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I have a 1-1/2 story house with the deck on the upper level. Underneath the deck is empty space where I keep my two compost bins. Well, as coincidence would have it, I found a 1999 book 'Home Landscaping Midwest Region' the other day at a thrift store; and, I'll be darned if they didn't show...

This is from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (www.bbg.org:) Malabar spinach is a hot-weather, red-stemmed spinach. Easy to grow, versatile in the kitchen, and delicious to eat. This vigorous vine is unrelated to true spinach but produces abundant large meaty leaves that are remarkably...

I'm going to grow cantaloupe, butternut squash and birdhouse gourds on my chain link this year.

The 'Bottom Line" is W H O is going to have the Last Laugh during these hard times -- "US" gardeners with survival skills or those 'Latte' drinkers who have no clue or who could care less WHERE food comes from!!!

I'm able to buy a bag/quart of onion sets in either white, yellow, or red, at a local Minneapolis/burb hardware store, every year for only $0.99 which is CHEAPER than a packet of seeds and is less trouble and hassle than dealing with seeds. And, they grow BEAUTIFULLY.

CityChook: I live in a burb of Minneapolis (Coon Rapids;) and, my compost is also frozen. I'm going to try something NEW this growing season which I read about. As soon as I've got my garden tilled/soil amended and marked off into growing areas/beds, START putting 'some' of the kitchen...

www.growyourownsoup.com This offer is good until 6/21/09 or as long as their supplies last. When the screen comes up, scroll over to the very right of the screen. Have a can of Campbell's soup handy as you have to put in two codes that are on the bottom of the can.

Again, this is from the book, Newspaper, Pennies, Cardboard & Eggs for Growing a Better Garden, by Roger Yepsen. Unless you want garlic plants to make seed heads, you can harvest the stalks early, while they're still tender, and pulverize them into pesto. A simple recipe uses 3 cups of the...

From the book: Newspaper, Pennies, Cardboard & Eggs for Growing a Better Garden by Roger Yepsen Lay two or three sheets of newspaper on the soil around tomato plants. Lightly moisten the paper, then top with 2 or 3 inches of grass clippings. This traps the disease spores in the soil and...

setter4: Yes, it was on survivalblog.com

I'm sorry I can't post picture -- having trouble uploading. WALL OF FOOD Use 6" PVC pipe and whatever length you need; cut away a portion of the length of the pipe (for easy planting;) drill holes in bottom for drainage; screen over the ends; secure it to a rack, fence, or deck supports; add...

There's an article about H.R. 875 at www/motherearthnews.com -- "H.R. 875: No need For Alarm.....Yet

Well, at least ONE business is doing GREAT during this recession -- sales of veg seeds has gone UP 80% this year due to more and more people putting in veg gardens or making existing ones BIGGER!

Another tip for growing anything in pots is to line the sides of the pots with layers of newspaper to help retain moisture as soil seems to dry out pretty fast in pots.

I have read that bees are attracted to blue flowers. The herb, 'Borage' has blue flowers and is known to attract bees. I'm going to be planting Borage throughout my garden.

I'm planning on putting up 60 feet of vertical growing on the north side of my garden for growing string beans, lima beans, and cucumbers. At various places, along the back yard chain-link fence, I'm planning to grow Waltham butternut squash, birdhouse gourds, and cantaloupe.

I've got the SAME problem! Even though I ordered and received all of my seeds (Jung Seeds and Baker Creek,) I can't resist looking (and buying) at the seed racks in every store I go into -- not to even mention making a special trip just to go to one of the big garden centers! These are what I...

obsessed: I plan on doing some of this myself and have read that the corn needs to be at least a foot tall before planting beans next to them to grow UP the cornstalks.

Thanks for the website. I have an apple tree that has given me hissy fits for years! I've also been getting books from the library about not only pruning but learned that planting nasturtiums around it will help (somewhat) with the bugs that attack apple trees -- as well as putting up all...

Every year, I seem to have these awful critters in some section of my garden. This is what I found in Jerry Baker's book, Great Green Book of Garden Secrets: Insert sticks of upwrapped Juicy Fruit Gum (ONLY Juicy Fruit,) slit lengthwise, into the gopher/mole run. They eat the gum, but cannot...