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They are decent for eating. No Honeycrisp, but good enough that my kids eat them up! Two years ago we got a decent crop and I did some baking with them (muffins, applesauce, etc). This past year the crop was pretty bad - just fed them to the pig! I'm pretty sure they are really wild -...

We have three good size wild apple trees growing on our property - no idea how old they are. They produce some, but the apples are never very healthy looking (worms eat them, brown spots on them, etc). Was wondering if anyone has any advice on what to do with them to improve them?

I know this was a year ago, but if anyone is still there, what kind of vinegar works best - anything in particular?

Is there a particular variety of peppermint plant that anyone recommends growing for use in making good tea?

Thanks for the input. We'll cook up the eggs and feed them back to the chickens (thanks to some input from BYC friends) and go ahead and compost the bedding as we normally do. Hopefully my garden will love it in the spring :thumbsup

We are currently worming our chickens and I have two questions regarding composting with this. First, we must discard 14 days worth of eggs. Are raw eggs safe for the compost pile. Second, we plan to clean out the coop after 14 days as well. Is it safe to put the bedding/poo from the coop in...

I have sweet pepper and hot pepper plants and all the leaves on them seem to be turning black. The plants look healthy other than that...is this normal? The only thing I can think of is that we did have a spotty frost a couple weeks back (and I accidentally left them uncovered), but none of...

Here are some pics of the damage...if I uploaded them correctly :/ I am continuing to check the leaves different times throughout the day and still nothing obvious...at least to me (a rookie!)

I'm still baffled by this. I have yet to find any sign of slugs around although I will continue to check. This morning I saw some little tiny things on the leaves that looked like gnats and a couple things that looked like miniature black beetles (about the size of a pinhead). I have looked...

The picture you linked me to Andy looks very similar to mine (I somehow missed the pests and diseases section and realized I should have posted this there). The holes are definitely bigger - 1/4" or so. I went out tonight after dark and saw nothing, but put some beer traps out to see if I...

I just put out some bush bean starts last week and already something is devouring the leaves. Every leaf on a dozen plants (even the newest leaves) have little holes all over them. I have looked at the plants and don't see any bugs, but clearly something is eating them. What can I do to stop...

They are growing up from the ground around the base of tree. Guess I'll just mulch it heavily and keep clipping!!

I have a dwarf sargeant crabapple tree in my landscaping that has grown suckers since we put it in. I cut them off, but it seems that the more I cut them the thicker and fuller they grow back. Any advice as to how to get rid of them or what I should do?