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I know you are supposed to cover strawberry plants for the winter and most say with hay or straw to keep them from freezing over the winter. Well about a month ago after all the leaves have fallen I raked up all the leaves and covered the strawberries with about 6 inches of leaves. Now that I've...

Hunkie, I wouldn't of purchased oak like this because I don't know how long the frames will last, I did plan on using pressure treated till I was offered these... Lesa, I'm going to use 3 of them for tomatoes, and the other 3 for quick producing crops like green beans and cukes, peppers, but in...

I finished building my 6 new raised beds today. The wood was free from a construction site, they are three inches thick by eight inches wide oak planks, should last me a few years. The worst part was shoveling the 2 yards of compost into the beds, taking a few advil now... Now I can't wait to...

I'm not familiar with the Monsanto thing, what is going on with the seed companies? Is someone trying to monopolize the industry? It all sounds very concerning to me. :hu

Thanks digits, I tried it with no luck, it's not a very user friendly program. I guess my page will have to be text only. I'm surprised there is no help section on this site unless I just haven't found it yet... :idunno

Love the gardens in your home page..

I know this is off subject, but how do I post pics on my home page???

Thank you vfem!! :)

I've grown radishes since I was a boy, I'm 50 now and just learned this past spring that radish greens were edible, now I pick them when young and crisp, rinse them off with the hose and eat the whole thing, greens and all.. One day my son came and visited and I asked him if he knew how to eat a...

I live in 7B also, this is great, I used to live in New Hampshire, I couldn't dream of having crops this late in the year, I'm also still harvesting carrots from my garden.. gotta love it!! :D

Vfem, the brown sugar roasted carrots sound great, I've never had them, can I have the recipe PLEASE??? I probably have about 100 left in the garden and the greenery is still a vibrant green, I didn't know they can take the cold so well. Anyway, I started building 6 new 4 foot by 7 foot raised...

Nice!! :thumbsup

Wow, thanks for all the great responses, I haven't had time to check all the great advice you've all posted for quite a few weeks now. Anyway, this year is the first time I ever tried carrots. I planted some last spring and they did pretty good. Then in late July and early August I planted a...

Wow, that's great, thanks for the great info everyone! I'll mulch them with about a foot of leaves till I need them. I never knew I could do that....:)

I live in zone 7b and we have had two nights of upper 20's temps, I still have carrots in the garden still and they still look great. What I want to know is when should I pick them or just leave them, am I risking losing them?:idunno

All I can say is M MMMMMMMMMM! :D

you never know when things will happen, I have a favorite runt pass in my arms a few months ago, I think she was egg bound, needless to say it was heartbreaking... sorry for your loss... :hit

Nice, looks yummy! :)

My fig bush came with the house when I bought it...:)

Thanks for the feedback all! Freezing my first batch right now...:)