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    My Pathetic Brussel Sprouts

    This is what you get when you plant Brussel Sprouts in unfertile, dry soil. This is the harvest from nine plants. NINE PLANTS. Those big sprouts are the clumps that were at the top of each stalk. The actual sprouts are all the size of that itty bitty one right on top in the middle of the...
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    "Fruit Salad" trees

    Has anyone seen these things for sale in catalogs? They are trees that have been grafted to grow several different varieties of fruit on ONE tree. Like plums, nectarines, peaches, pears, etc, all on one tree. I was looking at this thing in the catalog, and was intrigued. But then I noticed...
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    My pea seedlings

    SOMETHING is eating my pea seedlings. There are tiny bites taken out of the leaves, and some of them are picked clean right down to the ground. It doesn't seem like rabbits. I see these little brown sparrow-like birds in the garden a lot, could it be them? I'm thinking of getting a few...
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    Mole-deterrant: Solar powered "chattering" device?

    Hi folks, I have moles in my yard, and they are making a mess of things. I don't like poisons, so I bought this little spike that you put in the gournd. It has a solar cell to power it, and it makes a chattering sound. The sound is meant to sound like a mole's alarm call, and is supposed to...
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