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    am I smothering strawberry plants??

    I know you are supposed to cover strawberry plants for the winter and most say with hay or straw to keep them from freezing over the winter. Well about a month ago after all the leaves have fallen I raked up all the leaves and covered the strawberries with about 6 inches of leaves. Now that I've...
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    Got new beds built! pic

    Hunkie, I wouldn't of purchased oak like this because I don't know how long the frames will last, I did plan on using pressure treated till I was offered these... Lesa, I'm going to use 3 of them for tomatoes, and the other 3 for quick producing crops like green beans and cukes, peppers, but in...
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    Got new beds built! pic

    I finished building my 6 new raised beds today. The wood was free from a construction site, they are three inches thick by eight inches wide oak planks, should last me a few years. The worst part was shoveling the 2 yards of compost into the beds, taking a few advil now... Now I can't wait to...
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    List of independent seed companies

    I'm not familiar with the Monsanto thing, what is going on with the seed companies? Is someone trying to monopolize the industry? It all sounds very concerning to me. :hu
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    How do I post pics on my home page...

    Thanks digits, I tried it with no luck, it's not a very user friendly program. I guess my page will have to be text only. I'm surprised there is no help section on this site unless I just haven't found it yet... :idunno
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    Today's harvest, more pics added 11-27's harvest too.

    Love the gardens in your home page..
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    How do I post pics on my home page...

    I know this is off subject, but how do I post pics on my home page???
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    How long can I keep carrots in the garden?

    Thank you vfem!! :)
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    Very first

    I've grown radishes since I was a boy, I'm 50 now and just learned this past spring that radish greens were edible, now I pick them when young and crisp, rinse them off with the hose and eat the whole thing, greens and all.. One day my son came and visited and I asked him if he knew how to eat a...
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    Today's harvest, more pics added 11-27's harvest too.

    I live in 7B also, this is great, I used to live in New Hampshire, I couldn't dream of having crops this late in the year, I'm also still harvesting carrots from my garden.. gotta love it!! :D
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    How long can I keep carrots in the garden?

    Vfem, the brown sugar roasted carrots sound great, I've never had them, can I have the recipe PLEASE??? I probably have about 100 left in the garden and the greenery is still a vibrant green, I didn't know they can take the cold so well. Anyway, I started building 6 new 4 foot by 7 foot raised...
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    How long can I keep carrots in the garden?

    Wow, thanks for all the great responses, I haven't had time to check all the great advice you've all posted for quite a few weeks now. Anyway, this year is the first time I ever tried carrots. I planted some last spring and they did pretty good. Then in late July and early August I planted a...
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    How long can I keep carrots in the garden?

    Wow, that's great, thanks for the great info everyone! I'll mulch them with about a foot of leaves till I need them. I never knew I could do that....:)
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    How long can I keep carrots in the garden?

    I live in zone 7b and we have had two nights of upper 20's temps, I still have carrots in the garden still and they still look great. What I want to know is when should I pick them or just leave them, am I risking losing them?:idunno
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    Made my first Blueberry jam last night.

    All I can say is M MMMMMMMMMM! :D
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    Picking before the storm

    you never know when things will happen, I have a favorite runt pass in my arms a few months ago, I think she was egg bound, needless to say it was heartbreaking... sorry for your loss... :hit
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    can you collect figs to make jam?

    My fig bush came with the house when I bought it...:)
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    can you collect figs to make jam?

    Thanks for the feedback all! Freezing my first batch right now...:)
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