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Thank you so much!! I printed these out. Husband and son picked up the materials today and had 2 built in a matter of hours, and my husband is NOT really that handy in woodworking. So, it is very simple. Can't wait to get these nailed up. Does anybody happen to know if it is legal to nail them...

Thanks for the help! I guess my remaining question is how quickly will they mature when transplanted. Let's say I get them started this weekend, plant them outside 1 month (early April) later either under a coldframe or floating row covers. Could I expect at least ping-pong-ball sized beets by...

Heh, heh, heh--lots of people trying to ride 2 trains :) I'll take the America spinach and offer one of the following: red beets dark blue-green curly kale bright lights chard Hale's jumbo canteloupe Bitter melon rutabaga salsify

Ann--can you explain this further? : "because the beet 'seed' is actually a fruit - which is why beet thinnings really happen" Also, when do you start inside, when do you transplant out (or what air/soil temp) and how long is it from transplanting to a decent-sized beetroot? Thanks! me&thegals

Hi all--I had never even heard of transplanting beets and thought the growers at a recent learning session were joking. But, it turns out some vegetable growers start their beets inside the greenhouse and transplant in spring. My questions: Does anybody here do this? How early could I...

Hi--we have a seed train going over here, too, that you can find in this section. Welcome!

My understanding is that the wild variety (sylvetta) is perennial to zone 4. The domestic types are not. You can cut the domestic varieties multiple times, though, before it goes to seed. I'm a new grower of arugula but quickly learning to enjoy this green, especially since it is SO cold hardy...

Out of the 15-20 varieties I have grown, if I HAD to choose one, only one, I would go with Amish paste tomato. For those of you who haven't grown it, don't let the name fool you. It is a HUGE paste tomato, just juicy enough to be delicious, just meaty enough to make it worthwhile for canning and...

I think potatoes have just the type of personality you would expect: Very basic, easy, not hard to please. I have screwed up the "right way" to plant potatoes so many times and have always had a worthy crop. Probably could have gotten more if I had paid attention, but I planted them too deep...

I've never found a variety I didn't like--Fat and purple, long and white, purple-and-white striped, bright yellow. They really all are great. The shape and size may naturally lend themselves to some recipes better than others. Good luck!

Thank you for the tip on the BYC plan. That sounds really neat. I do the same thing for our Japanese beetles here and then bring them to the farm for a treat for the girls. Thanks!

:welcome, Blue Ridge Hillbilly! Feb 12, I believe we were having sub-zero weather nights around here. Oh, I'm envious but also glad for a little more time before the season kicks in here.

I'd like to be talked into one of these. Could someone explain why I would need to have it? Seriously, they look appealing, but I'm having a hard time spending that kind of $. Since I don't use plastic seed starters, that's not an issue. Are there any environmental or plant benefits I should...

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Who uses chickens for pest control in their gardens? By pests, I'm talking about the insect kind. Boy, I'm sure getting excited about gardening. I'm also determined to do better about my arch nemeses: weeds and bugs. I'm converting conventional land to organic. Even though I'm working on...

This is something I keep tossing around and just don't get going on. I would like to build some sort of protected area to entrap my chickens on well-established garden beds. Any ideas out there? I'm an organic grower, but the time spent handpicking some of these bugs is getting outlandish (well...

Something my sister has always wanted to do and that I finally did last year was to make a sunflower fort for the kids. We had a weird leftover triangle of earth, so we bordered it in sunflowers. I planted loofas in the middle, but they never came up, so it was a perfect little fort once the...

My Johnny's catalog shows sizes from tiny to large, with each one fitting perfectly as a transplant into the size above it!

:yuckyuck Where do you think the term "kindergarten" came from? :)

Oops, sorry vfem. I didn't mean to step on toes. Those flowers ARE beauts! So, let's go back to your offer: Red Rock Mexicali Penstemon Seed