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Beautiful plant's and love all the color's but your kitty is just Top's !! ;)

I have not found anything to keep the cat out ,other than laying stuff around the plants so the cat cant dig like a nice size rock and a few boards here and there , I do this till the plants get larger and cover the dirt ,then the cat doesn't mess with them. I think it's the nice fresh dirt that...

You need a lot of soil as your beds are deep, I would add everything I could find to compost including everything you mentioned and layer it like leaves,newspapers grass,some fertilizer add a bag or 2 of bag dirt, veggie scraps more leaves and more soil , a box or 2 of fishing worms ,some plain...

You are so lucky ! I love the winter squash altho I haven't ate or grew a Hubbard , but for the others butternut and pumpkins even the spaghetti , I wash and cut in half,scoop out the seeds, rinse and try to prick a few holes in it and turn the meat side down in a plate and microwave till the...

You can also plant winter Rye or oats.

I have the hard pears also, these pears are best wrapped in newspaper singley and I put mine in a box and slide it under my bed for weeks,checking to see if they are ready to eat. They will turn yellow and be very sweet.

I haven't tried them but I really don't want anything that's genetic modified and that's why I try to stick to the heirloom types to plant in my garden. Seems to me that man could put forth more effort in to curing diseases than messing up our food sources as when the true seed is gone ...

Hello to all ! I am also new here but not to gardening . I am not a expert but just one that loves gardening and likes to share ideas and also learn new things from others here. :cool: Sharing , learning and growing :happy_flower

Maby that neighbor would give you some grape vine trimmings and you could plant them and have your own grapes ! :) You can just juice them out like it says on the sure jell package (boiling water & grapes) and then freeze the juice for making jam later or making grape juice or Homemade Wine ...

You grow girl !! ;) It cant hurt to try ! Just make sure the fruit is mature & ripe.

Dont be afraid of seeds.... just dry them and try planting them ! If they come up ,you got plants and if they dont ,try again ! A grocery store is a great place for seeds.... all the whole dry beans will grow like pinto,soy and others. Buy a winter squash or exotic melon... eat the fruit but...

Sounds like you are a very lucky girl :cool:! Just take and rake the seeds off the pepper stem on to a paper towel or paper plate ,sorta spread them out and let them dry for 2 weeks and then put them in a envelope label and date ..... plant them in the spring and here is hoping you get lot's of...

The best place to get seeds is from your local home grown Farmer's market stand as the farmers grow what grows best for your area and what is a good producer , some seeds are easier to save than others. For watermelon, cantaloupe or any melon ,pumpkin,winter squash, peppers and tomatoes ...

I'm from Tyler,Texas I grow a large garden, I have fruit trees and 2 citrus trees ,grapes and berries ,just a few easy care flowers for pollination , dairy goats for milk and cheese and laying chickens for fresh eggs. I am also into freezing,canning and make jam

If you use Over'n Out ? I would just use about 1 teaspoon sprinkled over where the ants are and then let it set all winter,as much rain as you get , it should be leached all out of the pile. If you want to turn the pile ,wait about 2-3 weeks before doing it as you want those ants dead or gone...

Some people use uncooked grits sprinkled on the mounds but living in Texas,I have found nothing natural or organic that work's here so, I do use "Over'n Out", a scant amount on each mound every spring and it almost wipes them out for the season. I hate to use pesticides but sometimes it's...

Hello, You are saying your husband buried a chick in your raised bed . If it's warm where you live ,things decay with heat and the hotter the weather the faster the material is composted . I live in the south heat and I compost whole dead fish and other raw meats with fur,skin or scales right...