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Fun with Taro Plants

beesandbrews wrote in gardening May 05, 2017 14:57

I'm going to do an honest to goodness fish pond this year. So while I am waiting for it to quit raining long enough to pour concrete and lay blocks and all that good stuff, I've been cycling filter media, swiping below water plants from my fishtanks and quarentining the new fish that are going in with my two year old goldies. ( Read more... )

garden method: containers, vegetables, unusual plants, zone: usda 7, garden style: water

questions: seed-starting and lights

ersatz_read wrote in gardening Apr 09, 2016 20:23

I start my vegetable seeds in the entryway, under flourescent lights. The system works pretty well, but ( Read more... )

seeds, zone: usda 5, propagation: seed starting, vegetables

rhubarb

low_delta wrote in gardening May 21, 2015 21:06

My rhubarb plant is looking really healthy, for probably the first time ever. So how do you know when rhubarb is ready to pick?

vegetables

Potting Bench

whyintellectual wrote in gardening Mar 07, 2015 16:02

I am in Florida so my garden is blooming like crazy. I have attached some photos for those who are readying their seeds and planning their gardens. However, that is not why I am here today ( Read more... )

vegetable: squash, vegetables, recommendations, vegetable: pepper, vegetable: radish, vegetable: tomato, flowers, zone: usda 10

Mom-morial seed order

ersatz_read wrote in gardening Feb 01, 2015 10:56

At work, when a close relative dies, we all sign a card and put in a little cash toward a gift card or something - to provide a sort of respite for the grieving person. We're all very familiar with this lately because there's been a terrible rash of parent and sibling funerals. So I knew that when Mom stopped chemo, a card would be in my near ( Read more... )

zone: usda 5, vegetables

Not sure what is going on with my okra...

elasg wrote in gardening Aug 14, 2014 17:35

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Curcurbits for this year

sammason wrote in gardening May 24, 2014 11:11

12 days ago I sowed seeds of pumpkin (aka winter squash) 'Crown Prince' and 'Buttercup' in the only greenhouse my disability still lets me use ( Read more... )

vegetable: squash, seeds, annuals, vegetables, community gardening, location: british isles, disabled gardener

Finally planting something this year

wobblerlorri wrote in gardening May 23, 2014 18:49

I was diagnosed last year with rheumatoid arthritis, and that severely compromised my garden last year. I hadn't really planned to do anything this year, because we haven't found the right combination of medications to make it Not An Issue for me ( Read more... )

fruit: melon, vegetables, vegetable: pepper, zone: usda 7, disabled gardener, garden planning, vegetable: tomato

Vegetable advice

dickgloucester wrote in gardening Sep 22, 2013 19:44

Hello

I'm looking for a little advice on what vegetables I might plant now-ish that might grow through the winter to be ready for spring. My veg patch has done really well this summer but is now winding down, but I don't want to just leave it to the weeds between October and April.

Thanks in advance.

oh - I'm in the UK, eastern edge of the

vegetables, recommendations

since its that season in our corner of the world

squid_ink wrote in gardening Mar 10, 2013 14:26

Started my tomatoes two weeks ago, they're looking about ready for spring too

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seeds, vegetables