baymule- your sweet potatoes look amazing. Have you dug them yet? :P

I harvested some sweet potatoes yesterday. This was the first time I tried them and they did great!

Weird for us too. I live in the tiny part of IN that wasn't exceptionally drought-ridden this year. However, we have sure had our share of bugs- West Nile Virus is everywhere. I personally two people who have it right now (and they don't know each other!), the ticks were HORRIBLE this year...

Thanks, Smiles and Marshall. One last question about ashing the eggshells- Is the smell so bad that I should NOT attempt it in my suburban backyard? I am already doing a lot of uhum, shall we say, stealth gardening- with my chickens, bees and front yard veggie gardening. Will this be...

Marshall- Thank you so very much for the lesson. You are an amazing teacher! Since 4 of my 6 Oplakas have BER, I wonder if it was the watering? We have had a terrible drought in IN, although not as bad down south as the rest of the state. I tried to water deeply 2x week, should I have...

I should have clarified my frustrations with my heirloom tomatoes- The Opalka's have end rot like no tomorrow and the Black Krims crack something terrible. I still eat them all but just wondered if I was doing something wrong. Am I just growing the wrong 'maters for my zone? Is this just...

I am waiting for the remains of Isaac to blow through this weekend and then I am going to set my fall crops out. We have been SO DRY in Indiana this year- the worst drought since the '30's. Scary. It has been too hot and dry to start anything lately. Next week, I am planning to start...

I have been raised bed gardening for 4 seasons now and am pretty frustrated with the whole tomato growing process. I have tried only heirlooms and have had limited success. My goals for tomatoes were to: 1) excellent slicing tomatoes- 1 plant or so 2) canning tomatoes for a variety of...

Hangn'- where did you find the seed for Terrific? I have got to try something new next year. Last year was Cherokee Purple, which tasted great, but not very productive. This year is Black Krim and something is eating it before it gets ripe. We are in a severe drought and I am sure that...

Does anyone have a good recipe for sweet hot peppers, maybe like a sweet and hot relish type of thing? :rolleyes:

yeah for you! It is raining here too, a nice gentle rain. The sound of the thunder is so soothing. I hope everyone gets a good soaking.

I too am from IN and was wondering if '88 was worse than this year. Scary to know that this year is WORSE. It was so hot in '88 that Lake Monroe felt like a bath. My garden is really struggling despite twice weekly waterings with the soaker hose. I am praying for all of you whose living is...

Congrats on the first egg. They are so great. My husband says that ours needed to be gold plated, as much as it cost. :lau

:weee Happy Birthday Spartacus! :weee You are such a handsome boy.

I am in LOVE. :love He is adorable. I had no idea you had such beautiful toads in the desert.