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http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/carbaryl-ext.html You should never use that poison.

I'm about to buy lbs of seeds and live in Central TX. I'd like to buy from somewhere as close to me as possible. Does anybody have any good suggestions? I'm looking for a strict non-GM selling business and organic. Thank you in advance you lovely fellow soil shepherds! :)

I have found so far in my adventures that everything is tied into everything. The ecosystems we create or take advantage of work in a couple circle if we can see it or not. There is a reason why the Blister Beetles are out there, though its hard to see why sometimes, going around and killing...

Ten points for copy/paste and wikipedia.

I recently watched a documentary from the 70s or 80s titled "The Permaculture Concept" with Bill Mollison I believe his name is. You can type it in on Youtube.com and watch it. I'll find a good link to the movie online for everyone to view! He kind of coined the term permaculture I believe back...

We gotta get this train a-movin'! Ill take your Organic white quinoa Wifezilla. What I got to offer: Flowers: Marigold-yellow and orange Marigold -sparky mix Bachelor's Buttons-Globe Amaranth Veggies: Cucumber-Marketmore, Sumter, Early Russian Watermelon-Black Diamond Eggplant-Imperial Black...

Have you ruled out Aphids? I had a bad aphid problem earlier this year and almost all my tomato leaves were pretty badly curled.

And the boiling hot water will kill beneficial microbes in the soil I've read. I live in Texas, and fire ants are just as common as the dirt they live in. The best thing I've found to use that has the smallest effect on my plants and soil is Manure Tea. I make a big bucket of chicken poop tea...

I'm growing green zucchinis this year, but something weird is happenin.. These little zucc's are about a week old and they are all just dying of this fungus thing.. Does anyone know what is going on? I've put corn meal at their bases to hopefully prevent fungus but it hasnt helped. Any...

I'll take the Red Poppies algopurple. Offering: Flowers: Marigold-yellow and orange Marigold -sparky mix Bachelor's Buttons-Globe Amaranth Veggies: Cucumber-Marketmore, Sumter, Early Russian Watermelon-Black Diamond Eggplant-Imperial Black Beauty Zucchini-Green Yellow summer squash- straight...

Oh you said it! The fire ants are madly infesting my raised beds this year. especially around my mators. A heavy soaking of Orange Oil/Apple Cider Vinegar/Manure Tea/& molasses is the only thing I'm doing for them, but it just seems to irritate them enough to move the mound over a foot or too!

On all my vegetable flowers and marigolds and such there are these little pin head sized black Beatles with white spotting on them and they can fly. Does anyone have any idea what they could be? Or if they cause long term harm? They're mainly on my cilantro flowers and marigolds and...

I have aphids all over my tomato plants and radish tops and such, but I havent seen anything helping me with controlling them. I'm afraid I'm going to loose some of my tomatoes, I hate interrupting nature as well but I think I have to this time. Whats the earth friendliest way to get rid of the...

I live in Central Texas(around San Marcos/Austin area) and last year I had TONS of Cherry's, Roma's, and Early Girls. As for heirlooms I had 1 Arkansas Traveler and it gave me a decent amount and I really liked the size and meat-to-juice ratio so this year I went all out and planted all Arkansas...

The deeper the better I say. You can grow some things (vibrantly) in 6 inches of loose topsoil but I recommend @ least a foot of loose topsoil for the main root to really have some runnin room. Raised beds help a lot with this, especially when you have minimum soil and a lot of rock on your...

This is an awesome idea with the gutters & lettuce! I have a question though, Would it be bad to use slightly rusty metal gutters? Will the metal leech anything into the soil or will they get to hot with being metal?

Oh science no, not the topsy turvy tomato junkers. I have 8' tall posts on both sides of my tomato rows and a bar laying horizontally on top with very sturdy fencing going from post to post, on both sides of the 6 inch wide post, kind of making an invisible wall of fence for the tomatoes to grow...

I'm growing my tomatoes vertically this year and planning on trimming the sucker leaves to maintain focus on the main vine. To my understanding I'll just pull out the little growth's from in between the main stem and major shoot outs. Correct? And should I pull the first of the blooms off? My...

That's what I'm going to try this year! (the 1 leader). Where you pick the sucker leaves right? Use the "Upload" button at the top of the page to post pics. I want to do what you and vfem are talking about sorta. How does this sound.. T post on each side of the plant, then put cattle fencing...

But isn't wood ash a decent natural source of phosphorus? Does it play a bigger role in changing the PH then adding minerals?