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I've never tried that kind, but I grow only pole beans. They produce so much more, in so much less space, that even with my huge garden, there's no point in planting bush beans. Just hope you have lots of freezer space! My "poles" are six-foot long 1" x 1" garden stakes that I buy at my local...

Hey, the brand-new issue of Mother Earth News has a whole article, recipies included, on whole-grain, no-knead bread dough for you to make. Last year they ran a similar article on regular bread/rolls/dessert dough. You can make a whole bunch and keep in in the fridge up to two weeks, and it...

It depends on whether you want the skin in your finished product-if not, I would think you'd want to take the skin off before freezing. We blanch ours (plop 'em in boiling water for a couple - three minutes, dunk 'em in cold water so you can handle them, and pop the skins off). Then we cut...

I wish I could plant tomatoes...every one of our 85 plants got the blight this year...I only have 3 gallons of stewed tomatoes from last year which will have to get us through until next summer's tomato harvest. Hopefully we won't get another disease. What a rotten summer we had up here...but...

Ok, folks, here's the deal: Last year, the weeds in part of the garden got completely out of hand, with the result that my onions didn't grow much if at all. I pulled them in the fall anyway, and stuck them in a box on the back porch (enclosed). This spring, they looked pretty darn good, so I...

Yep, good old pole beans! I don't bother with bush beans any more, since I get so much more in so much less space with the pole beans. they do take a bit longer to get going than bush beans, but when they do, boy, you'll be going crazy trying to get them all picked and dealt with. Last year I...

You also need to remove all but one or two pumpkins from each plant, I believe. This is so all the energy goes into those few pumpkins. We never bother with this step, and usually get 75 - 80 pound pumpkins. Also, if you go for the really giant ones, they tend to rot on the bottom, where they...

As I understand it, onions are biennial, and the flowering ones were in the ground last year, so this would be their second year, the one where they make flowers/seeds. I wasn't sure whether they had moved through their life cycle enough last year to grow the flowers, or whether they "thought"...

Hi, I had some onions and leeks that got shaded out last summer, so severely that they really didn't grow. I dug them anyway and they hung out on my enclosed back porch all winter. They sprouted this spring, to my surprise, so I stuck them back in the garden to see what would happen. The onions...

More like, what am I re-planting!! We had a frost :barnie Sunday night and about a third of our tomato plants died. :hit The neighbor across the street runs a farm stand and we help each other out all the time...he had extra tomato seedlings, which he gave us. :)Unfortunately, they were from...

I ordered some seeds, have 10 or 12 seedlings in a big pot. We'll see how it does. I plan to keep it potted, as I doubt it would survive our winters. I think I did read that the leaves should be dried before use, to make it more concentrated? I'm not diabetic, just curious. I also started some...

Sparkles and Cherokee, I'd be delighted to get you all the seeds you want...the stuff grows like weeds around here, all over the place. Here in upstate NY it seems to like partial shade, slightly damp ground. We find it on our trails through the woods (we bush-hog the trails so they're about 10...

I just recently saw a book on root cellaring - I was just glancing through it, but there was a chapter on preserving some leafy-type greens this way...I could call the bookstore and try to get the title and author if you want. Might be an avenue to explore, anyway. Or you could try your local...

HI, We grew bok choy as our experiment this year - it's up, and ready to use, but what do I do with it, besides put it in Oriental stir fry dishes? We sauteed it with garlic and it was reasonably good, but I know there must be other ways to cook it (or not!). Anyone?

My mom makes the rhubarb sauce and we put it over angel food cake or pound cake. To die for!!! I have a recipe for rhubarb muffins, and I make plain rhubarb (no strawberries) pie. Sounds like you have a website with tons of recipes, if you still want mine, let me know. My mom makes rhubarb...

Hey, we have tons of the stuff around here - I always heard it called jewel weed or touch me not... anyway, I could get yellow flowered or orange flowered, but would have to wait until it blooms to tell which is which...also, when would be the time? Would it be in the late summer when the seed...

I have most of my herbs in a raised bed against the south side of the house. In there I have sage, oregano, tarragon, (Hattie, try mulching yours over the winter, I read that it may need a little insulation from extreme cold), lavendar, chives, thyme, lemon balm, lemon bergamot, and chammomile...

I think it's spreading by runners, or when stems rest on the dirt, they root themselves and grow. I hate to cut off all the flowers because the bees love them. Can I let it flower but cut them before they go to seed? :tools I've been trying to give away shovelfuls - everyone I can find who...

I had the same trouble with my pepper seeds taking forever - until I put the seed trays on TOP of the grow lights, which warmed the soil and the peppers sprouted in no time! This year I started out with the peppers on top until they sprouted and then I moved them under so they got the light...

Yep, I saw that other thread - after I'd posted my question! I was curious whether anyone would come up with any other solutions, but it seems y'all are in agreement! So I will lower my lights and see what happens. It's easy, because I have adjustable light holders, sized for seed trays. I'll do...