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I sowed some inside and I sowed some outside last month. Half of the ones I put outside are actually growing pretty well, but they're being eaten by something. So I have to spray them. I sowed broccoli outside at the same time and over half of them are growing pretty well. I have to spray those...

Mother Earth News has provided some information on what to sow (inside and out) and when to transplant (if started inside). You just click on your region and then on the month, and it gives you all kinds of info. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/What-To-Plant-Now.aspx

My great-grandparents used to cover spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli raab and brussel sprouts with sheets overnight to protect from frost. He told my grandmother that a lot of winter vegetables can handle the cold down to the 20s or 30s but not the frost. So if you cover them with...

I *tried* to start it. I sowed broccoli in the middle of July, half of it is growing pretty well, but is being eaten by something. I'll have to spray it tomorrow. Though I think what did grow is looking good. I sowed some brussel sprouts that started to do well in July but when the heat came...

I'm sowing some this weekend :)

I don't know about your zone, but here in zone 6 I just sowed some broccoli last month. I hope it turns out well. I've never been able to grow it in the summer...

I placed an order on July 28 for thirty line items. Today, I received a padded manila envelope from Western Regional P.I. Station, Washington Stage University. I received four fava beans and a copy of my email order and this letter: 'Thank you for your interest in our germplasm collection...

I have a bad grass and weed problem in my garden in the aisles. I had cut the grass down super short, lined it wall to wall with weed cloth and put wood chips down. I have a full bed of grass that grew though all that. So, yes, will hay or even straw keep the grass from growing??? Does anyone...

I never did put out my potato seeds this past spring. But I figured I had nothing to lose by just setting them out and seeing what would happen. A neighbor told me that she grows her potatoes in round laundry baskets. She cuts out the bottom, turns it over, so the larger size is on the ground...

This year everything's still growing. I have a few silver dollar sized Crimson Sweet and Sugar Baby watermelons. The cantaloupe plants are STILL like 5 inches tall. I'm only keeping them going just to see what will happen. The canaloupe plant is doing really well, but I have blooms only and no...

You can also grow carrots, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, spinach and broccoli raab in the winter. Collards and kale do well in the winter and even with a bit of frost. I think it's great that you're doing a winter garden. I've already got my row covers (some plastic I got from gardeners.com...

Well, ok, that's very possible. We have a lot of toads. Thanks :)

But it's covered in deer netting :( Though there might be a gap. I'll have to look carefully today.

I planted two containers of fava beans the other day. One of the containers has little finger-sized holes over where I planted them. It's as if I poked a hole, planted the fava, and forgot to cover it up again. And at first I thought that's exactly what happened, but not only do I remember...

Oh that looks great! Congrats :)

They look wonderful :) I haven't been successful with beets. But I keep setting aside a bit of garden to keep trying. This year I planted Chioggia beets. Still waiting :/ I plan on doing them for the fall garden too.

Thank you for whoever suggested this site a few weeks ago. I ordered the Thuricide BTK for Caterpillars and Rotenone/Pyrethrum Spray. My summer garden was obliterated by those vine borers and grew incredibly slow before I could figure out what was going on. I didn't get one squash this season...

Last summer, I went to school full time and as a result didn't have a summer garden. But before I decided to do that, I received a burpee's plant special that I had ordered months previously. It was the one with Golden Mama, Tangerine Mama, Razzle Dazzle, Ice something (a white cherry tomato)...

But won't it be too hot right now for stuff like spinach, broccoli raab, fava beans? I've sowed some broccoli, per the package instructions to sow on July 1. I have to do the cauliflower tomorrow and the brussel sprouts. But I'd hate to lose my fava bean seeds. I have tons of spinach and...

This is the third and last time I'm planting zucchini and summer squash. I sprayed everything with Eight. I also ordered Thuricide BTK as was recommended on this forum. It hasn't arrived yet though. What are ear wigs? Are there any pictures online?