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QUESTION: Planting peas & tomatoes

Mosey, member | March 14th, 20103 comments

I had a terrible yied on my pea crop last year. I am in zone 6 and started my peas indoors and transferred them outdoors. They did very poorly. Can you offer any...

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QUESTION: When is it too early to start...

susie_y, member | March 12th, 20102 comments

I am in a zone 6 area (just moved here, havent had a full season yet)...I am very eager to start a vegetable garden, I have started a lot of seeds and they are all doing well indoors on a windowsill...

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QUESTION: Will double digging attract more worms?

forgetful1, member | March 6th, 20101 comment

If I double dig my garden and add vegetable scraps at the lowest level, would I be able to attract more worms into my garden?

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QUESTION: Tomato Hornworms

cleokitty, member | March 2nd, 20101 comment

How do I prevent tomato green horned caterpillars from ruining my tomato plants?

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QUESTION: A Vegetable Garden near a Septic Leach Field

Bob_Scherer, member | February 3rd, 2010

Is it a good idea? Will raised beds help?

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QUESTION: Calling all Compost Experts

JadaE, member | January 28th, 20102 comments

Hey fellow gardeners! I am reading up on composting a lot lately, and have a couple of questions for those of you who are experts!

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QUESTION: Aphids

FarmerJoe108, member | November 25th, 20091 comment

What is the best way to keep aphids off of my green pepper plant?

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QUESTION: Keeping Groundhogs Out of Raised Beds

ggltd, member | November 17th, 20092 comments

Groundhogs (aka woodchucks) dug under the gate and wiped out my cabbages. What can I do?

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QUESTION: Tomatoes

wannabagardner, member | October 25th, 20092 comments

I want to plant some tomatoes but i am unsure when i should plant them for my part of the country. I live in the south central part of Texas. We enjoy nice fall weather and our winters are...

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QUESTION: Cabbage

annefeatherkile, member | October 12th, 20091 comment

I am curious as to how much square footage and soil depth 1 cabbage plant requires...

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QUESTION: Getting seeds off to the right start

foodie09, member | October 3rd, 20092 comments

When starting out with seeds good soil then place the seed then cover loosely with more soil then water is this correct? then I want to be sure that the seeds are in the sun light and lightly watered...

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QUESTION for Patti Moreno (and other rabbit owners!)

JadaE, member | October 2nd, 20094 comments

How much work is involved in raising a rabbit?

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Covering gardens

officersunflower, member | September 30th, 2009

I have heard that covering gardens with black plastic in the fall will help suppress spring weeds fro sprouting/growing. Is this true?

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Help!!! We need help with starting a fall garden in San Antonio

JENYWREN, member | September 26th, 2009

My children and I are wanting to plant a fall garden here in San Antonio. We will be using garden boxes that are 3'x13'. The kids have started pumpkins, melons and different peppers as...

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Question for seed savers...How long is too long??

JadaE, member | September 14th, 20091 comment

Hello fellow gardeners! I have quite a nice collection of unused seeds. (I'm just guessing that many of you do as well!) In the weeks before Spring planting time this...

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Trimming my pepper plants

RGMDLS, member | September 13th, 2009

I would like to know if it is ok to trim my pepper plants. I live in Maryland and bring in my plants during the winter. I have one plant it is pretty tall but does not have alot of leaves, it did...

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