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We saw it Sunday on a post from another board. It's great. ETA: I want the DVD to share.

Oh, I forgot garlic! I grew it from store bought as well....break them into cloves just as you describe.

We've done the same thing with beans and peas. We've planted black beans, pintos, blackeye peas, yellow eye peas, and anasazi beans from store bought food packages. All did great. My dad and his grandmother always said that such things should sprout. She raised parakeets and finches, and would...

We grow Tenderette and Blue Lake bush varieties. We eat fresh and can, sell at farmers markets. ETA: well, perhaps should have mentioned we also grow other snap beans, all bush types... Cherokee Wax and Slender Wax (yellow) Royal Burgundy (purple, turn green when cooked)

We only till ours. We add compost, leaves, etc and till those in.

Well, I just LOVE Sven! What a guy! How about some cattle panel 'hoops' on a bed or two for something viney like pole beans or cucumbers to climb? Maybe a trellis or an obelisk, again for a climber? a garden gate? Got a rain gauge? mount one to a post? We have a mailbox in our main...

I get rye flour at Amish grocery stores. I've also ordered online from King Arthur. There was a time when the Food Lion and other "average" grocery chains in NC carried rye flour. But they've stopped some time back and only the "higher end" groceries have it now. ETA: I can buy bulk directly...

Glad your pickles turned out alright. The most coomon causes of bitter cucumbers are: Too hot One of the most common reasons is heat stress. If a plant is stressed due to heat, it can start producing bitter cucumbers. Uneven watering Another possibility is alternating periods of drought and...

Thanks Thistlebloom, Ronnigers has a great selection of fingerlings. We're going to get some of the more unusual varieties. Fingerling seed potatoes are so hard to find here. And of course, expensive to order. And you never see them as a crop at markets. Last year we started some French...

Most of the Artisan bread recipes I use say to heat the pot, but don't mention the lid. I usually just put the cold lid on when setting the loaf into the preheated pot. Also for most of them, you bake them about 20-25 min with the lid, then remove the lid to finish browning for another 10 or...

Dissapointing.

Ya'll don't have a ban on burning in your areas? Well, about 7:00am here. I've been up for almost 2 hrs. It's finally light enough to know that....it didn't rain last night. :( Guess we'll be planting and watering today.

That's so true. We're (customers and us) constantly chatting about "what's being planting now", "how close to ready", "just another week or so". Then it's "how do you cook this?" "can you share a recipe", "oh, that was delicious". Much beyond a supermarket transaction for cardboard produce. LOL...

Oh Steve, I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you at a farmers market. We're very successful at a nearby city market. But there are people who come with wholesale (trucked) produce. Fortunately, the repeat customers know who they are, and the real farmers help educate the newer customers...

Really nice! I downloaded. Thanks!

YW, Everyone, for the planting guide. DH tilled yesterday, and is back at it again today. We're planting more this afternoon. A small possibility of rain overnight. We do hope it pans out. We're very dry....even have red flag warnings and ban on outdoor burning.

We're expecting onion plants from Dixondale this week as well. We've also put out sets to harvest as Spring Onions. We were at a Lowe's last weekend, although not garden shopping. But we checked out the seeds anyway. I was surprised to find Golden Beets and Rainbow Swiss Chard. Also they had a...

Yes, I used some green olives. I didn't have enough kalamata, so subbed about 1/2 cup of green olives that were stuffed with pimentos. Also, I added 1/2 tsp oregano.

I made it today....delicious!

Trunkman, we're in zone 7a (northern NC) and are already starting. For many years we were in zone 7b near Fayetteville, NC. You can plant Spinach now, and the other items you mentioned. Unless we have unexpected late freeze, you'll be fine. ETA: I have an NC planting guide posted here. It...