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Despite my attempts at prevention, I've noticed one of my tomato plants is brown/black and boggy on the bottom (bottom end rot?). What can I do for them? I think I've heard that a weak solution of powdered milk would work?

My sunflowers are going crazy, but I noticed quite a few of the lower leaves are turning brown. New leaves are growing just above all the brown ones-is htis normal? If not, what can I do for them?:/

All of my maters have flowered, but only a few have fruit. Do I need extra fertilizer? If so, what do you reccommend (note-I don't want to use chemicals)?:happy_flower

I have nutured, and successfully grown a cheddar cauliflower from seed. It was robust, and had just set it's first "fruit", when I walked out the other morning and found it had been completely destroyed by little lime green, velvet-y catipillars (with what looks like spun silk under their...

My squashes seem to be going crazy! I've heard about squash blossom soup,fried squash blossems etc... but being as this is the first year I've grown them... suggestions?:/

I grew Diva Cucs from seed this year. One plant is thriving, already has tiny little cucs on it. 3 others in another planter have died, and although one is doing sort of ok,many of it's leaves are dry and brown around the edges. I have replaced the dead ones with seedlings form a local nursery...

I've just mulched around all of my tomato plants, but I have planted radishes around the cucumbers and squash, so I don't mulch, right? I know this seems simple, but I have confused myself....:rolleyes:

My neighbour had asked me about a flowering plant he received as a gift, which he thought were called red trumpets. I looked in the Western Garden book, but no luck. Any ideas?

I already put De in my chicken coop to keep the bugs at bay, but would like to use in my organic garden (especially for the much feared squash and cucumber predators). But if it won't work when it is wet, how do I water the garden and still have effective DE??!!:(

So I've got a batch of compost in the composter (see pic). It looks to be just about done, but I need tp let it cool for a month or more DT the chicken poo in it. What do I do with it? Put it in a garbage bag with time and date, and then I can start a new batch in the composter?:/

Here in the high desert, we kind of frown of lawns (eat up too much of our precious water). But we have a teensy weensy little yard (like 25 square feet). A small amount of old grass is coming back, but we'd like to lush it up. We've bought seed...hints?

So now that they are growing, I would like to make something out of them after they've bloomed. Ideas? Potporri recipes?:)

One of my saved rose bushes is starting to bloom...what do I do with it? Do I clip the roses right after they bloom, or wait till they wither and then clip them?

I have planted some companions seeds around the seedlings I started back in January (and have moved into their outside beds). The problem, the companions are just little bitty things, and though I would like to mulch, I'm afraid they will get buried/get too much H20. I guess I will just have to...

I've done the search, but I want to make sure I understand... If I just wrap cardboard-ish material arounf the stems of my seedlings and make sure this tube extends down into the soil a few inches, I will have made a paper collar?:/

My SIL said that if you wait to plant squash until later in the season you won't get squash bugs (as they will have already set up shop in someone else's garden). I'm not convinced. Any thoughts??

I've looked through the posts (using the search), but can't seem to find the answer... I think I read somewhere that you only pinch off the suckers on indeterminate varieties...right? Or do I have it backwards? Having planted both, I would like to train them properly from the very start.:/

Are there bulbs I could be plantng now that would bloom in the fall?:)

Here are some of our raised bed gardens; Note the two diff. covers-one allows the trapping of more heat. We kept it on over the winter, and were able to grow spinach,lettuce,broccolli and herbs all winter long. Another view of two planters, along with the two tiered planter we just...

This year we've planted qiote a bit of cucs and dill, in the hopes of making our slightly famous homemade pickles. Any tips to keep the many problems they can have at bay. All input welcome! :D (P.S. I'm planning on planting marigolds,radishes and dill around them...)