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One of my catalogs I got this spring had Amaranth seeds for sale. The flowers looked pretty, and apparently you can make gluten free flour from the seeds in the fall. Anyone done this? Will the plants grow in a short Vermont growing season? How many plants to get any appreciable amount of flour-...

OK, I am starting to despair of ever having an actual summer. It is 50 degrees and still raining. For the last month. The grasses and weeds have taken over the poor veggies. What might still survive and produce something? I put in hot peppers, tomatoes, pinto beans for drying, butternut squash...

For the first time this year I bought onion sets, as well as garlic, to try in my garden. My problem is- how the heck do you weed around the plants?? I try to pull up the weeds and it disturbs the dirt and the bulb roots to the extent that the poor plants topple over. I re-planted them, but how...

Personally, I hate eggplant. But, I have gotten a special request from my SO for eggplant. So, I need some advice- how does it grow? Bush like tomato? Runner like squash? They sort of look like squash. Full sun? Tolerate shade? (I have both areas) Will they grow in a short growing season like we...

I have never really grown beans, so I have no feeling for how well they do. But, I want to dry some for bean soups this coming winter. How many plants should I put it? What various types of beans? I am thinking red kidney, pinto beans, and what are the big white sort of lima bean shaped ones...

I am in the process of canning the Romas that have finally come in and the recipe says add lemon juice to the jars. Can I use vinegar instead? I woul think so- they are both acid. I think for the finished product I would prefer the vinegar taste to lemon. How much vinegar compares to lemon juice?