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I go almost every year at the end of April, beginning of May for Jazz Fest. The crawfish are so good and so is everything else. I have to have some strawberries from up around Covington, a muffaletta and go to the French Quarter for beignets. They have some great farmers markets that are...

We had green beans and new potatoes that were especially wonderful. Going back to the garden to get more potatoes tonight. We try to work out there only when it is cool.

Around here, that is metro Atlanta, people are paying 5 to 8 dollars for an 8 oz jar of organic jelly or jam, depending on what it is made from.

I am concerned that it may not be warm enough for them to overwinter here. They are supposed to die down in the winter and come back in the spring. I don't think they would work in Indiana, but you should give it a try and see. At least maybe you will get one harvest anyway. I grew up in...

How high are your temps during the day? When it gets over 95 which it is supposed to do here today, they also will not set fruit. Bone meal is a good addition for tomatoes.

My dad always had a large garden. He and my mother had grown up on farms and it was just what you did. They lived at that address from 1941 til we moved my mama over here in 2000. My dad died in 1987. We all had to help in the garden but it was not so bad. My dad used a tiller so there was...

Yesterday morning we dug the first of our potatoes. Just enough new potatoes for dinner last night and to cook in with some green beans that a friend brought from her garden. They are Rose Golds and they are delicious. I can't wait to get some more. We did not hill them up enough. Neither...

I have tomatoes and peppers in the bed I am talking about and they have started to pick up after adding some espoma organic fertilizer. It is 2-4-4 or something like that. I figure whatever organic fertilizer is in the miracle gro stuff is slow release also. I'm glad they are growing and...

The chickens are actually Barred Hollands. They do look very similar to Barred Rocks. They lay medium sized white eggs. We have had them a little over two years. This is my first year to grow artichokes. It is probably just beginner's luck. I ordered the plants from a place in Alabama...

My mom always made fig preserves which my husband loved until he became a diabetic. I never liked the preserves that much, but I love eating them fresh off the tree. I've got a couple of recipes for figs grilled with prosciutto and stuffed with blue cheese that I am going to try if these ever...

I really like Cherokee Purples and have them every year. I also try other different heirloom kinds, but always have some hybrids too so that I have some tomatoes that I can count on. The heirlooms mostly taste better but the hybrids make lots more tomatoes. I've got black cherry and red...

I use the website fairly often. There is some old information on some of the local businesses, but mostly it is good. They seem to be updated fairly frequently. The CSA that I am a part of is on there with current information. It is the responsibility of the farm or business to update the...

Has anyone had any experience using this stuff. I got potting soil last year and for some stupid reason got garden soil this year to fill a new raised bed. Last year I had to add lots of additional fertilizer, espoma and fish emulsion to really get things to grow, especially at first. It...

Looks like a mattock. Does it have a long handle so you can use it standing up, or do you have to get closer to the ground?

Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'm really happy with the way it is going so far this year. I am hoping to can lots of tomatoes this summer. I have three different kinds of fig trees. They are all still pretty small. There is an unknown variety that I got as a rooted cutting from a...

I guess it would help if you had the link. http://duckandjunebug.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/june-in-the-garden/

I have posted pictures of my garden this morning on my blog. Take a look and see what you think. I'm kind of impressed myself.

If you have a supply of leaves, those work well.

I'm voting for canteloupe, but who knows. Post another picture soon so that we can keep guessing.

I asked a guy cleaning up a yard down the street if we could have his truckload of woodchips a few weeks ago and he brought them to me along with 5 bags of organic garden soil that he did not want. We have mulched a big shrub bed and will be using them in the paths between raised beds in the...