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I made it when I was a kid and more adventuresome. Yuck. I would drink it to keep me from starving but that's just about it. Anyway all you do is smash up some pine needles in your hand, pour boiling water on them, let them steep, and then strain out the tea. You can use any pine needles...

Perhaps slugs? They chew on stuff all night long and then crawl under a rock or something during the day. Go out in the early morning or late evening with a flashlight to see them. You can put out a flat pan of beer to trap some, or use Sluggo around the base of your plants, or pick them...

I saw a TV show once about giant pumpkin growers. The ones on the show waited until a few fruits had formed, and then pinched off all but the most promising one or two. Then they built a little shade house over the pumpkin, but not the rest of the vine. (I guess the fruits have a tendency to...

Very nice!:)

Grass clippings Leaves Weeds that haven't gone to seed Newspaper Shrub prunings (cut into smallish pieces) The only yard-debris stuff I don't like in my compost is needles and cones. They take forever to decompose and they lower the pH too much, plus Douglas Fir cones look just like dog poop...

Perhaps a plant ID section?

I've got Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata) and a couple of miserable looking dahlias still blooming. The dahlias are in a walled courtyard. I think that's why they've held up so long. The Mexican Orange actually looks pretty good especially for this time of year. I'll try to take a couple...

Reinbeau, that is beautiful! My dad dug a huge vegetable garden and then they got tired of it. I think I was about eleven or twelve when I was given full custody of it. I gardened it until I graduated from college and moved out. I've gardened everywhere I've lived, even if it has been in...

If you are growing veggies you should put them in the sunniest spot you can find. It's easy to make shade with a little cardboard or landscape cloth for plants that like a little shade, but it is impossible to manufacture more sunshine and the vast majority of veggies like LOTS of sun. Also if...

I've been composting pine shavings for a while, and I've not had any problems. (Not that I'm out there measuring the pH though) I also use PDZ in my chicken coop along with the shavings, and I'm assuming it acts like lime as far as the compost goes.

OK Nifty, I'm in! BYC is awesome, but gardening is my first love!