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    planting watermelons near cucumbers

    Jared77, thanks for the advice.i appreciate it. i think i will be o.k. with them & shading : 1 row with cucumbers & summer squash - then i skipped over 12 feet and was planning on a row of melons - plan to skip over 12 more feet and put a row of peppers in
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    planting watermelons near cucumbers

    Ridgerunner, thanks.thats what i thought.it never hurts to ask to make shure though.
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    planting watermelons near cucumbers

    i have a quick question i hope y'all can help me with : can you plant watermelons close to cucumbers? i had someone tell me today that if you did you could end up with watermelons that taste like cucumbers :ep thanks, T.J.
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    It's time to make that list again!

    i started "truck farming" 4 years ago.last year i planted some watermelons to come in Labor day - i thought that would be a good time to sell them.i was wrong. i made my costs up but didn't really make any profit.i was able to take a truck load to the local senior citizens center and make a...
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    How much are seeds costing you this year?

    i just finished making my list and had a bit of sticker shock when i added it up. over $300 :rolleyes: i plan to try several new things this year - want to add alot of different peppers,an asparagus patch,strawberry patch,and try herbs this year too. T.J.
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    trying to find the name of a cowpea variety

    i finally found out the name of the pea. Calico Crowder - also goes by Herford pea and Polecat pea. i have a pack ordered i plan to keep alot of seed back for next year.
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    asparagus ?

    i am planning to build a 4x12 raised bed for asparagus.i plan to use crowns. can anyone tell me how they need to be spaced in a raised bed? any help would be appreciated. T.J.
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    Wine Making At Home... good starter kit?

    vfem, google E.C.Kraus and get their catalog.they have "starter"kits. wine making is not very hard your on the right track thinking Blueberry.it makes great wine. in the past few years i've made grape,muscadine,scuppernong,apple,pear,watermelon,blackberry,peach,and blueberry. blueberry is my...
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    Busy Day Canning

    lesa,12 days sounds worse than it is ;) hoodat,the recipe came from my grandmother (who turns 90 this year).where she got it i dont know.my mother has been making them since before i was born.also,im male - i just decided to have my mom teach me how to make pickles,jelly,preserves and to can...
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    Busy Day Canning

    it's a sweet pickle. kinda like bread and butter pickles. 14 day pickles have alot better taste in my opinion though. on a side note it takes 12 days to make them - why they are called 14 day instead of 12 day i dont know. :P i'm about to have to leave for work but if anybody wants to try them...
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    Need advice re: corn, squash, watermelon & cantaloupe

    how old are your blueberry bushes? it usually takes a couple of years before they really start to produce good. also how acidic is your soil if i'm not wrong blueberries (like azaleas) like an acidic soil. oh,and another question do you just have one bush?you need to plant more than 1 variety...
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    Busy Day Canning

    well after work today i got a chance to do some canning (3 canners) = 21 quarts of soup. also a 3 gallon churn full of 14 day pickles :cool: T.J.
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    Alabama

    Dekalb county - up on Sand Mountain
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    trying to find the name of a cowpea variety

    hi, my neighbor was telling me about a cowpea her father used to plant.she couldn't remember the name of it.the pea was either white or creme colored with red specks all over it.she couldn't remember the pod color either. anybody know anything about them i would like to try some of them next...
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