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A local drug manufacturing facillity (Pfizer, formerly Upjohn) is totally surrounded with Eight foot high chain link with barbed wire at the top. Driving by I have often seen deer inside the enclosure and in numerous places you can see deer hair on the barbed wire where they have jumped the...

Speaking of asparagus. Does anyone have any tips on weed control in an asparagus bed. I have been keeping them mulched with grass clippings and haven't had a lot of problems but I drive past an asparagus farm on the way to and from work and rarely see any weeds in their 8 acre field. Does the...

I'm curious as well. :pop

Thanks for all your input. I did raise about 20 plants this summer and the majority had nice large flowerheads. A few came up with five to ten small heads on a stalk. Now I need to find a way to keep the birds from 'helping" me harvest. By the time I thought they might be dry enough to store the...

We have had a few flakes here and there but that is not uncommon. They are predicting higher than normal snowfall this year, something to do with la nina. Sure hope they are wrong. I live in the snowbelt on the eastern side of lake Michigan so I wind up with more than the rest of the state as a...

Oh C'mon it can't be that bad... Heck I'm willing to try anything twice just in case I did it wrong the first time. :D ETA Peanut butter with sweet peppers AND bacon MMMMMMMMMMMMMM....... :thumbsup

Funny you should say that. I honestly thought I was planting sweet hungarians until I sliced a few and put them on a peanut butter sandwich. Imagine my surprise after that first bite. :somad

Seems the weather this spring (a cold snap amid high temps) shut down all my bell pepper plants. I never saw a single blossom. Talking to the owner of a local farm stand and a couple of the neighbors we were all affected. Go down the road ten miles and they had no problem. Wierdest thing is the...

I have never grown or stored white potatoes. I did however grow sweet potatoes last year. I admit I canned most of them but those that I didn't can I stored on a screen rack in a small bedroom on the north side of the house. That particular room is the coolest room in the house through the...

Consider yourself lucky. Mine have been in the house for about 3 weeks now. Looks like tonight will be our first "hard" frost though. Temps may actually dip below freezing.

:welcome Wow. Looks to me like there is going to be a HUGE investment in time and money involved in this project. Trust me I am no engineer and I don't know where Woodland Park is but I live in Michigan and I couldn't even think about a similar project without a back up heat source that might...

A Note of caution. Regardless what type of vine you choose be certain to keep it OFF the house. Vines are very intrusive. I have seen them grow under siding (even wood siding) and dislodge it and grow right into window frames and destroy the weather stripping. They can push their way right past...

Here is what I did... Kept the walls low for easy turning from one bin to the other. Better description on my page.

Why not keep it simple.... Grass clippings. Once they are watered in they form a mat that is almost impossible to move. I have a very windy location and have never seen the wind move them. They also add organic matter to the soil.

That is what I was thinking. Seems if they were saddled in a hole about 4 or 5 inches deep in the soil with a few inches of mulch above that they would be more stable. Also when you pull the bottle to fill it you can test the soil moisture at the bottom of the hole to see if additional water is...

Rebbetzin... I'm curious. When using the "closed" system did you use more or larger holes in the cap. Also there was nothing in the article about the depth in the soil that the cap should be for optimum water retention. Being in a northern climate I can see where the bottle would also act as a...

Thanks, Next time I go there I will have to bring my glasses so I can read the darn label. DOH!

Can anyone tell me what the difference is? I saw asparagus roots for sale at TSC. I see crowns for sale in many catalogs. There is an obvious difference in price. Do roots take longer to mature? TIA. :idunno

I also used concrete block for my raised blueberry bed then planted strawberries in the block holes. Worked out quite well. There are further details on my page.

If we had swallowed a chunk half the size of our stomach it might have had a different outcome. :barnie