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    Marion Berry vines

    Thanks Steve, I was sort of thinking along those same lines. Thanks for helping me make up my mind :- )
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    Marion Berry vines

    Hope you all can help. Just receivedsome Marion Berry vines. I am in NW Arizona. High nintie degrees in summers high twenties in winter. Any advise as to where to plant. Full sun? or because of our heat should I find a shadier location? I usually plant in a mix of mulches and planting...
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    Heating plants outside?

    Last year I planted in early February in my 4" X 8" raised beds. About 6 weeks later, with nice sized sprouts we had a week of nights in the low teens, hi 20's. I covered my raised bed with an old sliding glass door slanting it at one end so I had about three feet on the high end. I then...
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    Mulching with hay for weed control.

    I have raised beds and 4 horses. Any moldy alfalfa hay is used in the walk ways between the beds and I use the the hay in the beds also. As soon as seeds sprout on if I am planting seedlings I completely cover every square inch of the bed with 4"-5" of alfalfa, except for a smal area around...
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    How did You get Here!?

    I don't like gloves either. I have tried to use them but I can't plant, dig and enjoy my plants with them on.
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    How did You get Here!?

    Three years ago, with the way things looked like they were going-economically, nationally, etc...I thought I better get chickens and learn how to grow food. I bought Holly Deyo's e-book "Garden Gold" and the rest is history. I am in NW Arizona so I figured raised beds were the best way to go...
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    Are the sweet potatoes ready yet?

    Thanks Wife!
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    Are the sweet potatoes ready yet?

    This is my first time for sweet potatoes also. I have read several places that after you dig them up you are suppose to store them at 95 degrees for a week. Is this true? If it is true I figure I'll just treat the sweet potatoes the same way I treated my baby chicks in a brooder. Had to keep...
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    Potato preview.

    Wow, those look great. How long from planting until harvest?
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    does any one dry their food

    I have an excaliber dehydrator-5 tray with a timer...love the timer. Excalibers are not cheap but I really love mine. I dry bananas, tomatoes, peppers, fruits. If your in to prepping, easy to dehydrate frozen hash brnwpotatoes, frozen vegies. I love dehydrating and, if you do it right, the...
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    What IS the problem now with my squash AHGGGGG

    With everyones help here I finally determined that I had a really bad aphid problem on my squash. All my squash plants, that are usually my pride and joy when all else fails, wilted, dried up and never produced really great this year. I pulled them all and replanted with more squash two weeks...
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    What are these things all over my squash?

    Yesterday I was cursing these little guys...today I am thrilled to have these wonderful little guys in my garden. What a difference aday makes :D
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    What are these things all over my squash?

    I feel SOOOOO much better!!!! Thanks for the reassurance.
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    What are these things all over my squash?

    COOL.... Thank you VFEM. You are in my prayers for improving health also.
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    What are these things all over my squash?

    I am not very good at taking close up pics. I have search the web but cannot find out what kind of bug this is. It is about 1/4 inch long black with two horizontal orange stripes. When it moves it reminds be of a tram made up of two cars sort of long and jointed in the middle. They are all...
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    Can you grow vegetables all year in a greenhouse?

    I guess my question to growing in a greenhouse is the opposite -I am in NW Arizona. We get to the low twenties at night for a month or so in the winter. Is there enough sun hours to grow in a green house in AZ over the winter months?
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    My tomatoes are taking 'forever' to ripen.

    Mine are taking FOREVER to ripen also. I don't have a million tomates like I usually do and the ones I have are just about killing me with how long they are taking to ripen. I'm in NW Arizona. Had a long cool spring but temps are normal for this time of year hot and a bit humid by AZ standards.
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    What are these all over my squash plants?

    Thank you, everyone, for your help. I will be spraying my heart out....THANK YOU!!!!!
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    What are these all over my squash plants?

    No, they do not move away like aphids. They are as small as aphids, smaller even. Yes, if I run my hand over them they squish, but do not move away.
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    When to harvest spaghetti squash

    Thanks everyone for your advise. I never had spaghetti squash til this past winter. Loved it and thought I might try growing it. It seems to have matured faster then I anticipated. You guys are great!!
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