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Well, I LOVE cantaloupe, but don't like watermelon nor honeydew, which to me tastes a lot like watermelon. I remember reading once that most people who don't like watermelon, also dislike cucumbers. That is true for me, and most watermelon-haters I have questioned. Odd.

I bought a semi dwarf from Stark Brothers several years ago but I don't remember which variety. It produced fruit the 3rd year and has been going strong for about 6 years now. It self pollinates and produces numerous fruit with few spot. Asian pears cost $1 each in the grocery and mine are...

Last winter was one of the most severe winters in my Zone 5 area ever. I had no peaches or cherries, which had fruited well in prior years, but I had numerous Asian pears on a tree that previously had been an outstanding performer. This year, however, there were lots of fruit, but almost all...

I have a tree on my property, which I did not plant, that has been called by others, an "ornamental crabapple" tree. This year it is thick with marble sized red fruit. I was thinking from my childhood that crabapples typically were closer to golf ball size. Should I have any reluctance to...

We have had a lot of rain, but the raised beds drain quite well. Who knows?

Several years ago, before the strawberries, I added horse manure with lime from the stalls. Ever since I have been trying to reduce the Ph but it still tends towards alkaline, so you may have nailed the problem. Thanks.

I have Allstar berries in a raised bed, Zone 5. I just got the first quart from my 2nd year plants. They are a lovely red,nicely formed, and solid throughout but they aren't very sweet. Is this most likely due to the variety, or to growing conditions?

Very funny! :clap

I never see the offenders, just their handywork. Maybe they do their building at night?

I have a crawfish (aka crawdad) in my raised blueberry bed. It is a good 30 yards from the pond. I just built the bed this spring. I keep removing the mud "castles" and filling the holes with pine bark mulch, but he/she won't leave. Any ideas how I might get rid of it? I hope the bed is...

Oh no, why should I have added lemon juice?

Are you suggesting that in the jars it likely will take some time (weeks or months) before contamination will set in and freezing will arrest this? I don't quite understand the science behind why if the sauce is sealed in the jars, and not contaminated now, that down the road there might be a...

I made 13 quarts of spaghetti sauce with Mrs. Wages mix 7 days ago. I now realize that I processed the jars only 20 minutes in the water bath canner rather than the 45 minutes indicated on the package. My question is - is it too late to re-process these quarts in the water bath canner. All...

I had great success this year with Rattlesnake. Prior two years I grew Kentucky Wonder. I got bigger harvests with KW, but I could never seem to pick them soon enough to avoid stringyness. I fascinates me how the coloration on the Rattlesnake beans disappears when you cook them.

Thanks Hoodat. I sure wish you could bottle all your years of gardening experience and send it to me!

I lived in Johnson County from 1990 to 1998. I now am in Henry County (East Central).

I've been watering with a weak solution of organic fertilizer every week or two since I set out my plants, most of which are determinents. The plants are hugh and green and healthy looking with a lot of small fruit. The problem is, the plants are so vigorous very little sun will get to the...

Could you describe your arbors? I got carried away with a seed catalog and ordered 3 different seedless varieties. I'm tearing out some black raspberries that are diseased and thought I would replace them with the grapes. What was I thinking! Now I have arbors to build this spring.

I've seen them mentioned here often and think I'll give them a try next spring. How stringy are they? Must you string each one as you clean them? If so, are there many strings remaining after they are cooked?

I'm tired of Kentucky Wonder and want to try something new. I have had bountiful harvests, but I wound like to find something less stringy, still of the pole type. I went to this site http://www.heirlooms.org/catalog.htm and now I'm more confused then ever. I had never heard of half runners or...