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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    I have cukes too - so will watch em - am super excited - i see baby tomatoes happening and baby watermelons lol my family is sick of pics but i'm proud
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    thanks for the heads up - i figured i'd be okay to wait a day or two to "treasure hunt" again - but will keep an eye out - ended up with 2 yellow squash too - but they are so bright you don't miss them as well
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    wow - this site has been a godsend to me! i just harvested my first few zucchinis and yellow squash... it was a surprise - i kept looking at the zukes and seeing flowers - didnt look closer ... then went to get some weeds out of the middle - and found about 8 squash ready to harvest - they...
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    black plastic mulch for melons?

    do you all think that black landscape fabric around the plants would be a good idea?
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    How much winter squash does everyone grow?

    Thats my rule with roosters - they go to freezer camp when they get obnoxious
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    How much winter squash does everyone grow?

    i mostly just sliced em and dehydrated em in my handy dandy ronco dehydrator- they got forgotten and got really really dry ... lol they were really crispy but they had a great flavor to em
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    My First Garden Attempt

    this is my first big one too- and i love to find a website that gives such info.... and from real people - not a seed company with no clue
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    How much winter squash does everyone grow?

    lol - classic newby mistake here - i was looking at posts and answered w/out seeing the date glad i dug up the old post lol
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    How much winter squash does everyone grow?

    i planted a full package of it - figured what i dont eat or freeze or dehydrate - i'll feed my chickens... lol - thats how i've planned most of my garden. what i dont eat - they will. out of 20 chicks - one of them will like it plus i love to dehydrate squash in slices - makes a great "diet"...
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    apple tree help plz

    i love you guys - you give me hope. i've been watering my poor tree pretty good - plus is raining like crazy this year - will keep at it and see what happens
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    apple tree help plz

    i will be the first to admit i am very naive about fruit trees and i think i made a booboo my apple tree that i bought from walmart was transplanted early spring and had lots of green happening - so i was a happy camper i was out feeding the veggie garden some miracle gro - and gave a very...
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    Giving Up

    thank you much for this post - this is my first year trying to grow a garden this big - and i had been depressed to see how many plants were just not doing well. now i can see that even the "experts" have setbacks and focus a little more on the ones that ARE growing. now if i can just find out...
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    Seed Companys

    i wish i had known about this site before i bought my trees from burgess - none of what i bought from them has grown. anyone know how good they are with the warranty? I bought 40 bucks worth of trees - and am bummed cause i've watered like crazy for 2 months and nothing has happened!
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    I forgot to trim my blackberries last fall..how can I tell old vs new?

    thanks! i am sooooo new to the garden thing - just never had the space or the time in my life - but am loving it - plus it does wonders for my weight lol
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    I forgot to trim my blackberries last fall..how can I tell old vs new?

    I just bought this place last november and was pleasantly surprised to find blackberries growing. I didnt know last fall that I should do the pruning thing. So will I still get a crop this year? When should I try to determine what is old and what to prune out? If I just let them go - and...
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    Hi from Kansas!

    Hello! I am new here but have been lurking here.. I found this link via BYC and am excited. This is my first year doing a real garden. I've done some tomatoes before but am ambitious this year and want to try other veggies! Hoping to make my 4 year old try one or two... lol I have...
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