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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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    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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    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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    Help with transplanted strawberries

    A week or so ago I transplanted 80, 1 year old strawberry plants from my parents bed. My dad said I need to clip the blossoms for the first year. I understand that. But these are already a year old, just transplanted. Do I need to do something or just let them go? What are the future...
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    Shrubs are dying

    Last spring we planted 2 Youndstown Juniper evergreens and 1 Emerald Beauty Arborvitae. All 3 are turning brown. Seemed to get worse over the winter, but really never took off the way I would have imagined over the course of last year. Is there a "miracle solution" to try and help them...
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    Worm Composting

    I have read quite a bit information on vermi composting. I would like to add worm boxes below my rabbit cages. One thing I can't find an answer to is what happens in winter? Here in MN we get frost 4 to 5 feet below ground, what happens to worms? Has anyone done something to heat their boxes...
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    First post/Garden Gnome

    Hello. I have been a lurker here since Jan. when I joined BYC. Needed to join to to take advantage of all the search features and such. Where is a good source for garden gnomes? I am looking for a gnome drinking a beer.
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