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I am going to start some of my seeds indoors for the first time this year. I was at bee keeping class last night and was talking to a couple of guys about starting seeds. J said that he had good luck getting his seeds to start but once he put them in the garden they never survived. He said he...

Score! Will be doing this with my berries this year. So glad you posted this, I was about to go out and purchase bushes and they aren't cheap. Thanks a bunch! :woot :rose

Boy, did I ever learn this my first year of gardening. My sister and her husband 'volunteered' to work the garden with us. At the time i thought it was perfect. We had the land and they had lots of kids that would help tend the garden. After planting enough of every vegetable, including 100...

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At risk of getting a sign hung around my neck...... what doe EU stand for?

It sounds like our clubs get bees from the same place. They quoted $78.00 for a package from Georgia and then our state president sells them for I think 85.00. Maybe instead of getting them from here I should have them order the ones from Georgia. A guy from the club drives down and picks them...

Thanks for the tips Lesa about dripping honey! I have attended a few more classes, just as I have made my mind up to not start with bees this year and purchase a little at a time I got a nice offer. Some very nice man that I sit beside in class offered me one of his hives to borrow until I can...

I don't know but they sound very difficult. :he I have put an order together from fedco seeds and have chosen an onion seed BUT I need a backup in case they don't germinate. I want plants and need a place to order from that for real *100 %* is NOT connected to Monsanto at all. I am so nervous...

It's a start! I have asked in other threads about why someone would so completely defend Monsanto but never gotten an answer. I just can't wrap my head around why someone would defend a giant corporation so completely. I suppose I don't trust corporations, but seriously it makes me think they...

I think this is the most amazing tip I have ever come across online. Yep going to do this in the evenings, I hate to thin and this will save lots of time planting this spring. :thumbsup

Chickens LOVE and I mean LOVE stink bugs. If I see one in my house I carry it to my chickens because I know how much they love them. Not sure if they will do damage to your plants and small squash but I know they will eat the bugs. I can't see a chicken choosing a plant over the bug but in going...

Though I am concerned about cancer and don't want the food I eat to contribute more to my risks, I am more concerned about Monsantos affect on the small time farmer. It seems to me just another way to make the poor poorer and the rich richer. It's a monopoly, it's criminal, and they need to be...

Hello again, I had my class on Tues and have another tonight. I did not put an order in for bees, I am so torn about it. I really want to be a beekeeper but I don't want to get in over my head. I'm thinking I may start in 2013 and spend 2012 collecting my supplies a little at a time. I was...

I hope I am not putting this in the wrong section. I am a newbie at starting seeds though I am going to try my hand at peppers, tomatoes and a variety of other seeds this year. I know I am going to at least fail with half of those or more. I also know that there is no way I would be successful...

WOW! I love that garden. I've only been doing veggies but have my heart set on a flower garden that is HUGE like that one. Oh if I could just retire early I could do everything I want. I also grow extra for my friends and neighbors. I even added extra chickens in the egg house so I could supply...

Thanks for the replies. My class was great, my second one is tonight. I am almost halfway through the book they gave me. I am fascinated by the colonies and the social order of bees. I got interested in them when I didn't see any honeybees pollinating my garden. I of course heard about CC and...

and they will surely get greedy.... I kind of wonder how they will do it with air, but they will try and try again. If we don't put up a fight for our seeds and water they will win again with air. I'm not really sure why someone would argue for a company that is trying to monopolize an...

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I think the problem with what Monsanto is doing is that "their own seed" (meaning mine and yours) is being contaminated by GMO's and Monsanto is then making claim to that seed also. A GMO seed will overtake an organic seed. It makes me wonder what is next. Water and air are sure to be next if...

I went to my first bee keeping class last night. Is there a thread here for bee keepers? I have 5 more classes and should have my bees in April.