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Ok, I know the answer is probably fairly simple and yall are going to laugh at me but here goes. I am confused about Summer Squash and Winter Squash. Are you supposed to grow Winter Squash in the winter?

I ordered seeds today. I am already eggcited about spring 1. Red Malabar Spinach 2. Burgandy Okra 3. Bennings Green Tint Scallop Squash 4. Patisson Golden Marbre Scallop Squash 5 Roma II Bush Bean 6. Chinese Red Noodle Bean 7. Christmas Pole Lima Bean 8 Henderson's Bush Lima...

I have enough okra seeds to give a couple of yall iffin yall want them. I dont know the variety but I got some from the nice little old lady down the road who has grown this variety for years and grew them myself. They sure are good okra. I managed to slice and freeze lots of okra this year...

I just got some pimento seeds in the mail. I am excited. I cant wait till spring

Yum, I love asparagus. I think I may plant some of those. It seems as though with asparagus that it might be better to make a permanant box of some sort to grow them in. How long do they take to produce edible food? How many years will they grow? When should these be planted? I didnt want to...

Can I still plant onions here in Houston(ish) Texas right now? Beets?

I grew a lot of egg plants this spring and summer. I lost a lot of egg plants this year just because we could not eat them. Can they be frozen? Maybe sliced and froze? I am going to step up my gardening this year due to the fact that I now have a 3 point tiller and can till a lot more. In fact...

I've made a new garden bed today for my fall crop. This will be my first fall crop. I am excited I am going to till in some of my compost today. I just piled up horse manure and added vegetable scraps, egg shells, leaves, and grass clippings in a large pile, made sure they got a good soaking...

I am getting mucho cucumbers all the sudden. My neighbor down the street planted way after I did and his plants took right off and started giving him nice cucumbers right away. My plants stayed little for a LONG time but all the sudden started growing and not I am getting alot of cukes. This...

I's has a couple of Egg Plants growing on one of the plants. I am eggcited. I wonder if I share them with the chickens will they lay more eggs? :rolleyes:

I counted 40 watermelons today and there are still tons of little flowers. I am hoping for over 80 of them. I cant believe how well they are doing. I have two patches. The patch that gets more sunlight is doing better than the one that only gets about 6 hours of sunlight a day but even it is...

I've been growing those little bitty yellow squashes and have been getting a decent amount. One plant never would give any squashes up. Well I went to pick squashes today and I looked at that plant and there is this big ole (8 inches) zucchini plus a little one. I says to myself-"self, how did...

Well, my corn succomed to a major disease today. :hit The disease is a horrible malady known as "Cow Eatem UP Disease". Yep, one of my neighbors cows (4 cows) decided to come over and have breakfast this morning. I had just had a talk with this very neighbor over his horses in my pasture. I only...

I am growing russet potatoes and blue potatoes. I just aint getting it. I am not understanding when to "hill" them or what exzactly what that means. Any ideas? One of my russet plants bloomed the other day. :( Mjd

Here are two shots of one of my baby watermelons. Note the golf ball Here is a baby Okra Here are some baby Squash

Here is one of my watermelon patches with tomatoes posing in the background Some Okra plants (with weeds posing as well :rolleyes:) Some russet potatoe plants that I have absolutely no idea if I am doing right Some of the blue potatoe plants that are trying to recover from being...

My green beans do not look anything like the package. These are really long 12 to 16 inches and very thin. I am trying to find the package so that I can call/write and complain. I will take a picture on the morrow so that yall might be able to tell me what they are. They taste good though Mjd...

As yall know, I am new to gardening and this spring I had a lot of failures do to my own ignorance on the subject. One of the things doing real well in my garden are my tomato plants. I am starting to get lots of tomatos now. One of them I have been watching since it was a little bitty fellow...

I know there is a thread about this but I didnt want to hijack his thread (again). I understand that squash can and will cross with each other, but will it show up that year or does it show up in the seeds and then the next year you have something "weird'? Did that question even make sense? Mjd