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Everyone else's gardens seem to be coming along nicely , too. Except poor wifezilla who is busy making snowmen.:) Keep posting updates. I love seeing what everyone else is up to in the garden!

Here's my romaine and red sail lettuce and broccoli to the right. Only a couple more weeks until tomatoe time.:D [/img]

When I pull the soil out from around my onions, I pull enough off so that it looks like the onions are just setting on top of the ground. I do this after they have established a good root system so they don't fall over. With the very heavy red clay we have here it is the only way to get onions...

"Bulbing" depends on where you are at and the type of onion. Around here it usually happens around mid-june to early july. I usually take enough soil off so I can see where the bulb curves under to where the roots are.( If that makes any sense at all)

Tough question. I have 7 veggie plots that range from @16'x16' to 8'x24' and even one "row" that is 2'x20' . I like to keep them fairly small so I can walk around them to look at stuff rather than having to stomp through rows and compact the soil( which means I have to till it) I always make a...

I give mine a little miracle gro every two or three weeks but not before I plan to pick any ( fertilizer seems to make them "hot") I'll probably mulch them with some grass clippings soon too. I've always planted them really close together to save space and then if we want some green onions I...

Avg. last frost here is May 5 ( I think) so we'll probably get at least 1 more. I just dread it. That is a cold job. I've almost cut it down but I just can't bring myself to do it. I am thinking about planting some late apples out behind the barn though.

Thanks! You have inspired me to try some next year I think.

I get so tired of this. Every year my apple tree blooms and about a week later it'll frost. Then I have to go out at 5 AM with the garden hose and spray the frost off of it if I want any apples at all. Stupid tree. [/img]

Good luck to you! I think you will be surprised though. A whole lot of the whole "organic" farming stuff is just basically going back to the way thing used to be grown. If you just look back 60-70 years chemicals and sprayers just weren't readily available or affordable to the average gardener...

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Definately let us know how they do. How are your farming plans coming along?

Are they the ones with the blue flesh? You know when you cut them open? Cool I've always wanted to try those - You'll have to let us know how they do. I did some purple beans one time but I was disappointed they just turned green when I cooked them.

Too much poop would cause nitrogen issues and I think it would probably be evident in the leaves. On most stuff nitrogen burn shows up as yellowing starting inside the leaf veins and spreading outwards easy to cure though just lots of water. Other than the pests (which is a good possibility)...

When they go dormant really depends on when they are planted. Spring planted onions will quit when they are done growing in late july or august and will start new growth by sept. or oct. Fall planted onions will normally quit around dec-january and start back in early march. I guess a lot of it...

I can send some random tomatoes. They are all heirlooms. Not sure what all I have....... Maybe I can send a mystery seed pack - all tomatoes.

With the onions , most store bought sets are onions planted from seed- then allowed to go dorment for either a real or "artificial" winter. You plant the sets or in some cases what look like small green onions and they produce during the current season. If you plant them from seed it takes 2...

A lot of it depends on soil type. Our soil has a high percentage of clay in it , so we have to stay on top of tilling or it just turns to concrete after some rain then a couple of days of sun. Really loamy soil (think compost) doesn't seem to restrict growth as much. vfem - you know it will be...

Totally none of my business , but I think the font for " Harmony Valley Farms" on the last one needs to be changed. I can't put my finger on it , but it just looks wrong - kind of hard on my eyes if you get my meaning. Some of the letters are at "weird" angles or something. Hey whatever works...

When they start to bulb I always pull the dirt from around them so that only the roots are still covered. This is how they get those giant onions you see at the supermarket. Of course, it depends a lot on the type of onions you are growing. I have had good luck doing this with Texas sweet ...