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Thanks, Collector! Yes on both counts Steve. Everything is heavily mulched and shaded from late afternoon sun by nearby pine trees on the west side of all the "Garden Rooms. I call it my forest garden. I also keep things watered well during dry spells. I have been pretty successful with...

I give the same advice every time, only because i know for a fact that it will work: 1/4 cup of Dawn dish soap per gallon of water. put in a sprayer. completely soak the plants. Wait five minutes. Rinse off the soap and dead bugs with clean water. Problem solved. Repeat a week later if...

Thought i'd share some pics of my goodies from the garden. I always enjoy seeing other peoples picss, so i hope y'all enjoy mine. I have about 80 feet of asparagus, and after some recent thunderstorms, i got a summer flush of new spears. The plants are mature, very large (some spears are over...

I had a massive yellow jacketed hornet nest in my garden. I would sit with my head directly in front of the hole in the ground. Yellow jackets would come in and out of the porthole and whiz around my head like fighter jets making carrier landings, or commuter planes coming in and out of O'hare...

If you want big onions, you have to treat them as a greens crop, not a root crop. Lots of nitrogen for big onions, but none for the potatoes and carrots. Soil that's rich in nitrogen will cause potato scab and a poor harvest of potatoes. To get big onions you also need the proper day-length...

It's very hot and humid, but i'm used to it. I wear a wet t-shirt, and sit in the shade all day, surfing on my solar powered netbook, and sipping iced tea. At night, i lay on top of the comforter in a wet t-shirt, with my little fan and tv on, while surfing and watching tv, back and forth. I...

It's a very, very long story. It started with my electricity getting cut for being late on my bill, but without any disconnect notice, and on a monday morning when i was broke. I had to live without electricty for 5 days. To top it off, the lady at the evil powercompany monopoly was very rude to...

I think what you are doing is wise and if you enjoy it then even more so. I only wish my garden was productive enough to do a lot of canning. A few jars of crushed tomatoes is all ive had to spare. The rest has been just enough to feed me. My goal is to get to the level you are at, as part of my...

Wow! Ya'll are really making want bees. I'm not allergic to anything, and don't consider a bee sting very painful, so are ya'll saying i won't need a bee suit or smoker?

"Bush Goliath" and "Goliath Hybrid". Both are excellent performers in size, quantity, and flavor for southern gardeners.

frayed knot! Nice word play! Lol:lol:

I like to leave my winter squash or "storage" squash on the vine until it comes off easy like a ripe cantelope. I don't think you can leave them on the vine "too" long, unless you are seeing bug damage or have a frost or freeze on the way. It's okay to pick them as soon as they have the right...

Sorry, double posted by accident.

You're a beek, J11? You'd fit in great with all my friends on Sufficient Self, TEGs sister site. I want to keep bees starting next spring, because there are zero honey bees around here. I've got carpenters and masons, but no honey bees. I have flies and wasps that are pollinating. I guess they...

Wow! Those look way better than mine, but i'm not going get married just for help with my braiding!:lol:

Well that sucks. I heard they make good house plants, sort of tropical looking. Maybe a southern friend could send you a jar of figs in syrup, just so you can taste them. Well, it's not the end of the world. There are some things i can't grow here because it's too hot, like currants, gooseberry...

That's the way the old timers like my grand father did it. I just love the way they look hanging in the kitchen. I also have antique kitchen gadgets hanging up on the kitchen walls.

My garden is doing well enough to feed me with a little excess, but no where near enough to fill up a pantry like that! I had to dig back to the first post to find the pic. Nice looking stash of food. You should post that pic on the self sufficient forum, TEG's sister site. All us ss'r are jealous!

The braiding lets you easily hang them all up to dry, but the best part is that it DOES look cool, and it WILL impress your friends and family. It gives the kitchen or pantry room that old world, country cottage feel.

Brown turkey and Celeste are two of the most widely planted figs in the country. Not sure how cold tolerant they are for your zone, so they might not be available up there. In the south, seems like everyone has a fig tree.