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I have never pressure canned, and so attended a canning class last night put on by our extension agency. It was really well attended (over 100), and one of the women there recommended this brand of pressure canner over the rest. She also said that one of the advantages of this canner was that...

You really shouldn't "harvest" the potatoes until the foliage has completey died off later in the fall, continue to let them grow and make potatoes down there. If you want to start harvesting "new potatoes", you need to gently dig down in the soil they are growing in (don't pull the plants...

My yarrow was always floppy too, so now when it starts to get tall early in the season before blooming, I prune it back by at least half. So far, this has resulted in it growing back a little taller, but also flowering before it's gotten so tall that it flops over. :mow I've not had the...

Thank you for the input, I'll try persistence and spray - I didn't see slugs or snails. BTW, nice to know there's another lesa in the world that spells her name the right way! :woot

Well, the title says is all. My cabbage look awful, I've tried dusting with Bt, but then we get a thunderstorm and it seems like those worms are right back at it. What's the best way to get rid of those darn cabbage worms? :barnie Garden gurus please tell me your secrets!

Do as the Germans do - take pumpernickel bread, spread on cream cheese with chives in it, add sliced radishes on top, and eat. They also tend to drink beer with this................:D

We have one and love it, especially for summer berries. I just wrote a post on how we use it for them here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/06/16/sealing-in-summer-flavor/ In the middle of winter, some almost fresh, home-grown berries just cam't be beat. :love

I use the "lazy bed method" and just use straw. It's a lot less work, and yielded well last year. But whatever method used, basically you just need to make sure you have enough straw or dirt down so the tubers never get exposed to light. If you're using straw and dirt, probably 15" of hilling...

Brandywine Egg Yolk Green Zebra Should be colorful! :tools

I'm jealous, it looks great :drool Ohio is cold and wet today. I'm just trying fennel for the first time, is it very cold hardy? Any tips?

I'm in Zone 6 and purposely sprout my potatoes, then cut them up and let them dry, and then plant them. I started sprouting them two weeks ago and will plant this week, see pictures and description here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/04/25/potato-planting-preparations/ You can cut...

Wow, lots of yummy sounding things to do with rhubarb - thanks guys! I'm off to start harvesting :drool Well, ok, I guess I have to wait until tomorrow..............

I finally have rhubarb again that's old enough to start harvesting (see http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/04/18/growing-rhubarb/) and we use it for pies, but what else does everyone use it for? Looking for new ideas - it's the first thing I can actually harvest here!

I started with BYC, but I had gardens way, way before chickens! :frow

Thank you all for your input, it gives me a lot to think about - mainly I don't think I want to pay all that money for something they will still be able to go over! I like the ideas on the electric, and think I will pursue something along that line....... it certainly seems like it would be...

They are from the nightshade family, same family as tomato's, so no you probably wouldn't want to plant them there. I was just deciding where to put plants this year and wrote about rotating crops on my website...

I wrote on my website about the method I use for rotating crops in the vegetable garden, but that made me wonder how other folks do it, or if everyone does? This was just what I read a long time ago, and what I've always done. Here's the link...

I like almost all of them, so reading through this thread just made me really, really hungry - and is it summer yet - where are those fresh vegies :D

Every year, it seems that the deer find my garden faster, and eat it preferentially over the surrounding field and woods. So, this year I want to fence them out. I'm considering either 6' or 8' graduated woven wire (smaller holes on the bottom and bigger as it goes up) fence. Anyone have...

Here's a link describing how to plant Easter lilies back into your garden after the holidays rather than just throwing them out: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/03/31/dont-throw-those-easter-lilies-out/ :tools