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Try the following website for some really interesting ideas of flowers to grow that can also be eaten. http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

Okay...that breaks down to a tsp of bleach per gallon of water. When I was living overseas (South America) we were told to use 1 tbs bleach per gallon of water to kill bacteria on ALL of our produce. IMHO, At 1 tsp per gallon, you probably aren't using as much as they use to treat the water in...

The damage doesn't look like flea beetles...there is no browning out around the holes...just holes. We don't usually have japanese beetles around here in large numbers. I am going to try putting a clear jar over some and see if I can trap whatever it is so I know what to treat for. Still...

My mustard greens are up about three to four inches tall and look like lace! I thinned them and checked thoroughly and can find not a single worm, bug, etc. Something is eating little holes in every leaf and I have no idea what to treat for since I can't find the little boogers! Any ideas?:idunno

I generally leave mine in a plastic bag on the counter until it starts sprouting some and then plant it. It would probably do well in a brightly lit window in a big pot. If the soil is loose, it is very easy to reach down and pull up a "chunk" of fresh ginger root, stem and all. Cut off the...

Before you get real excited about growing tomatoes in the winter, keep in mind they need to be kept between 60 and 90 degrees to set fruit....tried for two years and got one tomato before I found out keeping them from freezing at night just isn't enough.

They don't need to be in a north facing area...mine are in the full Texas summer sun and growing like weeds...just don't like wet feet! They are the one flower I depend on for summer color.

How far south in FL are you? We had a garden every year when we lived in Lakeland. Some things did better in the fall but we grew almost everything. The soil was mostly sand and took lots of organic matter and needed water almost every day until the rainy season started. Eggplants and Okra...

I plan to make whole preserved figs in heavy syrup...nothing tastes better on a cold winter morning than fig preserves on hot homemade biscuits! If they had a drooling smiley, I would post one here!

I went out today to see how the figs were coming along....then I came back in the house and gathered four half gallon containers and waited for DH to get home. Twenty minutes later, we had two gallons of ripe figs picked. I think that is all I want to handle at one go. So....in a couple of...

I am so jealous....we just can't seem to grow green peas here and I love them! It gets too hot too fast for them to make enough to bother with. I tried them in the fall garden but can't seem to figure exactly when to plant them. My green beans have already succumbed to the 90+ temperatures...

The first few times I tried growing basil (yeah, some of us take longer to learn things) I kept reading that it should be pinched back by one third after planting. I couldn't bring myself to decimate my plants. They never seemed to grow well. Then I tried doing what the experts said. The...

Blue Plumbago...Has to be cut back if it freezes in winter but blooms all summer Daylilies Gardenia...just keep it watered Any kind of Salvia Roses of the antique variety My new favorite is Jatropha but it has to go in the greenhouse for the winter! :dance

Where in Florida are you? When we were in Central Florida the soil was very sandy and needed lots and lots of organic matter and iron. Broccoli was definitely reserved for the fall garden as it got too hot too fast to do well in the spring/summer garden. :rainbow-sun

We use a galvanized stock panel and t-posts. They come in 16' lengths and 4' heights. We get long t-posts and wire the panels on about 8" above the ground which gives us extra height. At the end of the season, we tear off the vines and throw them in the compost. Remove the wire and pull the...