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    what the heck have we here....

    To be honest, we tried the gardenthing last year...and then there was a drought...Boo-Urns I say! So...I'm not real bright or great with my plants.... THEN WE MOVED! And I have SO MANY THINGS I am CLUELESS with when it comes to the plants around me...so...someone wiser and more capable PLEASE...
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    Thinning the cucumbers...and other things...

    So...I now have to thin the cucumbers...how many plants do I leave? 2 - 3 of the healthiest ones? Or just one? Also...my cilantro on the porch appears to be bolting...what do I do about this? Move it to the shade? Or start over? And the corn has sprouted...VERY SPARSELY SO! Like 3 little...
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    What EXACTLY does "days to maturity" mean?

    I mean really...what does it mean? Is that when something is starting to flower, something is ready to pick and eat, puberty is over and it is nice again? I don't get it... On the other hand, our corn has sprouted at least! We have little nubby sprouts of corn in a pool! I was...
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    Peat pots and squash....a question....

    So...we finally got all the tomato/pepper/eggplants in their respective pools this evening (one 2 full of corn seeds for the chil'rens to watch grow if nothing else). I have four 5 gallon buckets planted with cucumber seeds I am hoping will sprout at the very least... So, if nothing else...
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    UPDATE: Got the herbs in their pots and I'm EXCITED....

    You see...what had happened was..... Last year my husband lost his job, my friend and her kids moved in across the street and she needed TONS of help and work was crazy to say the least....so no garden went in as planned.....I had one little jalapeno plant that survived on my porch (worms got...
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    New at this and late in the season, but thinking about...

    starting a garden! A small one, maybe some pumpkins, tomatoes, squash - nothing major....just curious what others think... I am REALLY on a kick this year with the homegrown stuff, as we moved here to the country (north of houston tx) this time last year and I never had a chance to get...
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