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  1. greengenes

    Need help Navigating? Almost any of us will help you!

    Thank you. You might get nominated as my go to guy. But then when I have it down I can help others!
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    Rodents in the greenhouses

    I had a pet rat in college. She was the sweetest smartest pet That I have ever had. And I have had German Shepherds, so that is saying a lot. However, she was my rat, and I was her human and it was very ratatouille-ish. I am losing my 'kindness to rodents' placard though. I am all for bashing...
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    Need help Navigating? Almost any of us will help you!

    Hey, I am not new, but I am not known over here. I am not spam! (I am of the age where I read 'spam' and think 'Monty Python', so it does have a certain entertainment value... if only in my head.) On BYC there is a box in the bottom corner and a bar up top, where I can drop down a menu and...
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    Rodents in the greenhouses

    THANK YOU!!! wow. That was great! There were a lot of very helpful posts here. I will wash the traps from now on. I think even the spring loaded traps might work better in a big pipe. They would not have to be sprung to keep the dog noses out of each day. :thumbsup
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    Rodents in the greenhouses

    The rats are biting the spaghetti tubes to either drink, or to just mess with me...or maybe it is fun~ like eating licorice whips, I don't know. All I know is that I am so very tired of it. They seem to have figured out the spring traps and avoid them. Also, I have to spring them each day to...
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    Planning new tea garden...

    I am in North Florida. South Fla has nice winters and cooler summers...but it is buried in people.
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    Planning new tea garden...

    yup, as long as it is unwanted weeds, fire ants, and mildew. Winter has gotten harsh. very little 'over winters' anymore, and yet not enough chilling hours to grow anything. Summer is too hot at night to get flowers to set. I am probably the only person aging that wants to retire 'North"
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    Planning new tea garden...

    I live in Florida, where contrary to what most people think, we can't grow everything. by the time it warms up enough to grow, our nights are too hot. But I would love to grow some bergamot. Do any of you know what it's requirements are? I would hate to invest in more seed just have them not...
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    Growing potatoes in wood shavings

    Umm, I used peat and vermiculite. Rule one: do not spend money on peat and vermiculite. :( Straw and a bucket and a few handfuls of sand from here on out.
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    raspberries in florida?

    Thank you, I may try getting the Dorman just for the leaves, if nothing else. I have no problem digging the canes and giving them their chill time. We are rather calcium heavy at our farm, but I should have them in pots anyway, so I can control the heat issue better. thanks.
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    raspberries in florida?

    Do any of you in Florida grow raspberries? I have seen some that promise to grow in Florida. but I dunno... promises promises. they are at all of the garden centers, but they will sell what's shipped to them. That isn't always what is zone appropriate. I am in north central Florida around the...
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    Happy 2011 !!

    last year was a huge waste of time, money, hard work. I swore I would NEVER try agin...until the seed catalogs came, and now it's on again lol: I need to spend more time here. A little encouragement goes along way when you were born with your hands planted in the ground.
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    dead man's fingers

    They are orange, they look like if you put your fingers together (imagine you have very long fingers) at the tips and then spread the knuckles apart . Thus the dead man's fingers common name-reaching up from the grave with rotten flesh. Just gross all the way around. They are growing where a...
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    dead man's fingers

    Thanks! The Land fill is our closest neighbor! :lol: Maybe that's where they came from. I do not know another name for them..'stinky, nasty, rotten fungus' maybe? They are making me gag. ...and of course some dog must roll in them. Thanks for the welcomes!
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    dead man's fingers

    Not sure where to post this. Fungus? pests I guess. I thought I could just ride them out. I can't. It smells like something crawled under the shed and died. Just as one stops smelling another crops up. Any ideas as to how to get rid of these things? Unfortunately some of them are under a shed...
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    fresh sweetpotatoes

    I made sweet potatoes souffle two days ago. I used just dug 'small' potatoes. It baked up beautifully, but in a few hours I had sweet potato soup. Did the extra moisture come from the potatoes being fresh? I would have left them to grow more, but we had super cold temps. Thanks.
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