PaulaA on Prune blueberries?
Tressa, thanks so much! It's good to know that they will forgive my lackadaisical gardening style. We have naturally acidic soil, the kind that rhodies and bluberries thrive in, and we prepared it...
View ArticleJoell on Planning Our Spring Flower Garden.
A couple days ago I went to our local Dollar Store and found boxes of seeds for several types of flowers, wild flowers, flowers that attract Hummingbirds, and flowers that attract butterflies, I...
View Articlebrookdale on Planning Our Spring Flower Garden.
Joell, I've been thinking about my gardens too, which are under 15" of new snow from Tues. I'm wondering which perennial flowers will have survived the harsh winter we're having. Don't have any seed...
View ArticleVictorianGirl on Planning Our Spring Flower Garden.
Quite a few seed catalogs have been arriving in the mail which I thoroughly enjoy. Can't wait to start playing in the soil although it will be a long wait until at least the end of May. I was craving...
View ArticleKristi@StoneFamFarmstead on What Are You Gardening Today?
Today I planted some Blue Lake Bush beans *right* into some month old horse manure. I did some research and the general consensus was DON'T DO THAT. LOL BUT, I decided to try it anyway. The seeds I...
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hannah on Biting Flies!
Does anyone have a natural biting fly repellent? These annoying little thing makes gardening miserable.
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Joell on Biting Flies!
Have you tried citronella oil, my Mom used it all of the time and it worked for her very well. My neighbor says she uses Avon's Skin SO Soft and also if you grow fresh Basil, rub the exposed areas...
View Articlebrookdale on Biting Flies!
Someone told me that fresh lemon balm leaves work well too. Haven't tried it yet! I usually wear a bug shirt which has an attached hood when the bugs are really biting bad. Here it is the black flies...
View Articlehannah on Biting Flies!
I use skin so soft near everyday. It works very well, I don't use it on my face and that is where the flies swarm. I will be trying the lemon balm. Thank you
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Joell on What's growing in your garden this year?
This year has been a rough year for gardens in our area, so much rain, many of them just rotted in the ground. Our vegetable garden is small and is in a raised bed, so it survived. We have a lot of...
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Joell on What's growing in your garden this year?
What an exciting morning! Hubby came in the house and told me we have 5 tomatoes that are ripe and ready to be picked, it seems like a miracle, I didn't see any that were even turning when last I...
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Luv2Quilt on What's growing in your garden this year?
I too am looking forward to some ripe tomatoes. We had a ton of rain in June and pretty much nothing since. I have in ground plants this year but am making plans for raised beds for next year. I did...
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Biting Flies! by Armenia Mt Mom
I use an essential oil mixed with coconut oil the essential oil is called purification which has Citronella, Lemongrass, Rosemary Cincol, Melaleuca, Lavandin, and Myrtle. It repells everything i am...
View ArticleWhat's growing in your garden this year? by stacylee
This year I want to grow horseradish root, stevia, lots of chili peppers, cherry tomatoes, and mustard greens. The horseradish, greens and stevia will be new for me so any advice? I live in Indiana.
View ArticleStaci Lynn on What's growing in your garden this year?
So far I have... Peppers: Hungarian Wax Scotch Bonnet Mammoth Jalapeno Sweet Orange Tomatoes: Brad's Atomic Grape Blue Cream Berries Sunrise Bumblebee Blue Berries Kale: Russian Red Red Ursa Blue...
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