I have a compost heap in my front and one in my backyard. The one in the frontyard is under a pine tree and when I turn it , it is full of fat curly maggots. Is this good or bad? The one in the backyard has only ants. As I am in the desert they are both heating up very well and I get compost in...
Is there anybody out there in the Southwest who has grown currants?
I always loved to eat currants and since I live in the Southwest I have not even seen currants in the stores? The same with gooseberries?
Every year I try to grow wildflowers from store bought seeds and every year the result is no wildflowers, but some cucumber-like plants growing in locations where there is not enough room or good soil for them. :( And they usually die before the fruits are ripe.
This year the annual...