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i have had three nice big compost bins going for about four years now. I have a good balance of materials......veggie and fruit scrape, newspaper, leaves, pulled up plants, grass clippings, decomposed wood shavings and chicken manure. Problem is....no worms! I'm considering buying some to help...

I read over and over and over about how important it is have the right ph for different types of plants but am at a loss as to how to accomplish this when using the square foot method in raised beds. Most of my beds are 4'x4' and I grow as many as 6 or 8 varieties of vegetables in that one bed...

I planted my beets seed Feb. 25th which if you care was a "root crop" moon day and just right for my area according to past years. 3 months later I now have nice leaves with no beets. :fl I'm getting ready to pull them up because I normally have them harvested by now and they are in the way for...

I live near Stuart, VA right on the NC line and have never had much luck growing melons. :( I'm using raised beds with top soil mixed with composed manure, compost, vermiculite, nursery growing mix. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I have about 20-30 seedlings that I need to get in the...

I always start too many plants every year and keep saying I'm going to sell the extras. So far, I keep just planting too many but this year I have people interested in buying my extras. I want to be fair if not cheap but everything I have is heirloom. They are small plants in 3" plastic pots...

Here in zone 7 our weather is very unpredictable during the time when I need to be hardening off my "cold crops". I have cauliflower, Brussel sprouts and cabbage that I started several weeks ago. All are getting to the point of having several leaves but are still pretty wimpy. I started taking...

I am losing the war with the squash bugs this year! I had many many winter squashes along with zuc. and reg. sq.. Over 3/4 have been killed despite frequent times of using organic sprays, 7 dust spray and one other. Plus regularly squishing the bugs and their eggs. :heI didn't even want to use...

While we were away on vacation this past week there was a rough storm with extremely heavy winds and we came back to a huge mess in the garden!:hit Broccoli seedlings strown everywhere, tomatoes toppled over, onions broken off and corn way bent over! I stayed in the garden till 11:00 last night...

This is my first year doing a lot of herbs and I don't quite know what to do to take care of them. My dill and cilantro are already blooming. Do I pinch off the flowers or leave them be?

I want to make homemade salsa but my onions, banana and jalepeno peppers are already coming and the tomatoes are still green. What would be the best way to keep the peppers and onions until the tomatoes are ready? Freeze, dehydrate???

I hit the jackpot today finding out that my neighbor has an unlimited supply of fully composted manure! He's been hauling it from his farm to where our properties join. There are HUGE piles of it and it's been there for more than two years. This cow manure is at least 2 years old and fully...

I hit the jackpot today finding out that my neighbor has an unlimited supply of fully composted manure! :ya He's been hauling it from his farm to where our properties join. There are HUGE piles of it and it's been there for more than two years. This cow manure is at least 2 years old and fully...

I jumped the gun and planted too early. Lost several tomatoes, squash and pepper plants to an unexpected freeze. Most were dead but others have leaves that are just somewhat blackish and seem to be recovering. Question is are they worth saving? Will they produce? Or should I start new ones? thanks

These type of mushrooms came up in my garden raised beds and mulch overnight. Does anyone know what they are? Are they a problem? Edible? Poisonous?

I've been trying to "harden off" my broccoli, cauli, and brussel sprouts but the weather here is very crazy. It is in the 60's one day and then in the 30's. I got everything outside in the cold frame for a each day a few days in a row but then had a few days of freezing cold and wind. I couldn't...

My first cold frame is done. 1/2 is planted with lettuce, kale, chard, radishes, beets, etc. etc. The other side is designed to bring out trays of seedlings to "harden". It is about 44 degrees outside today but inside the box is 55. Cloudy and overcast. I really need ot get them hardened b/c...

Not sure this is the right place for this post but hopefully I'll get some help. Anyway, I just built my first cold frame. It's 3' by 8' and made from treated lumber. I put it about 8" into the ground. Silly me didn't first measure my available windows but fortunately when I gone the angle done...

How do ya'll protect your gardens from free-ranging chickens? I need a cost effective way to do it now b/c they are already making a mess of it and there's nothing planted yet!:barnie Help

Here's a photo of my red cabbage seed that I sprouted 2 weeks ago. I'm new to doing everything from seed and was wondering if these look too "leggy" and do I need to start over???

Last year I had some problems with planting two kinds of tomatoes in the same raised bed. I planted 4 Romas and 4 Grapette's, which used the same verticle support. When it was time to harvest, all I had on all 8 plants was bigger than usual grape tomatoes:barnie Is this normal? Should I put...