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I buy my heirloom seeds from Baker Creek. www.rareseeds.com While they have small consumer sized packets, i have also seen bulk packs for sale.

I like poultry. I don't raise chickens because I am allergic to chicken eggs. Instead I raise ducks. Birds provide you with a more stedy supply of edibles because of their eggs. Then, if you end up with extra roosters or get a hen that wont lay, you can eat it. I had rabbits as a kid. One bit...

I have friends with big yards! :gig 1 of each would be super cool :D

no worries :D I certainly was not expecting to grow a 28 pound blue hubbard. I doubt I will grow them again either. The vine took over half of my back yard! Next year I am planning on trying small pie pumpkins or maybe some cinderellas.

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The entire pathetic pumpkin and squash harvest. See the squirrel damage on the little one? My big pumpkin's baby picture :D The weigh in on the big monster. Impressive huge leaves.

I can upload pics at work tomorrow.

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i finally weighed my biggest blue hubbard. 28 pounds :D

Temps were in the low 30's last night. Snow expected this afternoon. 29 tonight. I harvested the last of the corn, brought in the hubbards, picked some herbs and even transplanted some pepper plants in to pots. Since it will be nice again by Sunday, I covered the tomatoes, zucchini, etc... with...

Got any neem oil? Might not be a bad idea to hit them with a neem oil spray. I had all my indoor peppers wiped out by some bugs. Turned out to be spider mites AND whiteflies, but I keep neem oil on hand now. No more pepper cooties! :D

Well...it might be like me becoming a nutritionist... I have been low carbing for 5 years. I would have to give wrong answers to pass test and would have to be quiet during lectures and not say what I think.

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I ended up with 6 pumpkins. One blue hubbard was pretty huge. I guess i should have actually entered :D

Since my garden seems to be a pretty even mix between success and fail, i can talk to successful and failed gardeners without stepping on toes or getting the pity look.