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Spades of helpful information below:Click on any topic to read... Does a heavy clay soil need tilling before planting a no dig garden? I am getting ready to start a 50' x 70' no till vegie garden on new ground. I keep reading that you really don't need to till or even plow the new ground ... Dog manure around lemon tree in backyard I've got a lemon tree and it's been producing for the past 4 years. My concerns are that my dog, a german shepherd, shares the yard and close to it; 6-...
Raised bed for no-dig garden - build on concrete/cement?
Can the raised bed garden no-dig be built on concrete slab?
Gardening Jokes and Quotes
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Mushrooms in garden - New no-dig with fungi erupting. Will they poison us?
Hello, Building a No dig garden - Lucerne hay I am keen to start a no dig garden and could you please tell me why lucerne hay is used at the bottom. My husband wonders why when it probably has been ... Pests digging up garden - who or what is the culprit? What is digging up my vegie patch and eating the seedlings???? They are planted in worm castings. Looks like whatever is doing the damage could be looking ... Preserves have bubbles in jar - Preserving beets I have little bubbles in my preserves that I did down yesterday, what should I do to fix this?
Raised vegetable bed - lots of questions
What do you mean by 'mulch' ? Converting zoysia lawn to garden I just found out i have an established zoysia lawn, but I want to slowly convert it to gardens. Will a no-dig garden work over zoysia? If no, any suggestions ... Companion planting spacing of different plants Dear fellow gardeners, I'm trying to find out how far away should I plant non-compatible plants to avoid their harmful vicinity? Or how close should I ...
Straw Bale Carrots
Try Carrots in your straw bales...they are awesome...they even seem to grow well to a good size when a little over-crowded. They are great! LEGUMES - peas and beans grow then died I have four 'no-dig' gardens and have had great success with most vegies. However, this year all my peas and beans grew to about 120mm tall then died. I ... Soil - heavy soil that goes hard my soil is very hard, i dig it and a couple of weeks it is hard again. what can i use? regards col Japanese beatles i've just recently joined this website and really enjoy it. thank you. i am currently having an infestation of japanese beatles that are reaking havoc ... How do I grow large root crops? The root crops I grow never get large. Growing black mustard I would like to have black mustard growing and would like to see a picture, and know more about it.
Knobby potatoes
Burbank Knobby potatoes. Identifying plants - want to know what the name of a plant is? Readers asked for help identifying plants. holes in some leaves, other leaves yellow We live in Southern California( Riverside, hot and dry, I think zone 10) and just started a garden in May. We started it in containers and moved it to ... Grass growing in vegetable garden How can I keep the grasses from growing in my vegetable garden? Or, is there a spray I can use just to kill grass? Slow growing peppers My peppers are growing sooooo slowly! What is up and do you think they will catch up? It is already July 6 and mine are only about 4 inches tall. I ... What space between planting vegetables? This is my first year at growing veggies in a raised bed veg garden and the results so far are looking very good indeed. I have planted my crops as I would ... Checkered raspberries? A neighbor gave me some young raspberry plants last season. This is their second season in my raised garden. Plants look great and are producing many ... Green moss covering garden Each year I have a good garden and this year nothing but a problem. I planted in good soil, but it has rained so much it is drowning in puddles. A green ... Starting a veg plot on an old lawn I have a roughly-sown lawn and have let it grow long. I realise that I need to cut it short, but after that, can I get away with laying mulch on top to ... Straw bale gardening - Pink blobs on straw bales Some sort of pink foamy like blobs (pea size) are growing on my straw bales. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? Will the pink substance ... Tomatoes. All questions and answers on this page Get all your answers here on growing tomatoes, How to stop pests and diseases on tomatoes. Pests and diseases in garden. All questions and answers here on garden bugs, critters and disease problems. Every question and answer of garden pests, critters, insects, bugs, dogs and all things that you don't want in your garden. Planting vegetables near trees My friend’s community garden bed is close to trees and the plants seem to wilt very fast. He has peppers and broccoli planted. The broccoli that was taken ... confused parsnips. Hi, I was just wondering if you could tell me a possible explanation for my parsnips being bulbous at the top and then growing numerous smaller roots underneath.... Lucerne or hay sprouting. Unwanted? Beneficial? I have green 'grass' - which I think must be either the lucerne or the hay sprouting - coming up everywhere! When I pull a piece out, there is a seed ... No dig garden for shrubs? Can this no dig method of gardening be used for landscaping and planting shrubs?
