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    Comfrey

    Did you find any Comfrey?
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    Storing potatoes

    I never thought about the variety. I have been using Yukon Gold potatoes for the last couple years. They are a thin skinned and taste like butter :D Thanks for the replies so far. It looks like I am doing it right, something just didn't work out :/
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    Storing potatoes

    Yes. Both. But not wet-mushy. Just soft and shriveling. I didn't wash them either :/ We were thinking of keeping them in buckets covered in dirt but who wants to carry dirt down in the basement??? Maybe a try of dirt would be easier?
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    Storing potatoes

    I just finished eating a store-bought baked potato because when I went to get ours, they were in too bad of shape to eat :( They made it a few months in a sack in our cellar but there must be a sure-fire way to keep potatoes longer. I fed alot to the chickens today. Id rather feed me ;) What...
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    Just yesterday I was peeing on the compost pile and wondering where this thread was :lol:.
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    My Tomatoes Are OUT OF CONTROL

    My plant are out of control too... But they will not ripen!!! It is just too cool this year. (at least here)
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    when are my tomatoes going to ripen

    I've eaten a few cherry tomatoes, literally a couple :D But yes, it has been cool this year. Everything seems to be late :( Keep the faith. If they are there they are bound to ripen eventually!
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    Wouldn't that depend on what the intake is :rolleyes: I received a tour of a large city waste treatment facility last spring. Guess what they do with the solids..... apply it to farm fields! The treated "water" goes back into the rivers to soak back into the aquifers so that the water may...
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    Yes, keep us informed!
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    Well.... There is more to it than that. How has your average temps been for the season? Rain fall?? Watering???
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    Pruning trees in summer?

    Thanks for the links and info Ridgerunner :thumbsup If that info doesn't answer my questions about pruning, I doubt that there is an answer!
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    Pruning trees in summer?

    I've got quite the assortment. A few walnuts, hackberrys, oak, cottonwood, and various evergreens. Years ago I remember my dad using a tar like substance on trees that he limbed. Wasn't that used to seal the open tree?
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    Pruning trees in summer?

    I am losing skin every time I mow my yard this year :( Can I remove a few limbs this time of the year? (June for those that will read this using the search feature in the future) I am sick of ducking and getting ripped up. :P
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    will killing the grass kill my plants?

    My mother's strawberry bed was just getting over taken by crab grass. Crab grass had long runners and deep roots. Almost impossible to pull completely. She brushed Round-up on the grass. Using a small brush carefully "paint" the chemical on the grass leaves. It doesn't stay with the soil...
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    Existing Compost?

    This is an odd question because more questions are HOW to make compost. My step son started a job this summer working for a local city. They happen to have a city compost pile at the landfill site. Cool! I like a city that takes it's trash and turns it into treasure :) Well, he surprised us...
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    Success? Maybe... for that spot. Don't forget that I had brown spots also. I like the idea of saving the urine and properly using it but when it is dry out (right now we need RAIN!!) you will burn stuff. As with everything else.... best in moderation.
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    Starting a compost pile with chicken manure

    I have more of a decomposition pile than a compost pile but here is my method. If I didn't have such a huge bedding to poo ratio I would get more serious about doing it right. In the fall I do a complete clean up of the coop. I take that fresh poo which is what everyone says is too "hot" to...
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    Urine as a liquid fertilizer....

    I figured I would update my dog pee situation (huh???). This spring we have had fairly normal rain fall and all the dead spots grew back bigger and better than the surrounding lawn. So, my thoughts are that last fall we were really dry and it knocked down the grass. With regular watering the...
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    How's everyone's potatoes going?

    I had to come back and re-visit this thread. We had a pretty good frost Saturday night... they are now slightly black. Still mostly green but they got nipped. If I could just keep the straw on them :/ Can a potato plant take frost??
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    Raised veggie bed's frame; is composite lumber safe to use?

    I would have used composite if I could afford it. I just used landscaping 3x3's and will replace them when needed. I don't have the detailed info you want to hear, but I can't imagine that a thermo-set plastic composite can do anything to your soil or veggies. In fact, I would believe that...
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