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Do you plant sweet potatoes like regular potatoes? Can I do the container planting like regular potatoes? Like plant the seed potatoe and when the green start showing adding dirt. My dad told me I should plant them along the fence line so the vine could run on the fence. I know people around...

Bevis, We make our cages like yours but we still have to put a green fence post on both sides to hold it up because the plant gets so thick and heavy. jackie

:gig I'm sorry I just got a mental picture of pole beans growing in the bathroom. jackie

I don't know how far into Louisana you are but it's suppose to be really cold and wet here in central Arkansas. I would get some straw to put over it to keep the ground warm. jackie

I went and filled the planter full of dirt and planted more carrots. Thanks for the information. You guys are great!! jackie

I read in an Backwood Magizine article where you can plant potatoes in a tire by placing dirt on the bottom of one tire and plant your potatoes and when you see a couple inches of green you can put more dirt to almost cover the greenery and add another tire and so on. Ok my question I have a...

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I found an old fashion rose bush at a house my husband is tearing down. I cut it back and plan to dig it up and transplant it in my yard. jackie

Thanks Bevis, I guess one thing I work about is weeding. I have lupus, Rheumatoid Artheritis and Fibromyalgia. So everyday is a new day, I never feel the same everyday. I have had a garden and the weeds took it over and I planted too much at the same time. I plan to plant in stages so all...

That's a strange remark to come from me who grew up on nothing but veggies that came out of the garden. My parents grew a huge garden and grew potatoes twice a year. My husband asked last week when do you plant potatoes I quickly answered March 17!! I grew up hearing a bunch of arguments and...

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Thanks for the welcome and the info As of today Cow and Horse are tied for 1st Rabbit and Goat is tied for 2nd Nothing is 3rd Chicken is 4 Commercial is last It's amazing how fast they are growing. That cow caught up with horse. I will keep you posted. jackie

My daughter is doing a science project. Which fertilizer works best goat, rabbit, chicken, horse, cow, commercial or none. We are trying to grow corn. So far horse is winning with the worst tie at chicken and commercial. It's interesting. jackie

Can I throw orange peel in my compost pile? jackie

Central Arkansas here, Bauxite, Arkansas. Mosquito, I bet you are surrounded with rice and soybean fields! I grew us in eastern Arkansas and Mosquitos are huge there. jackie

WOW, I have just sat and read all 6 pages and this is just so inspirational. You are giving me so many ideas. I'm going to go looking for the TP roll planters but if I can't find it could someone give me the address of it? Here is a webiste that I found interesting...

I think it would be so much easier than on your hands and knees digging for potatoes like we did when I was a kid. We planted spring and fall potatoes and I hated digging potatoes. I would think you could put plastic on the ground to catch the material and then recycle it. jackie