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    Midwest drought

    So apparently Minnesota is under moderate drought conditions. We've been learning how to water our garden but I've lost peas, beans, and squash because of not knowing how to water because MN is usually so wet. It seems that my eggplant and peppers are thriving right now though. My fish...
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    Blossom End Rot for the first time

    OK I'll try both!
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    Blossom End Rot for the first time

    I've never had issues with blossom end rot and this year I've got 2 plants with BER. I dont have a bunch of egg shells so what is the quickest way to get them some calcium?
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Thanks! My Aunt has an amazing backyard garden in Cody!
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    Starting my own fig and blueberry bush/tree

    Is that why willows will take root ANYWHERE?
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    Hummingbird moths

    When I was little and we lived in MT it was a singular joy to squish hornworms and watch the guts come out the ends... :sick
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    I Need 12 Step Program

    We just let the flowering crab grow their own babies... DH doesnt like my ideas of where to plant trees so we just stopped trying to talk about that.
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    How The Taste Of Tomatoes Went Bad . . .

    I only buy things I can't get locally like grapes and pineapple at the grocery store, otherwise I try to grow my own or pick it wild/local. I love how putting those tiny tomato seeds in pots grows big, beautiful plants. I am hoping to bring one or two in in big pots this year and keep them...
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    How do i naturally keep the slugs away!?

    Be sure not to allow your chooks to free-range thru the garden because they'll eat all of your plants too.
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    2012 TEG Giant Pumpkin Contest - weigh in by 15 October

    I've got some baby plants up but they took FOREVER to germinate... usually pumpkins come up first and these took the longest. So, I have like, 6 inch tall pumpkin plants...
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    How do i naturally keep the slugs away!?

    I just saw something on pinterest regarding this using oranges I think? Maybe google it? ETA: theres always the good old salt shaker...
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    Tell me your beet secrets!!!!

    I planted Baker Creek Crapaudine beets this year and not a single one germinated.
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    Butchering Day

    When I was about 10 I was helping butcher and punctured the stomach with my long fingernails. Half digested food got stuck under my nail. Traumatic! I can chop off heads and I think I could handle gutting but plucking aint for me.
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    More Kale Talk please

    My kale stopped growing at about 8 inches tall... Baker Creek seed.
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    A nice surprise for me today!

    What a wonderful gift!
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    New to growing tomatillos, have a question

    Do you think that I'd be able to grow tomatillos in Northern MN? How early would a person need to start them indoors? I typically start my tomatoes in the first week of March, but next year am going to start them in Early Feb. That's the only thing I really start indoors so I don't have any...
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    Bugs in gooseberries????

    What can I do about the little white maggot-looking worms in all of my gooseberries????
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    Bougainvillea is it worth it?

    Would that work in Minnesota?
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    tiniest bees

    I noticed tiny bees on my raspberries the other day. They werent the size of rice, but I'd say they were a good 1/3 smaller than the honeybees... but they looked like honeybees. There were tons of them. Very weird.
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