Which direction should garden beds/rows run?
I am trying to decide whether to plant my beds running North/South or East/West. Onions - Problem growing onions,, why is this happening? why are my young onions falling over at the soil line? also they are yellowish white at the soil line. Planting carrots in a container how deep does a container need to be to plant something like carrots?
Thin asparagus stalks
My mother has had an asparagus bed for years. The stalks seem to be getting thinner and thinner. What could be causing this? Raised gardens - cheap way to contain raised garden bed? What is an inexpensive way to contain a raised garden bed? I want something about 8-10" high. Cedar boards are very expensive. Maybe it's not necessary ... Growing potatoes Ok I kind of started growing potatoes lol. I threw a couple potatoes that were starting to "grow" (the eyes were growing out of the potatoes) from the ... straw bale gardening not looking good I am trying straw bale gardening due to poor soil. So far I put in tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and collards. The bales were wet and aged two weeks or ... Carrots - leave old carrots in the ground, or dig out? Last fall we didn't pull all of the carrots from the garden before everything froze solid for months. Now here in New England we are just getting ready ...
Raised bed size
Is it okay to have a vegetable raised bed size to be 9x9?
Brand new Green Thumb in Calgary Canada
Hello Fellow Gardeners! Planting Potatoes What is the correct spacing, and planting depth for potatoes? Three sisters method of planting I've been reading up on the three sisters method of planting corn, beans and squash. I was wondering how you work your way thru the beans and corn to ...
Green Manure crops and Nematodes.
G‘Day Folks, What to do with that spare tire... I moved into my home a little over a year ago. The previous owners were so generous that they decided to leave a bunch of their old junk for us. (Gee thanks.... Veggies lacking size Hi there, I have a No-Dig organic veggie garden. I created it around 4 months ago. Filling it with Organic compost and then topping it with veggie mix ... What's the best manure to use on garden? What is the best manure to use, or does it really matter? I have access to cow, horse and goat manure. Also I am able to get "used" straw. Building Biodiversity in the Soil In an organic or chemical free garden, the soil is the most important component. In fact healthy soil, water and air, are the most important resources ... GARDEN LIME WHICH VEGE PLANTS LIKE / RESENT LIME Novice Gardener - Should I thin out seedlings? I shook my packet of lettuce seeds all over the top of a large pot and added a sprinkling of organic potting soil on top of them. All of them sprouted.... Beginner at vegetable gardening This is my first attempt at growing a vegetable garden. I have grass in my backyard and some of my backyard is on a slope which has grass and stones in ...
Using a mount of topsoil for my garden?
I have a pile of topsoil to make a vege garden out of. Should I shape the garden, mulch and plant. When is the best time to plant vegetables in garden? what date should you have your garden planted by??? Watering a no dig garden Watering our new no dig garden sufficiently is our dilemma. It seems like once all the layers are in place the compost almost acts like a seal to keep ...
Rhubarb growing
When do you split rhubarb? Keep adding layers to no dig gardens or start again? We live near Port Macquarie and have successfully grown tomatoes, lettuce, beans etc in our new no-dig garden. All crops are finished and we want to ...
Planting in no dig layers
When planting in no dig layers, how do the roots get nourishment from the soil below?
Lucerne Hay
What is Lucerne hay? Where can I get it and can I use a substitute when I build my no-dig garden? Growing Broccolli - leaves gone yellow-purple I have just transplanted my broccolli plants from pot into ground, put compost into soil and have been watering regularly, now some of the leaves have ...
Onions - Can flu virus be absorbed in onions?
I heard if you put an onion in a bowel in each room of your house it will absorb any flu virus that would be in your home see below: How to calculate how much hay is needed for garden mulch? Is there a formula for calculating how much hay is needed to mulch a garden, ala' Ruth Stout method? i.e. X number of bales of hay to mulch 100 sq. ft....
