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Rockytopsis, that is so cool. :coolsun

I would think that the variety of cherry tree might determine this answer you seek. You gonna use a dwarf cherry tree? I only know for sure that my dad had a bing cherry tree that reached 30 feet in height and I myself have a Rainer cherry tree in the back yard that is easily 20-25 ft. tall...

Blu's B&B pickles (grandma's recipe) 4 qts. sliced cucumbers about 1/8 inch thick 1/2 c. pickling salt Ice cubes 2 qts. sliced white onions 1 qt. vinegar 4 c. sugar 1 Tbl. celery seeds 2 Tbls. mustard seeds 1 tsp. finely chopped garlic (I added this, grandma hated garlic) 1 tsp. tumeric...

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I'm sorry, I've never used those packets myself. Is this for B&B pickles? It might help if you could post the complete directions. Otherwise, I can give you my recipe and then maybe you can work out the directions for your packet...the principles of making these kind of pickles should remain...

Holy Cow! :o

Coopy, sorry I asked. :he

You can cook the greens just as you would swiss chard and such. As for the root part of the veg, make sure that you peel it down far enough to get rid of the bitterness, you can see a slight color change. I think its about 1/4 inch thick. Then, you can cook them and mash them just like...

:/ OK, so how much is a bushel in pounds? :lol:

I think that is a crabapple tree too.

I may be really out in left field here but did you take a leaf, crush it in your hand and smell it? It looks like the wild california laurel trees that grow around here, and they do produce little berries. Maybe it is another species but related to this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbellularia...

I have what I think is an important question, albeit belated, regarding the toxicity of black walnuts to horses. Years ago in Loomis, CA, my horse had 2 trees in her pasture and although she had other stuff to eat she loved those black walnuts. She loved the acorns too. She is now...

(Big sigh of relief from blu) I found several itty-bitty, bitty tomatos starting on my San Marsano plants this afternoon. Oh, I feel so much better now. :weee

Well, Silkie, I'm a bit farther south than you so I hope I can still "hope" for some kind of veg garden. :fl I won't hold my breath though. :rant

Let me be the first one to welcome you. I cannot answer the bean question, but I looked up your tomato question in my garden magazine, which has a big article on tomatos this month. Did you say the rotten area is on the "bottom" of the tomato? My magazine says that sounds like blossom end...

I can't tell you how to dilute it but I do agree with the great fertilizer resource you've got. When I had my two aquariums I would water all of my houseplants with the water and waste I filtered up from the gravel bottom. I never diluted it any at all, and my plants certainly did well on it...

Grow 4 Food, yes something has happened. The groundsquirrels desimated my okra and my toms won't set fruit, which are the two major crops in my garden this year. My pole beans have not even blossomed yet and my corn plants are only 3 inches tall so far. Here in the PNW things seem to be...

I think the main difference in what are called slicing cucs and pickling cucs is the size of the seeds inside and maybe the water content (I'm not sure about that). Slicing cucs have bigger seeds and I think are "wetter" than pickling cucs. However, when I made my B&B pickles I used pickling...

My fave way to eat the crook-necked squash is when they are still small, slice them up and sautee them in butter with onions and an itty-bitty bit of garlic. I just recently harvested most of my onions that had been put in as sets in April, so most of them are at least 1 inch or more in...

All I can suggest are ant traps and lots of em. The ants not only will mess with the roots of your tomato plants, but they can actively cultivate aphid farms, moving them around on your tomato plants.