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I really want to extend the life of my cold season plants and protect them from high temps and insects. I have planted different kinds of lettuces, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, early and late cabbage, and chinese cabbage. Any suggestions on what you use? Last year my cabbages...

I still can't believe that I wasn't able to start ANYTHING this year. Work has been insane, we went on an 11 day vacation, and lots of events for nieces/nephews. But on a brighter note, a small family run farm in my hometown will reopen this year to sell their own started plants. They don't...

Here are a few random photos of the garden this year and some of my produce I've gotten so far. This is the first time I have gotten any type of lettuce to grow in my garden. I am very happy about it! This garden has 111 tomato plants and 87 pepper plants. On the far end there are also...

I have started a tea garden! I have a wide variety of herbs to add to black and green tea. Super excited for everything to get established so I can make lots of different tea blends! Here is what I have gotten so far..., Chamomile Lemon Thyme Cinnamon Basil Pineapple Sage Lemon Verbena Lemon...

Hey all! Life has been crazy. I started a new job last August and went back to college. Whew, that was enough to knock me back for while. So now I am working on my Human Relations and Management degree while working full time as the front desk manager. Eventually I will be in charge of salon...

Just like I've done the past few years, I am going to post what I am putting in my garden this year to keep record for next year. If you have grown any of these, what are your opinions of them? TOMATOES (Tried and True Varieties) - Black Sea Man - Bush Beef Steak - Copia - Golden San Marzano -...

I have never had good luck finding a high-yielding red tomato for juicing and slicing. I live on the zone 3/4 border and usually the tomatoes don't get very big or don't produce very many. Any ideas? I usually plant the last weekend in May and harvest through September.

I have boatloads of seeds I will not be using this year. Almost all of them are tomatoes and peppers but there are a few gourds, carrots, beans, peas, and maybe pumpkins and a few other things I'm forgetting. Way too many varieties to list. PM me your address and I will send you a few varieties...

I turned in all of my items for fair last night. I entered lots of canned goods, a couple knitted items, eggs, some flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Usually in the adult category for vegetables and herbs, all of the entries take up two 12 foot tables. By the time 7pm rolled around (last call for...

My wonderful Australorp hen hatched out 9 beautiful Orpington chicks this weekend. She is an excellent mother and much more relaxed than my Black Copper Marans hen that hatched out 2 Andalusians a few weeks ago. Enjoy the cuteness!!!

I just purchased this grill after careful consideration and help from my brother. I am so excited to cook one of our homegrown chickens on it! Has anyone ever used one of these before? I know we have a few grilling/smoking aficionados in our little community... Here's the link to their website...

With 90 tomato plants this year, I needed an inexpensive way to get them up off the ground. After some research I found the Florida Weave. It has worked really great so far- we will see what happens when the plants have fruit on them. What method do you use?

One of my Black Copper Marans went broody about 4 weeks ago. I gave her eggs a week into her broodyness once I realized I couldn't break her. She got 7 Blue Andalusian eggs and 7 Blue/Black Orpington eggs from a local 4H girl. I candled at day 12 I believe and all 7 Blue Andalusian eggs were...

Here are some of my potted flowers and some mojito mint and chocolate mint. They are huge this year due to my new fertilizer. My petunias have never looked this good!

Just went down to my cellar to see what I need to replenish this year. I didn't realize how little I had left down there! Tomato juice Tomato sauce Tomatoes with roasted green chilies Corn salsa Cucumber salsa Sauerkraut Potatoes Pickled peppers Dilly beans Dill pickles Dill spears Cowboy candy...

Just set 7 Blue Andalusian eggs under one of my Black Copper Marans and 7 Blue/Black Orpington eggs under the other. I bought them from a local 4H girl. Spoiled hens have the whole meat bird coop to themselves. Both of them ripped out all of their breast feathers to fluff up their nests a bit. I...

Has anyone ever used Spray-N-Grow fertilizer products before? I got a catalog about a week ago and have been doing some research and it looks like great stuff but a little spendy for how much I would need. I trust my TEG friends the most, so can I get some testimonies or opinions on this stuff...

We had a friend come over a couple days ago with a tractor to till up our garden. Well one thing led to another and we ended up expanding one of the larger gardens so I could include more watermelon varieties and squash varieties. Not to mention all the dozens of varieties of tomatoes and...

I noticed one of my Buff Orpingtons was limping the other day so I picked her up and sure enough, she had bumblefoot... or should I say feet? I noticed about a week ago she was playing near the fire pit (little stinker!). She must have gotten something stuck in her feet and couldn't get it out...

94 Cornish Cross broilers arrived today! All arrived happy and healthy. They are probably the liveliest chicks I've ever gotten. I am very happy with Schlecht Hatchery once again. They are a small family run business- this is my fourth time ordering from them.