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I like that book. The companion part is smaller then expected with the title but there is a ton of info on natural ways to limit pests. Very handy :)

I read somewhere online about growing potatoes that way. It is very similar to the trash can potato growing. You cut off the bottom of a trash can, fill about 6 inches with dirt, plant seed potato and when the plant reaches a certain height you fill in with more dirt. You fill in more dirt a...

:ep Wow! :bow to your neighbor! That is amazing! My little artichoke plants are about 4 inches high and I might see one artichoke to eat by fall :fl

I bought seed potatoes last month and for lack of anywhere else they went into the basement. Cool & dark but damp. I discovered today some have 3-4 inch long roots already! I am in zone 5. According to my planting calenders I should plant potatoes around the 9th or so of May. That is still...

We have the frames set up and need some advice on what to fill them with. I have been reading a little bit about lasagna gardening but everything I read says to start in the fall filling them with layers of newspaper, leaves, compost etc. We could go buy some soil, I have a big old manure...

Going to attempt artichokes in zone 5. Will plant seeds in a couple more weeks. I am still sorting out advice from others to see what will work best for me.

Our carrots were great last year - up until it was a fight with an unknown critter who bit off the tops, left the tops with greens on the ground, ate the top of the carrot in the ground and left what it could not easily eat. I bought a rainbow mix from Fedco. See photo to the left. The...

I think my only mistake was not weeding as much as I should have. It all started with the 2 week flu in June and I never caught up again. This year I think I may be getting in over my head. I ordered twice as many types of seeds and we have to put in a whole new garden (the old one is now a...

I bought some of the Imperial Globe and am waiting for the seeds. I do have to start them inside. Not sure exactly when. Probably as soon as I get them. I will try the cooling period in the fridge. I have never seen them already started anywhere around here even at the really good garden...

Pumpkin bread from our cheese pumpkins. Soooo yummy - the kids keep stealing it all. Very cake like, think banana bread consistency. I only have enough for one loaf left :( Need more pumpkins next year.

Fedco seeds in ME say that you can grow artichokes here. You have to start them indoors in Jan/Feb. Has anyone ever done this? I am a total newbie and looking for some direction. Even some ideas. Everything I find online is geared towards California where plants can survive all year...

Fedcoseeds.com is great.

wrong place

We we on the way to beautiful perfect carrots. I bought an organic rainbow mix so the colors ranged from a deep red to white and every version of orange in between. They are so cool! The first 2 rows I planted were producing carrots about 6 inches long and about an inch wide as of last week...

I am over in NH so not that far and I saw someone else posted that it has been found in Maine too. I looked at photos of late blight and it looks different. But then I read about early blight and that looks more like what my potatoes have. Either way it looks like a fungal issue. From the...

So basically there is nothing I can do?

We are in the northeast and are just finally seeing sun again after what seemed like a month of non stop rain. My potato plants went from looking very nice to this. One plant has died - turned yellow and wilted away. There are spots which resemble a fungus I saw in photos. There are also...

That looks like it. Though reading the description I have no clue how it got here. I bought seeds from a reputable source, we use our own water, the garden is in a new place then from where the previous owners had theirs 5+ years ago.

No hail or hard rain. There are white spots but also holes ringed in white. They are all small, like large pencil points.