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the rabbits thoroughly enjoyed my cantaloupe seedlings :barnie

I grow pumpkins because its so easy and cheaper than buying them. I use them for decorating and this time of year when most of the flowers are done my pumpkins in my flower beds are thriving. My goal (one of these years) is to grow enough to sell but my field always gets ahead of me, lord give...

We got loads of rocks out of the woods, on piles, must have been from long ago when they cleaned them out of the fields. If that counts as recycling. Also used some neat looking stumps. The round "island" in the second pic wasnt quite done yet.

This was an old door I found in one of my sheds. I stapled the fabric over where the window would have been.

ive been looking into this as well for a wind break. If its shade you want a red maple grows very fast. Or the Austree though I think they grow too fast and the trunk is rather thin. For the wind break I decided on Scotch Pine. My neighbor has the Empress tree and it hasnt grown that fast and...

you may want to look into growing flowers and shrubs that attract bees. I looked it up but I cant right now remember what I found. Im definitely looking into it for next year.

my grandfather used to inject them with milk, I could never get it in so I just water with powdered milk a couple times. Also only allow one pumpkin on the vine.

all this rain weve had has about done me in. I replanted my corn and cucumber because only 4 corn plants grew the first time. Sunflowers look good, the rabbits ate half my tomato plants and all the honeydew but at least the tomotoes recovered. Its so muddy all the time, if I try to work the...

i was taught to push your finger nail against a kernel when it resists slightly then pops its ready to eat.

do you know the path he travels? We had a huge one under the shed behind the coop last year. We could see where he slid under after gorging himself on apples, so my son put a leg trap right there with apples around it, sure enough the next day we got him. He had to go about 20 pounds. Knock...

i start my watermelon in peat pots in one of those plastic trays for warmth, on the sunny porch. Transplant when they are a couple inches high. Also what ive been planting are sugar babies, small round watermelons. What varieties have you tried.

my grandmother has made it for years, so yummy on a hot dog or hamburger. Try putting it on a steak as a condiment.

I planted flowers today. My son was cutting and selling firewood this past winter and had a huge log that was hollow, in 2 about 2' high by3 1/2' wide sections. I claimed 2 of them to plant flowers in. I planted 12 yellow grape tomato plants and 2 honeydew yesterday. My corn that I planted...

so funny......I have one very larger tractor tire in my garden where I planted 12 tomato plants and 3 honeydew. Mine probably stands 2-3 feet high but will be nice not to have to bend over to pick and the honeydew will grow down the side. Talking to my son tonight I find out my dad has at least...

my mom would generously dust the plants with flour and the worms would eat the flour and bloat up and die. Works on broccoli too.

barn swallows are also nasty little nest protectors if you have ever had one nest on your porch. But yes they do get the insects.

Gram has a late season Bartlett that looks like that with a nice soft smell.

I have to have watermelon and corn.

i dont think there was any injury as they were direct sown. Ive grown sweet corn my whole life, this was just a case of lack of everything that first year.

you can try it and put some fertilizer on but my first year here I got corn stalks and no corn. My field had not been planted in 25 years at least, we did plow it up but it was just poor all around. We didnt expect much that year. It takes a couple years, some good chicken poop and maybe a...