Weed killer on garden - how to fix it
My husband put weed killer on my raised garden beds, now nothing will grow. Is there any way to fix it? Plastic under garden an asset? In my no dig garden i have a pond lined with carpet then plastic sheeting. The water is bucketed from the pond to the garden -- the land slopes into the ... Broccoli - Giant broccoli plants It is now the last day of September. My broccoli plants, planted out in mid May at about 8 inches high, are three feet tall or more, have the biggest leaves ... Mildew on curcurbits and other vegetables Is there a recipe for mildew/fungus on curcurbits and other vegetables that is organic? I am having huge problems with both and hate having to use chemicals.... Plastic garden covering - Covering the garden with plastic? I'm from Arizona, and after a miserable attempt at summer gardening, I've heard that covering the garden with plastic is a good way to keep moisture in ... Its a Whopper - huge potato First we had knobby potatoes from infrequent watering, now after regular rains we have this!
drying herbs
what if the flowers have already bloomed Flower growing - all problems with growing flowers Have your questions answered here on growing flowers. Problems growing flowers and flower growing tips. Tap water or no tap water on vegetable garden I was wondering if tap water is ok for vegetable garden. I have been putting water in buckets and letting the chlorine to air out of water. But it has ... Extra stocks on sweet corn plants Some of my corn has two or three stocks coming out of the same plant, is it ok to cut these extras off? there is no corn growing on them and I thought ... Rhubarb growing problems I am growing rhubarb and have had several pickings but today I found a lot of the stems covered in small clear, gelatinous blobs which has an unsightly ... STRAW BALE GARDEN I have alot of sow bugs in my straw bales will these hurt my tomato and pepper plants? i have planted eggplant in one straw bale, does the plant need to ... plastic mulches How do transparent plastic mulches affect the warming or the cooling of soils organic mulches how do organic mulches affect the cooling and the warming of the soil Squash, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber and cantaloupe questions and answers Problems growing squash, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber and cantaloupe. Find the answers here, such as why do the flowers fall off and not grow into fruits? Broccoli Problems Broccoli problems. Why do broccoli go to flower, why are my broccoli heads so small, should I cut off the broccoli flowers? Growing drought resistant vegetables, fruit, herbs and spices I would love your help on what to plant and at what time of the year. please advise on what drought resistant crops i could plant. i live in Zimbabwe and ... No dig garden has sunk. Do I need to add soil to the much lower level of my no dig garden? This is my first no dig garden, and it is doing really well! However, I planted it about 3½ months ago, and the top level has decreased almost a foot ...
Safe to use Tyres in Gardens?
G'day Folks, Shrub and Tree stumps - How To Remove Stumps from Cut Down Shrubs I recently had some large shrubs cut down and now there are stumps about 7-9" round with large root systems underground. I want to use the area for planting ... Planting a newly made earth bank We have just used a large quantity of earth from building work and made a raised area in our garden in the shape of a quarter circle. The two straight ... Cabbage problems my cabbgaes have quite big leaves now and today i noticed that they have pale green bumpy spots on. what are these spots and what do i do, i have cut off ... Pruning a cherry tree I need to prune more than 1/2 my cherry tree back. I want to wait so I can harvest the cherries during the process. I understand the proper time for pruning ... Soil for top layer of garden Can I just put soil as the top layer instead of straw or hay? Do I have to add the manure?
Lawnfree backyard
Hello Starting No Dig Garden over weeds Can you start a "no dig" garden over sod w/a lot of weeds? Growing corn in a raised bed garden? Is it true that it is not possible to grown sweet corn in my raised bed garden? Mine is about 10' long by 4' wide. This will be my first year with a ... How to store vegetables in a basement? This is our first attempt at storing vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, onions, squash, watermelon, pumkin and cucumbers. Ive heard that i can just ... Fruit tree - nectarine, that does not flower or fruit HI, I have a necterine tree that is 4 years old and the ist. year had a small crop and looked healthy, since then it has not flowered or sent many shoots.... Using Weeds for Compost and Mulch Hello! I live in Malaysia. First and foremost, thank you very much for this wonderful informative site. I have never grown anything even tho I have a ... Food for vegies in the garden I'm a beginner and want to know what to feed my vegie garden to help it grow and prosper. I'm not able to compost at this time. Gophers what is the best way to get rid of gophers? Growing potatoes in car tyres I have heard of people growing potatoes in car tyres. Can you tel me how this works please? I am in Brisbane.
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Potatoes - When to plant potatoes?
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