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Yeah, I think I'll try a bit of both! Keep some seeds from these and have the kids add them to their pumpkin patch, and do mine in my patch from store bought or trade seeds. I accidently grew several 78 pound pumpkins a couple of years ago, so we've been nuts for the things since then! I...

I wasnt able to grow my own pumpkins this year, so we went to a pumpkin patch and got some from there. Does anyone know what varieties of pumpkins will have seeds that I can use for next year? Is it true that hybrids dont put out true fruit or are sterile? The pumpkins I brought home are...

Oh, how nice! I hope you get one! Thats like a dream come true! I'm not sure where you would put it, just wanted to congratulate you! Imagine, you could grow spring/summer stuff all year if you keep it warm all year inside? How awesome! Tina

Hi, I just read your post. I have a really nice pressure canner that my husband got me at Walmart, it holds 7+ quart jars, its at home so I cant tell you what brand it is.......and to tell you the truth, I havent used it yet!! It's beautiful though! I do use my two big hot water boiling...

The yellow with the orange ruffle is a prize winner!! What variety is that?? I also love the way the water drops shine on the first picture (pink)! Lovely, thanks for sharing!! Tina

Not me!! I'm further up North! I live between Chico and Forest Ranch, and I cant decide what Zone I live in.....pretty close to an 8....... I am at 1500 feet elevation, I get snow every few years, but not much, just a few inches. I live on a separate ridge from Paradise and Forest Ranch...

:D I dont have alot of input but you saved me the need to post the same question! I will be eagerly watching for the answers you recieve, because I am planning exactly the same thing next year!~ My DH informed me we are going to take down my old fence, smooth down garden with the new tractor...

Yes, its hard to come back, but keep up the dream! I was actually glad to feel Fall coming on this year........it meant a change for the better, things were going to renew themselves come spring again... I wish your husband luck finding a good job...times are hard...my husband is trying to...

:D I liked the fact that since I had to let it go completely, anything that survived was a surprise! I still left the water on automatic even for the weeds, and every now and again, I could find a squash or a cucumber for the table! Amazingly the yellow tomatoes came on and made it through no...

Thanks for being here - I'm gonna need the support - Cause I know there are Canna and Iris and Crepe Myrtle and Cat Mint and theres all kinds of stuff under these weeds! I need the Moral Support! I'll post pic of better days sometime, when we were in our glory....when I planted every bulb and...

Yeah, see how you are, I follow you around just to see what thread you killed lately :D JK :D I can kill a thread too, been busy all day!!!! 1 - I have to think about this one a bit more, but to start this year alone, I put 144 starts out in my little greenhouse shelf system, and along...

Oh, I love the flowers, especially Sun Flowers with the different colors! I hope I can scrape up something someone wants this year to trade!! My yard was a wreck this year, so I just threw up my hands and let it run wild!! I'm gonna pay for that!! After weeks and weeks of smoke, I had let...

2009 Will be a better year!! I hope you get to enjoy your garden much more than you did this year! Tina/tfpets

I am glad you are ready for winter! I wont even tell my DH about it :D We live in Northern California - he's such a nut for the snow that he has a "Got Snow" sticker on the back of his 4x4. He would love to be where you are!! I've lived in California all of my life, its 75 degrees outside...

You're almost there!! I canned the best ones by mistake once! They were no dill, just plain salty and sour, with a pepper and garlic in them. But I cant find that recipe again! (Isnt there a song about that somewhere?) I figure if I have some good ones to chose the ingredients and...

My next big question is going to be what is the best size to make the beds, like how long and how tall!! I'll be sure to put the wire on the bottom! Gophers just became an issue this year, like never before?? But now that I have 'em, I gotta fight 'em! I'm going to try to have posts at the...

It sounds almost like the Purple Fountain Grass I got one year, it was beautiful for two years until my goats got into the yard, they ate it. It died back and never returned :( . "Considered an annual in zones 7 and below, Purple Fountain Grass, also known as Rubrum, is a quick growing...

I canned 12 Quarts of pickles this year and gave them all away because they had sugar in the recipe and I dont like them! Ewww. Everyone I gave them to loves them, but I love a super sour pickle, my favorite store bought are Bubbies Pickles in Brine from San Francisco...I have heard about Ba...

Next year I am going to convert my garden to multiple raised beds! DH just shared that we are going to re-fence my whole garden!! He is going to use the new tractor and level the area, and I am going to finally get to have my raised beds! I have had automatic waterers in my garden for 3...