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    Squash identification??

    Hello all. I have this squash growing that I planted from seed. I received the seeds from Baker Creek and I believe they were in a mixed squash pack. I can visualize the picture but can't recall the name. I have looked over the past two catalogues and can't seem to find it. Do you know the...
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    Thank you Colorado potato beetle....

    Next time you have one around take a picture for me!!
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    Planning for next year

    DragonL do you have any tips on canning your gr beans? I did some last year and they just had no texture left when we opened them. I am leaning more towards freezing this year. :idunno gina
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    Best gardening tool ever!

    I have a short handle, ooooo maybe I need to get one with a long handle!! Tool envy!!! :plbb
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    digitS .... When you say the cotton tails are after the bean seedlings are you referring to when the green beans just pop from the soil? That may explain things around here. gina
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    I spent most of yesterday puttering. Finding anything I could use as a container then filling and seeding it. I have maxed out my raised beds. I am actually pulling some things that are finished, my beets for instance. Then mulching and reseeding the area. Yesterday I planted more...
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    Garden Secrets: A Journal of Our Methods, Successes, Failures...PICS!

    My garden is lagging with a capitol L this year. Things are just soooo slow to grow. I am not sure if it's my soil or the late start or a combination of both. I started my green and wax beans this year with some pretty old seeds. Two weeks later still no sprouts. So I checked the date. I...
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    Using straw on the BOTTOM of raised beds

    I put in 3 new raised beds last year. To fill them up I separated bales of straw and did just what you suggested. I laid the chaffs across the bottom. I think they took up the lower 6 inches. Then I added store bought mulch and composted horse manure. It did just fine. This year the...
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    Garden Update

    I need to telly you a funny story Beavis. I made my own tomato cages last year. I wanted them to be durable and last like yours. Except I bought the wrong size wire. So once the tomatoes grew I could not get my hand in to pick them. :barnie So I had to get my wire cutters out and make...
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    Suggestions on what else to grow in my gardens...

    Beavis.... So what have you decided to add?
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    I wish this was my farm

    Looks great. I like that watch dog as well. I wish my dh would go for that above ground pvc. It would make things so much easier. g
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    Garden Secrets: A Journal of Our Methods, Successes, Failures...PICS!

    I bet those are going to be some really big pumpkins!!! :clap
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    Gardens gone wild!

    Wow!!
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    Garden Secrets: A Journal of Our Methods, Successes, Failures...PICS!

    Bee your garden is looking great. What animal did you have in there? Was that pen used for your cow? Blossom was her name right? The soil looks so rich. Great job!!! g
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    Gardens gone wild!

    Your garden looks great!! Can I as when you planted and was it from seed or starter plants? I am getting a late start this year and I just can't believe the size of your plants. gina
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    What is a good time to plant pumpkins?

    Kinda, just puttering really. I planted my raised beds. I also planted 3 new 2 x 8 ft beds. I am having a problem with something eating my sprouts right after they pop. My neighbor said it might be grasshoppers. I am thinking more like earwigs. :idunno I went to Mo. on a vacation in March...
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    Hahahaha......A Live Chicken Cam

    This is a live cam in my area. My son came home from school a while back and she was sitting on the eggs. Sure looks like they have grown up a bit. gina http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox
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    What is a good time to plant pumpkins?

    Hey Beavis... :frow My pumpkins are always in way to early as well. My sprouts are just coming up. I imagine this batch will be early also. :idunno I hope all is well. gina
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