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Hi Rusty, It sounds like your low overnight temps are the culprit. While it's not cold enough to kill the plants it is cold enough to cause them to get in a start/stop growing cycle. At around 40-45degrees plants go sort of dormant. Constantly going back and forth like causes them to grow super...

Very sorry but no I don't remember where I read it.:idunno

Hi Hattie I just read about this last week. They article was about a chicken operation and they burn the chicken manure with low heat and low oxygen. The end product is the BIOCHAR. The heat produced was used to heat a brooder building and the BIOCHAR is used as a soil supplement. Based on the...

That sounds like a good idea. You may want to chop up the pieces so the decompose a little faster depending on the activity in your compost pile. Also depending on where you live in Albuquerque check your local garden center. I would recommend Osuna Nursery, Alameda Greenhouse and Rehm's. They...

If they have sprouted you may be able to save them. Open the container and put a light very near it. This will help to dry things out some. After it dries out try to get some of the soil out that had the white fuzzy stuff on it and replace with fresh soil. Make sure you don't over water and if...

Great explanation. Sometimes (usually) my brain and fingers refuse to get along while typing.:)

I believe they are talking about using a fertilizer or good compost along the sides of the plant where the roots are spreading away from the plant. The key is to get it where the roots are and where the roots going to be as the plant matures. It also refers to adding nutrients near the ends of...

Thanks for the info! Here's another tip about sesame seeds. Don't EVER try to grind them in a grain mill. Had to use the air compressor to blow out all the paste. :barnie :)

Do you have a certain method for sprouting sesame seeds. My first attempt they went sour and had to thrown out. I tried flax once and it developed a slimy coating that would clog the screen. Any tips?:idunno

Thank You:)

I sell seeds for a living and although rosemary seeds sell fairly well, I always recomend to people to just buy the plant. :idunno

Not crazy weather just COLD weather. The low this morning was-17, and although the chickens are ok the look on their faces is not happy either. I still am finding it hard to believe that a compost pile I started 2 week ago is still going strong despite the cold temps. It's mostly horse manure...

I've been using the old canning jar method for sprouts and it's been working very well for alfalfa,wheat and mung beans. My question is are beet seed not suitable for sprouting in this manner? The few that did sprout don't look like anything I would want to eat. Just wondering ('cause it's so...

We are in a cold snap right now and the compost pile is still cooking. It's layers of horse manure and and chicken poop and pvc tubes for ventilation. Every morning when I go out to feed I pull one out to see what's going on inside. There are still warm, not as hot as last week but warm is good...

When planting onions from seed I have the best luck by planting them in late summer and overwintering them with mulch. Then come spring the start growing again and are ready by late July.:)

Beav. I dug out my D.E. -Ant & Crawling Insect Killer and it is a brand produced by "Safer", I was reading the pest it is used to control and low and behold there it is...SLUGS! (Also it said "Made in U.S.A." haven't seen that in a long time) Well, I'm not going to play dumb...I am dumb. I...

There are several products on the market that use kelp extracts to promote growth. It's part of what makes kelp plants grow so much so fast in the ocean. If you have access to free stuff on the beach i say go for it. I think chopping it up and composting it everything else you compost would be...

HI- definately get your soil tested and that being said make sure you are planting only one type of corn to ensure you are getting good pollination. If you plant more than one type try to keep them 100-200 feet apart. Also look for a variety that matures at 70 days or less. Good Luck and happy...

Around here it's the Edible Garden by Sunset and recently my DW brought home The Gardenr's Common Sense Guide To Gardening In The Midwest by Kay Melia. The latter was written by a gentleman from Goodland Kansas.:)

Thanks for the info I am definately going to use them this year!:) Try to grow things here in eastern Colorado is not that much different from your location. Summers are always very hot and dry and planting mixes with water absorbing ploymers are well worth using.