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    Is there a natural wasy to treat scab on apple trees?

    I just noticed what I believe to be scabs on the tiny fruit of my tree. It looks like it is going to be a good crop this year, and I don't want to lose it due to the scabs. Is there a natural way to treat this fungus?
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    Q on starting sweet potato slips

    So it's been over two weeks for sticking some toothpicks in some sweet potatoes. I started with them up one way, and after not producing any slips, I flipped them over, and still nothing. They are in a warm spot. And I started out with what I thought were good yams. Is there anything I'm...
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    recommendations needed please regarding rabbit manure

    My son and I just built four raised beds, and filled them with a mix of our lovely clay soil, and rabbit poo. We mixed it quite well, and about half and half. We filled the beds about 3/4 full, as I wasn't sure if I needed to add top soil or not. What do the seasoned rabbit growers/gardeners...
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    Can I pick my rhubarb this year?

    Last year I transplanted some very mature rhubarb plants. This year, it is almost ready to pick, but my mom told me to wait two years. Every time I walk by it, it is really screaming at me to pick it-- it looks so good. Can I, or should I wait another year?
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    Soil testing

    I have just built a raised bed, and filled it in primarily with horse poo. The stuff I got, I thinkshould be aged enough. I am also going to add a load of either topsoil or compost. The closest place to me who does soil testing is about an hour away, so therefore, I am not going to take in a...
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    Planting seed indoors in the midst of a whitefly infestation

    Hi, I am still trying to get rid of those nasty whiteflies--the battle is on, but they are not totally eliminated yet. My question is--is it safe for me to start some seed indoors whil I still have whiteflies in the house, or will they succomb to the whiteflies. To be started are some herbs...
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    Long time not talk--white fly infestation-help!!

    I have not been around here in a very long time, but now I come to you seeking help. I have been battling white flies on my indoor plants for several years now. My 23 year old Hoya is now deceased. My 4 ft tall indoor orange tree is near death, and I have several other indoor plants that have...
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    Frost dates

    Does anyone know where I can find a website that tells me the last expected frost dates? Thanks, I am having a difficult time locating this.
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    These are NOT sundried tomatoes!!!!!

    Just myself for supper tonight, hubby working kids with friends. so all this talk of sundried tomatoes, plus a look in the fridge , I see pasta, , some veggies that need to get eaten, and a bag of shrimp in the freezer. sounds good! I'm excited, julienne the veggies saute them stir in the...
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    Fish scraps?

    My dh went ice fishing the other day and we have a bucket full of fish scraps. (the perch was yummy,btw) Is there anything I can do to them/with them so I can use them in my garden in the spring?
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    Can someone enlighten me...?

    Okay, maybe ths is my 'blondeness' showing through, but I don't quite get the American and Canadian plant hardiness zones. I was reading SilkieChicken's thread about growing watermelons, and I'm wondering if my climate is cooler than hers, how it differs etc... I have grown watermelons, and...
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    Rant post--my furnace is broken!!!!!!!

    And its -9C, and the brakes on my car are shot--dh replaced one last night, and needs to do the other one tonight, so I am vehicle-less, and the furnace hasn't worked all day, and I'm cold sitting here wrapped in a blanket, spending way too much time on the computer, b/c I'm too cold to get up...
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    smilie problem

    Why is it sometimes the smilies work , and sometimes just the word part shows up in my posts? :barnie See this time it worked, but in my last post, it didn't
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