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What's wrong with my bush cucumber?? I've never grown them before and don't really know much about them...but one of mine is not doing so hot. Any ideas on how I can make him happier?

I have this plant growing in my veggie garden, it's right where some peppers should be...but it doesn't look like the other peppers. I tried to pull it before but my boyfriend thinks it's a pepper, I think it's a weed. Well... what is it?

Here is a little bit from Science daily: Catnip Repels Mosquitoes More Effectively Than DEET Researchers report that nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is about ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET the compound used in...

the tops of my basil plants leaves are starting to get wavy and curly and weird instead of smooth like they have been...is something wrong with my basil? Is it dry? does it need to be harvested? I'll try to post pictures later if it ever stops raining.

What is your favorite natural and safe way to keep away bugs. I always liked catnip to keep away mesquitoes. Or Mint to keep mice out of the house. What about you??

I use Ollas to water my veggies. They are clay pots that you bury in the ground, fill with water and allow the water to slowly seep out of the porous pot into the soil. Your plant roots will gravitate toward the pots. You can learn more about them here: on you tube from Pathtofreedom

Corn meal or baby powder?? what does this do to them?? I know was DE does, but I've never heard of using the other two. thanks! I'll try to cornmeal since I have some in my closet.

how do I keep the ants from chomping away on my mammoth sunflowers? They don't have any flowers yet, but the poor leafs are all holey and sad looking from all these little black ants crawling all over them. (I would prefer to stick to organic methods)

If you throw the tea bag in make sure they don't have metal staples in them...my boyfriend and I have been composting for some time and didn't even think of this until we were spreading the compost and kept seeing staples in the soil...doh! I'm convinced I have so many coffee ground in my...

Does any one on here have a compost bin/pile inside of their chicken run??? I was trying to figure out if I could do something like this with out it getting gross. The chickens would shift thru the pile turning and mixing it and eating all the goodies as they go. Is this a good idea or could...

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I have more then just one square foot for the corn. I guess I did word that kind of funny. I have about 3ft x 4ft (maybe more if I turn over some more soil) . I was just wondering how many I would plant in that area, or how far apart they needed to be. So I can plant two per square foot?

I'm in Michigan too and I just planted some pumpkins I got for free from the nursery (they were going to be thrown out cus they are little brown) I think I can bring them back to health. I've never had pumpkins before though...so we shall see.

How many stalks of corn can you plant per square foot??? I've never grown corn before but I wanted to try growing sweet corn. I got some plants from the nursery but the tag doesn't say anything about spacing.

I've been seeing this little jem growing around the area. It growing like crazy along the fence line of my and the crazy lady next door that doesn't do anything with her house/yard ( I threw wild flowers in her yard this summer though so it looks pretty! hehe) Anyways...on with the pictures...

Most hardware stores also carry the pound liner (it comes in roll like fabric, you just dig the hole any shape or depth you want, lay down sand, then lay down the pound liner fabric, and put rocks around the outside to weight it down, and fill. If you do a google search for it you'll find alot...

How do you know when to pick your spinach?? If I just pull the leaves off will the plant continue to grow more??

I'm not sure what you mean by cool season crop. I've never grown potatoes before and am pretty clueless. I live in Michigan and our last frost date just passed. Am I to late to plant potatoes will the summer be to hot for them? Should I wait tell fall? Will the potato seeds still be good in...

This is my very first year trying to grow potatoes. I'm clueless! Should I plant them in the ground our in containers. The area where I have enough sun to plants then are either directly under a Black Walnut tree.... or the back of my hard that is rather hard and rocky. Would I be better off...

I'm yet to actually harvest any of the nuts. The first year we didn't know what it was, by the time we learned most the nuts were on the ground and rotting. How do you go about peeling off the hard green outer part of the nut? When does it start to product nuts. I haven't seen any yet this...