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Nice, it should be an interesting new thing to try. =)

I have the same problem! When I see a little fruit developing, I wrap it loosely in a bag made of plastic netting (you can buy some mesh type fabric from a craft store, or those mesh bags onions come in from the grocery store work nicely too) to keep the squirrels away. I have to do this with...

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've been busy the last week canning pears I got from a lady who didn't want to pick hers anymore. It is hard work! That's what you get when your garden didn't do very well?! I'll take that over what my garden has done this year! I think I've spent more money on seeds than I've gotten back in...

Yes, I have found corn is better planted in "blocks" than rows, so that it can be pollinated better.

I'm sure you've got a nice sunny window that a potted tomato or two could live in front of. =)

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...

Chicken Stalker, I'll take your cress. Can you tell me a little about it, I have never grown it before. I'll offer: Beet "Detroit Dark Red" Zinnia, mixed colors Pumpkin, "connecticut Field" Acorn Squash Squash "Delicata" Corn "Golden Bantam" Tomato assortment (a mix of different kinds, I'm...

Ahh, goats are so fun! Mine do that pretty much every time they get loose, they run at top speed for the milking stand and I'll have four or five goats all trying to climb on and look for grain! At least it makes them easy to catch. I had a doe that loved the inside of the house for some...

I did get the seeds, thanks!

Here too, in Arizona. It's been in the 90s to 100s in the day, but cools down to high 40s at night. The tomatoes finally took off, I am getting a couple dozen a day, and I had planted some fall seeds but had to leave the seedlings with a babysitter for four days and they aren't looking so good...

Acorn is my favorite. I cut them in half, scoop out the seeds, and fill the cavity with a little butter, cinnamon, ginger, and brown sugar, then bake it. When it's done, you squish the meat up into the juice in the middle and serve it in its own little shell-bowl, very yummy! I tried delicata...

Wow, that's really creative.

I just got some Tigerella to try next spring. This year my new varieties were Armenian Cucumber and "Solar Fire" tomatoes. The cucumbers were excellent, but did not produce well in the heat. I will use them as a fall and spring crop from now on. I love the flavor, like a honeydew melon...

I really like the selection and prices at heirloomacresseeds.com, but be sure to order early and not in a hurry, whenever I have ordered from them, the website says it will be there in about two weeks, and it takes 4+ weeks...Everything they have is heirloom/non-GMO though, and their prices are...

That's a good idea on the cucumbers. It's just too expensive for me to buy or make those when I need 30+ plants of each type! Kind of cute for a backyard thing, or if you're not a serious grower.

Wow, yours looks really nice! I bet it would be all right for growing some sort of an ornamental flower or vine that naturally trails like that.

I didn't like ours. The plant did not get very big, really did not produce, and the weight of the plant hanging that way caused it to keep breaking heavy branches off as soon as a few tomatoes would start to grow on them. It also only worked for one season in the Arizona sun. The next year...

I've had the same problem, and I think it is the weather. My cherry tomatoes have been the size of peas (getting bigger now though!) and the bell peppers were turning red at about the size of a quarter. We've had a super hot dry summer--yes, it is normally hot and dry here, but this summer was...

I live in zone 8 and I grow my garlic in the winter. I plant right about now, and it will sprout up and then just sort of sit there all winter (I didn't even water it last winter, just left it alone), and by early spring I can harvest. I discovered I could do this by accident last year, and got...