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I was given a chayote fruit and it sat on the counter a long time while I figured out exactly what to do with it...and now it is sprouting! Anyone have any experience with these? I want to plant it and see what it will do.

NORMALLY, our weather is spring-like after the beginning of February, and it's the time to get stuff planted and sprouting before it gets too hot. I put in 40 bare-root strawberries, they were just starting to sprout out, and less than a week later we got a surprise snowfall overnight! Since it...

How warm does the soil need to be for carrots to sprout?

Meet the two new additions to my farm. They were born just before sunrise this morning after wearing mom (and ME) out all night trying to be born. Both are boys. We were hoping for a girl, but oh well. Everyone is healthy and doing well, so that is what counts.

I'm getting some seeds for hardy kiwi. I've never grown it before, and can't find much on the internet except a whole lot of mixed reviews. My climate should be good, we don't really normally have much of a winter, and spring starts here in early February with no more frosts after that...I'd be...

How warm should it be out before I can plant my potatoes? I'm getting my planting schedule all planned out and realized I'm not sure when to plant those. Looking around online, a lot of places said February 14th is the day to plant potatoes, but I don't know if that's necessarily so in the...

I started some nasturtium seeds in trays indoors. Normally our winter is mild enough I could plant them outside this time of year and pull them through the winter with a plastic row cover. (Winter planting is normal here because our spring/summer is extremely hot, and it's easier to get plants...

I have learned that vegetable gardening where I live is almost impossible in the summer. It is very hot (100+ for months straight), dry (no rain between January and October), and can get windy. (As in, windy enough to blow a metal storage shed into the neighbor's yard and crumple it into a ball)...

I think I have bugs eating my cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. They are not bothering any other plant, but those plants are disappearing. They start with some little holes in the leaves, which get bigger and bigger until after a few days the young plants are just stumps. They are inside...

I planted eggplant this summer, and only one plant made it through the transplant into the garden. It grew into a large, beautiful plant that has been flowering nonstop for several months but has never made any fruit. The blossoms always fall off and nothing happens. Does it need another plant...

I had a gift certificate for a bulb company, so I ordered some Dutch Iris, I just love them. However we have a bad problem here with rabbits and chipmunks eating all our stuff...I know they won't mess with the tops of iris, since I grew them in Colorado and the deer and everything else stayed...

Does anyone on here keep honeybees? A friend of my husband's has to move out of the state for his job, and he told us that we could have his beehive if we pick it up, he is going to move to an apartment and cannot take the bees. We've been sort of thinking for a while it would be nice to have...

I am going to build a small garden area to grow foods to supplement my chickens' diet. One food I know would be good for giving them more protein is soybeans. I can get some organic soybean seed for pretty cheap, but I'm trying to figure out how much to plant. For anyone who has grown soybeans...

I forgot to order brussels sprouts when I ordered my fall seeds and I want to plant some this season. Anyone want to trade me some? I've got Beet, "Detroit Dark Red" Corn "Golden Bantam" Zinnias, mixed colors Datura Moonflowers (don't grow near livestock, they're toxic) Buffalo Gourd (native...

I remember as a kid, taking a few beans out of the bag of pinto beans (or whatever variety) from the grocery store and growing them, either for fun or for science projects at school. Does anyone know if this still works, or if they have treated them somehow to prevent it now?

I have to start just about all my plants indoors regardless of the weather, because I have a big issue with wild animals digging them up and eating them. Birds and chipmunks will literally come right behind me digging up every seed I plant in the ground! I have tried putting netting or plastic...

I don't like to use pesticides in my garden, so I'm looking for seeds for some pest-repelling flowers. I am after nasturtium, marigold, and petunia. Any color would be fine, or if you have another kind that repels the nasties, feel free to suggest it! I'd like to trade you for your extra seeds...

I keep finding these little beetle type bugs on my squash, pumpkin, and cucumbers. They are usually inside the flowers, and these are the only plants they are on. They are little, about a quarter inch long at most, with black and white stripes on their bodies, and a little bit of yellow on their...

The ants are destroying my okra. Every time I get a pod, they burrow into it and if I try to pick it, hundreds of ants come out of the pod and attack my hand! They're only doing this to the okra, nothing else in the garden. I've put some ant bait in bowls around the base of the plants to try to...

I really want to grow some artichokes. Does anyone have some seed laying around we could make a trade for? I've got Golden Bantam Corn Delicata Squash Acorn Squash Connecticut Field Pumpkin Crimson Sweet Watermelon Detroit Dark Red Beet Purple Top White Turnip All Seasons Cabbage Bell Peppers...