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I must say that my compost bin did suffer loss after we got the chickens. So much veggie matter ended up going into their little gullets!

I like Territorial Seed. They have a great selection of garlic, and a few varieties of shallots. http://www.territorialseed.com/

My gosh DigitS, that's gorgeous. My cutting bed has evolved over the years into just gladiolas. It used to be bigger, but after we got indoor cats who like to eat the flowers we bring indoors, I decided the space would be better off with blueberry bushes.

My gosh, you all have more volunteers than an Army cookie-tasting contest! My only volunteers are tomato plants from tomatos that fell at the end of the fall season. And one time a peach pit from the compost pile turned into quite the cute little tree.

Ironically enough, the dreaded Black Thumb Syndrome is cured by repeated exposure to black soil! The first thing to concentrate on, come early spring, is working compost into your soil. If you haven't started a compost bin yet, now's the time. It doesn't have to be big, just a place or...

Well, I found out that my girls LOVE carrot greens. So in spring, you bet I'm going to sow more carrots!

I had never grown any cabbage type plant in any of my raised beds, and was shocked when I found the plants infested with the tiny caterpillars before I even knew what was going on. The moth's eggs must have been in the soil, or a passing moth laid the eggs under the leaves, or whatever. Now...

Yes, I'm on Cape.

Nifty, I wrote a dumb response before I actually checked out the twisting weed page you linked. You answered my question. That is really cool. What's the Latin name?

Who else has had Brussell Sprouts ruined by tiny little ugly white worms?! Not only do they eat my sprouts, but their poo falls on the sprouts below the ones they're eating so you can't harvest any at all !! Yuck. What's the solution? (Don't want to spray pesticides or insecticidal soap on...

I used to have over 20 but when I moved, the conditions weren't right for them and they declined so much I had to compost them. Now I have a Miltonia and Dendrobium at my office. Hoping they thrive enough here to bloom again!

Henrietta, I'm going to Google that!

Today I planted: my feet under my desk at work. I am staring out the office window and dreaming of April when the first crocus will make an appearance.

I'm in eastern Massachusetts where its 51 degrees, rainy & dark on this dreary winter morning. Since our yard is 99% sand, we have left it "natural" (pitch pine, scrub oak and forest grass), and only grow stuff in raised beds filled with decent soil. We grow veggies, berries, herbs (which we...

Carole, never mind - I was paying attention this time and checked out the BuySellTrade thread and saw your postings with Sgtsheart. I'd like to grow those egg gourds so I can stop bursting my eyeballs & brains out every time I blow out eggs.

Dang, I didn't know that!! Are you sure it's not "Bee Geek"? After we got chickens, I tested the topic of beekeeping on my DH and got nowhere. Maybe next year.

Carole, I wasn't paying attention to the thread about gourds where you mentioned egg gourds. That'll teach me to ignore things!! Are those the seeds you sent someone else (I can't check their name now because I'm too busy writing to you)?

Ha, ha, Reinbeau! (BTW, what's a "gardening beek"? Is that something my year and a half of gardening courses didn't cover??? I'm getting my money back!) A note for Nifty: I checked my BYC pages and the photos weren't there. But I had a lot of fun re-creating my EasyGarden page just now.

I agree with Poppycat. Plant it now, water it in well, but then just mulch it and keep an eye on it for wilting or wind drying. Even though it's cold, the roots will still grow in some, and you'll save the plant from planting trauma in the spring.

Jacie, I'm pretty religious and I LOVED it. I like to think of baby Jesus being lulled to sleep to the little noises that chickens like to make when they're alone and content. Who says there weren't chickens in the stable that night? I really like your stuff. I loved the one you recently did...