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I'm combining two hobbies this week! I've designed and 3D printed strainers / sieves for wide-mouth mason jars to sprout Alfalfa & Broccoli seedlings. This has the "feet" and strainer together so I can simply put a lid on and drain the seeds. I have another version where the legs and the...

When I was little my family would pick / dry pears from our trees. I didn't do a great job keeping up the tradition with my kids, but we did a small batch last year in our tiny food dehydrator. They enjoyed the process, loved the results, and everyone we shared them with loved them too. So...

Hi friends! (I wasn't sure which thread (ya, on my own forum :rolleyes:) to put this thread... but learned lucky bamboo is a type of water lily, so I figured flowers was closest?) I received a lucky-bamboo plant from a friend 5 years ago. Surprisingly, I've actually been able to keep it...

We're seeing errors when peeps try to view threads when they are logged in. We're looking into it and hope to find a fix soon!

We've added a new "reaction" called Informative: Our hope is that this additional data-point will help our community "bubble-up" the most helpful and "informative" content and replies! NOTE: We want to encourage our members to be mindful of how they use this reaction. Please only use it for...

Ugh! I'm in no way a garden expert. Sometimes I've just gotten lucky, but most of the times my garden has disappointed me. I see other gardens that have SUPER lush huge vibrant green plants with tremendous production ... and I'm stuck with plants (most vegetables) that barely grow or produce...

ME: "Hey GF, why are you putting a cage around those cucumbers?" GF: "It will help them grow better." Cucumber:

We've got a Passionflower vine that is getting devoured by these guys. Any ideas what they are? They only seem to be going after the Passionflower vine, and nothing else in the garden / yard. Once we figure them out, we'll determine if it's safe to feed them to the chickens, and then how to...

I have a Montgomery Ward lawnmower my Dad bought... at least 30 years ago, probably more. I've been using it as my "weed lawnlower" for the past 10 years. It has run surprisingly well during those years I've owned it, even though I've not taken care of it properly. Each Spring when I pull it...

As part of my chicken grazing frame experiment on BYC, I planted a few BOSS (black oil sunflower seeds) to grow in the house. They've actually been doing pretty decently inside. ... except we just noticed a ton of what looks like "webbing" and tiny buggies. I'm guessing some kind of spider...

For 40 years I've been completely bad-mouthing persimmons. I've honestly thought they were some of the worst fruits people could grow in their yards. I've been dissing them for as long as I can remember. Well, a week ago my mom brought some over for us to try. ... and HOLY COW/. I actually...

Hey amazing TEG members, we've got an idea we'd like to get your thoughts and feedback on! Sumi had worked on an AMAZING project on BYC called "Featured Breeds" where she created a thread for each breed of chicken with general informaion, links, and discussions. It's been a great resource over...

In this thread I mentioned the green onions I have growing in water. It's been STUPID easy to grow these... they just keep producing! Now I'm wondering a few things: How far / long can I keep doing this with these specific plants? Assuming I could maintain a "perfect" environment (temp, light...

Ok, I know this is probably a slippery slope, but I thought I'd DABBLE in this a little bit. I guess technically I already am.... ;) A few months ago I had some green onions from the store and ended up putting them in water. I was SHOCKED at how fast they grew!!! :ep So, I got to thinking it...

You may have already noticed this change when you typed in, or went to your bookmark for www.TheEasyGarden.com :) Well, we've been working on this new homepage for a while and we're SUPER excited to launch it! What started out as a way to accommodate our awesome POW (Picture Of the Week)...

Hey All! It's time for us to finally upgrade our forum software to the newest version. The new version comes with some new features, better performance, more security, etc! We're hoping downtime will be VERY limited... hopefully not more than an hour or two. That said, it's hard to know...

4/21/2020, A VERY sad update: We're very sorry to say that our beautiful friend and amazing soul Sumi passed away 3 pm Irish time. It was peaceful and pain free. As some of you may know, our beloved moderator Sumi went missing a few weeks ago. About a dozen of us were frantically working to...

We've updated the site to the newest software! There are a lof of changes behind the scenes (better spam and user management and other stuff), but here are some things that y'all will notice: Online status indicator on messages Another very common suggestion was to indicate if a user is online...

This has been a family tradition since 1973ish? When I was a kid I was doing this exact same thing with my family using plumbs from the same tree & using the same equipment, including the custom sharpened pit removing tools my dad made! The pitters aren't anything super fancy, but they...

We've been on this new platform for a few months and I thought I'd do a quick check to see if y'all echo my feelings... One of the many reasons we moved to this platform is because it has much better anti-spam features. We'll never be able to 100% get rid of spammers (there's always going to be...