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Parsley is also used with ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan for manicotti filling. I use ginger for all sorts of sautees and stir fries, also I make a gingery salad dressing by grating it. (Basically it's a homemade vinaigrette with that added.) Ginger is great in soups: Any Oriental-style...

Congrats on the freezer!! :) I got a chest freezer about 4 years ago, and I don't know what I did without it. It's sooo cool....in more ways than one!....and I'm not over being proud of it yet! :D

Oh wait, yes, I know what you are talking about! Is it, Pomona's Universal Pectin? I've heard of it. (I didn't think of the name, dh did when I told him what you said.) :P Thank you so much!! :)

You are psychic, Punkin! I was coming here to ask the same thing. I can't use sugar substitutes for this, either. These are for my son, and he wants no sweeteners at all. So, like Punkin, no alternate sugars, or sugar substitutes, just fruit, basically. I hope it's do-able, as I'd like to make...

When did you plant the garlic?

I really go by the plants themselves. Conditions change with weather, varying humidity, and your soil. I can't imagine how anyone can know that a given vegetable would need 1" of water, considering all the variables they don't know. (Soil, temps, humidity wind blowing or not, etc.) Water well...

We don't plant until mid-August here, and they grow through the winter. They like the cooler, moister weather. Of the 3 varieties I grow, none are over 120 days, and they go as low as 80. You may want to stake them.

Nothing special really, just what it mentions in the article, I spray my seeds and seedlings to prevent damping off. I can't compare to not using it, as you'd never know if they would have damped off that time without it, or not, but I like prevention. Then, extra plant cuttings, dregs from tea...

What Pat said! :) Welcome, Kate! :happy_flower

I love growing buckwheat, and do every year! I grow it as a summer cover; weeds can't compete. Don't forget to take back seed from some if it, so you don't need to buy it next year. :)

The cats get them here. But nothing eats them.

Thanks for the recipes! :)

I don't know about black beetles....I know of off-white creepy crawlies. The only thing I can think of that could have been wrong, would be if you had grown another allium in that spot in the past 4 years. Other than that, I don't know. Not much goes after garlic. You can give them a hot water...

Some we hang, some go onto a screen set-up we have under trees. Make sure they are separate, get air circulation, and are out of the sun. In a few weeks, they are "cured." You can eat garlic right away after harvesting, but you can't store it unless it's been cured.

I have great experiences with cover crops; both in winter, and summer. I really like Austrian Field Peas, Clover, Vetch and Favas, Winter Rye for harder soil, Buckwheat etc. What do you mean by, digging it up? Do you mean taking it out, or turning it under? When I use it, I use it as a...

Some I just cure, some we braid. :)

If you said I could only have one, I'd choose Bountiful Gardens, but there are lots of resources out there. :)

Yes, GMO = Genetically Modified Organism. There's no planting of GMO seed here, we were the first county in the nation to outlaw it. You're mostly correct. People worry about the effect it has on them, but also what effect it has on the environment, and other non-gmo crops. Aren't the...

Crunchie, beets are fine; I just can't grow them easily in my actual garden. All the ones I'm getting are from up by my house. I don't know where you are, but if it's cold, vs. wet, in the winter, then mulch helps them with lower temperatures. For when to plant specific vegetables where you...

Yep, that guy loves sunflowers! Nice plants! And who have we guarding it? ;)