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My best crop is beets grown in ordinary garden dirt. The trick is to 'hill them up' meaning if you see the top of the beet poking up above the soil, pile some dirt on top to cover it, same with carrots - only the green parts should be sticking out of the soil. I always roast my beets in a huge...

Most seed companies that sell non GMO seeds will have a 'safe seed pledge' or some similar notice in the catalog. If you're buying on the web, there should be a declaration somewhere on the site about the company's stance on GMO's. If you can't find it, best to buy somewhere else. Bountiful...

I hope you like it as much as I like the two I have. Did you get the green one or the black one?

The latch always strikes me as flimsy every time I open it to dump stuff in. Oddly, they are holding up fine after 5 years, so I haven't had to rig anything up. Should it break, I think an eyehook would fix it. The rollers are spaced so that when you spin it, it won't catch on the base. Edited...

I have 2 of these & just love them. http://www.urbangardencenter.com/Composters/EnviroCycle.aspx

I started from scratch a few years ago, and it was pretty expensive. year 1)I bought a tiller, had a truckload of compost delivered, bought seeds & starter plants. A few things did well, others never came up. The deer ate a lot of stuff. year 2) Bought 6" fencing & posts to go all the way...

Thanks! This will come in handy!

I poked around in the freezer this weekend & realized I've got a ton of roasted beets to eat. (Genius me planted them all at the same time last spring :rolleyes:) So a big cauldron of Borsht is in the near future.......

I have these two that are kinda cheerful:

I always buy my pototoes, garlic & shallots for planting from a store that sells organic produce (usually Whole Foods). That way you know the stuff has not been treated with anything (or irradiated) to retard growth & no pesticides or chemicals are on them either. It is much less expensive to...

Rusty, Gurney's is based in Ohio, on the border of Indiana. Your location has a lot to do with it........mainly the type of soil you have. When I lived in PA, I could throw any kind of seed around and it would grow. I moved to VA, brought some plants with me & everything died. The soil down...

I too thought peppermint was just peppermint. True peppermint can't be grown from seed (it's sterile) only from cuttings. I've tried other types of mints, but for tea peppermint is the best. I planted mine and surrounded it with bricks to keep it contained. It moves around in the bricked in...

WZ, your PM inbox is full. I'll take some Diakon seeds. Here's my list again: Broom corn Black Turtle beans Bloomsdale spinach Luffa Mammoth Gray Striped sunflower Lincoln peas Liatris (purple) Sunrise coreopsis Batchelors Buttons Strawberry Dianthus Zebra Mallow Flat Italian Parsley Sweet...

I would like the Echinacea and offer: Broom corn Black Turtle beans Bloomsdale spinach Luffa Mammoth Gray Striped sunflower Lincoln peas Liatris (purple) Sunrise coreopsis Batchelors Buttons Strawberry Dianthus Zebra Mallow Flat Italian Parsley Sweet basil

Rats. I want the diakon, but all I have to offer is boring, I'm afraid I bring the swap to a halt.

Two things I'll do differently: 1)Not plant all the seeds at once! Processing 2 bushels of beets that matured all at the same time was a pain. Piles of cucumbers, piles of zuchini, piles of lettuce, spinach, radishes & stringbeans. I got so tired of watermelon that I took the rest out to the...

Thanks Hattie! Can't wait to try the syrup. I grow peppermint, (which does not produce seeds), so I just bought a few plants and surrounded an area with bricks. The mint has not strayed out of the area but every year it seems to migrate around in there, I guess it likes soil it has not used...

New Holland has good bulbs. Owned by the same company as Breck's

I put 'em all in a big roasting pan & roast at 350 for about an hour (depending on carrot size), then freeze. They have a deeper flavor that way and they are ready to use after thawing.

All sounds normal........air should rise and they should seal as they cool. You may not hear every pop, but when the jars reach room temp, check to make sure they all sealed. If one didn't, put it in the fridge and eat it fairly soon. If you have a lot that did not seal, they may not have...