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Hi Sunny! :coolsun I really like the University Extension Master Gardener's program. Here is a link to their website in Trenton, it will tell you more about this national program. I know from personal experience that these volunteers will welcome your questions about gardening in your area...

I have new blooms on my "Christmas Cacti." Indoors, of course. :dance

Tucking some onion sets into a raised bed. Otherwise, only boot-sucking mud everywhere...

Citygirl, my dad has ordered trees in bulk from Stark, I haven't heard complaints. Linda

OK, so now I have to get out there and talk to the people at some of the coffee kiosks and maybe pay a visit to the local microbrewery. Great ideas. Do you suppose chickens would like some of those spent grains?

I hate it when that happens. :rant I'd love to have a fan or two of those Apache reds. Can I trade you a couple of lily bulbs or some hatching eggs? I should probably move this conversation to the making trades/for sale forum! And as for what I am planting...I am building a raised bed for...

:gig Love your sig. Do chickens eat fire ants? Maybe we can get them listed as a new category of livestock. And what is a Chinese Tallow Tree?

Oh my, HENS in the compost? :hu :duc Maybe your friend should be the one w/Farmer Maggot as his nickname!! LOL I prefer to do like DigitS and build up a big pile and let it sit. ONly, since we have a lot of little goat shelters and another area w/chickens, we tend to have SEVERAL big piles...

Pat, I just keep hoping Yoda will show up and move the stuff for me, and I won't have to lift a finger. (oh, baaad!) :rolleyes: Buff, I am going to have to find some of those Chicago Apache Red daylilies. They are gorgeous. There are several epimediums that are native to Western Oregon...

Be careful not to water them too much. In my experience, too much water to the vines in summer can make big sour watery grapes that don't ripen well and mildew problems in the vines. Your vines do look like they have made a good start, though. Don't be afraid to be brutal as you shape them up...

Good ideas from everyone. Before I got a REAL coldframe, I used home-made disposable ones...I took a sturdy cardboard box, cut/folded down the front and folded down the two adjoining sides at a slant from the high back to the lower front of the box, and then cut and fitted a piece of clear 4...

Hello all, nice to "meet" you. Bluebird, my DH is a Notre Dame football nut, has been for 50 years. He hasn't been having a good year! :P

Steve, blight is a serious problem for a lot of gardeners here. I'm not sure why I haven't been troubled. I do have the room to move my tomatoes/potatoes/solanaceous plants a fair distance every year. I also am careful about selecting seed potatoes, and I start my tomato plants indoors from...

BuffShallots, your yard looks very pretty and inviting. Nice coop! I especially like the pic of the Fairy Wings and Forget-me-nots; isn't it funny how some of our best plant combinations happen by happy accident? Is that a native Epimedium or can you purchase them somewhere? I have some...

Pat, I'm so glad we don't have much snow here! We just have lots of mud. :/ Come to think of it, maybe snow would be better. I like your transport solutions. Maybe they work in deep mud, too? Linda

Thank you! I love this little Nikon camera. It is very forgiving. With the photo-manipulation programs, it becomes fool-proof.

Big Red, I've been doing that for years. I put down a little cardboard or layers of newspapers under my mulch stuff. My mulch stuff is also high in nitrogen, as I use the soiled bedding from the chicken and goat barns. I leave it there all winter long to mellow. If I'm in a hurry, I will put...

OK, Brenda, I have your pictures! Check out my new pages here on the site. My 30 year old is very proud of me; I figured out photobucket without her help. :rose Linda

Wow, what a gorgeous place. You've done well. I only have close-ups to share because the big picture at my place is definitely NOT all tied together. My place is rather wild-looking. http://www.theeasygarden.com/web/viewblog.php?id=5026-My_Flowers That may be because I spend too much time...

I've been very fortunate to never have blight in the 15 years I've lived here. I am rather isolated, though. I grew Legend last year, too. It was on the end of the garden, though, and didn't get enough care, I think. The nubians rampaged through that area a couple of times, too, and knocked...