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    Picking and Saving Grapes for Jams

    I have about 20lbs of Concord Grapes that are just DAYS away from needing to be picked before they are over-ripe and the insects start to suck them dry! I am not a Canner (yet) my Aunt is going to teach me how when she gets back from her vacation in 2 weeks. I need to know what I should do...
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    something ate my knockout roses!

    I never found any evidence of deer but we do have LOTS in the neighborhood! Is there something I can give them to promote foliar growth?
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    something ate my knockout roses!

    Over the weekend I went out of town and when I came home my knockout roses had been munched to about 4" tall! Is there any chance they will come back?
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    horseradish

    I have several horseraddish plants in my garden that I have propogated from a small root I bought from Wal-mart several years ago. If you get a root from the grocery I would suggest soaking it in water overnight before planting
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    red and golden raspberries together?

    Can I plant golden raspberries next to my red raspberries or will this result badly? I thinned out my golden raspberry patch at my families mountian home and would like to add them to my garden at home if possible Thanks
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    Multiple Types of Grapes in same Area

    I have 6 Concord Grape Vines on 3 Trellises in the middle of my property I have a large mass of Wild Muscadine Grapes on the Southwest part of my property that I want to prune and train on another 3 Trellises in this location. I would like to add a few more types of grapes next year and I am...
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    Horseraddish

    I dug up the roots after the 3rd frost of the year and the one big root I had planted turned into 3-5 small pencil sized roots. Not sure why this happend but Im hoping one of them will be large enough to harvest this year
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    Horseraddish

    Last year I started a Horseraddish root. It grew Great and all of a sudden died back. It started growing again but the leaves were not large and broad but large and fern like with lots of fingers. Anyone know what i may have done wrong? what do the fern type leaves mean?
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    When is the corn ready to harvest

    I planted a Bantam Variety of corn this year in early April, over the past few days many of the silky tassles have turned brown and come loose if you touch them. Could my corn be ready to harvest already?
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    Mosquito Briquets in rain barrels?

    I found a Patent No. On the package and googled it. This is what I found http://www.summitchemical.com/labels/MOSQUITO%20DUNK%20LABEL.pdf I think im going to give it a shot.
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    Mosquito Briquets in rain barrels?

    I just picked up a pack of Larvicidal Briquets from my local fire station for a low spot in the yard. On the package it says to use them in rain barrels, ponds, unused swimming pools and other places where water might stand for a while. I cant find what they are made of anywhere on the website...
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    Garlic Questions

    I know that garlic is supposed to be planted in the fall but since my garden was not ready in the fall I planted some Garlic as soon as my garden was ready (Early March). In hopes that next summer I would have nice big heads. My Garlic grew great until about a week ago and now its leaves are...
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    Poison ivy???

    Thanks for the replies everyone, I have cut back half of the "Grape Vines" and sprayed all the newish small leaves with Roundup for Poison Ivy, I am going to try and slowly cut most of it away this summer so maybe one of the grapes will have a better chance next year.
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    Poison ivy???

    Being a student I havent had much time to work in the yard for quite some time. This year I have made time to get things under control well I have this vine growing on a fence and at first glance early in the spring i thought it might be a muscadine vine. Today I saw it was sprouting leaves and...
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    What is on the list for spring?

    Just got 3/4 of the planting Done!!!!!! Garden regular tomatoes, patio tomatoes, 6 types of Hot peppers, Green, Red, and Yellow bell peppers, Okra, Pumpkins, Yellow Squash, Garlic, Horseradish, Radishes, Sweet Bantam corn, Bush beans, and Cucumbers. Once the corn starts to grow, Lima beans and...
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    ISO Info on Plants Endemic to the Middle East

    I need to find a plant that is Endemic to the Middle East for my Biology class. I have searched the WWW and all I can find are books for sale relating to Middle eastern plants. Does anyone know of a specific plant that I might be able to research?
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    My garden in the making

    Looks like thats going to be a good size garden! What else is going in there besides tomatoes and peppers?
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    Filling a Raised Bed

    Thanks! Ill get on that first thing in the morning.
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    Boxwood clippings....Trash or compost?

    I just trimmed up my boxwoods and have been left with a huge pile of clippings, should they go in the compost or to the curb?
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    Filling a Raised Bed

    Thanks for all the great info!!!! Where can I find commercial topsoil?
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