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I currently have a sweet potato sprouting in water on my bookcase. It has 4 sprouts that are about 2 inches long each, so far. I am not sure if I need to break off the sprouts and root them in water and if I do, how long do they need to be before I do this? If this is not how it needs to be done...

I planted my potato sprouts on April 19. I planted them in a 30 in diameter cylinder made from small grid fencing. The medium I used to plant in was a layer of compost (2 inches) a layer of staw (2 inches) then the sprouts, another layer of straw (2 inches) and another layer of compost (1 inch)...

I have 4 larger breed chickens who provide me with a dust pan filled with Poop every other day. This winter, I decided to toss it on to my garden to provide some fertilization that will be tilled into the garden in the spring. I am not sure how much is too much. I have been trying to put some...

I am interested in finding out how to ammend my root veggie raised bed. In this bed, which is 10 X 6, I grow carrots on 1/2 the area every year and have tried turnips (successful), beets (not successful), onions & shallots(not successful) in the other 1/2. I attempted to amend this bed with...

I have heard that you can plant potatoes in plastic 55 gallon drums using a layering method. I am interested in finding out how this is done. Does there need to be holes in the drum or do you remove the bottom of the drum. What is a layering method? How many seed potatoes are used in each drum...

We had a frost last week and my butternut squash plants were killed. The squashes were not dammaged by the frost. My husband and I picked them last weekend, even though they were still green or mottled orange/green. We were worried that they might rot or get dammaged if we got a hard frost. Will...

I have heard that there are large beets that are grown for feed for animals. These large beets can be used to supplement chicken feed in the winter. You would hang one of these beets in the coop or run and the chickens would peck at it. Does anyone know what type of large beets these are?