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Thats correct, I left out the "Exposure", oops! Already have mine earmarked with things I need to order.

I like Southern Seed Saver Exchange, but I am mainly intersted in hierlooms. I find the bigger seed companies like Parks or Burpee seem to be expensive relative to the amount of seeds you get.

I live about 30 minutes from Clemson University and they have a great Extension program. This is our states agricultural college. They have a seed savers program, organic farm as well as traditional farming information. I use the search on the extension website often for information...

12 degrees in the upstate of SC. :rolleyes: We aren't use to this and we have a few more days of this weather in the forecast. Had to tuck in the rabbits and chickens last night to keep everyone warm.

Yes we have a male and a female. We have already discussed with my daughters they cannot visit. ;) Both my girls are teenagers so they get it, but we don't want any accidents.:/ We may get another lop rabbit and breed them, but that is down the road.

Things I did wrong 1) Planted my squash and zuchinni in a shaded area and had a total crop failure. The year before I had squash running out my ears and this year I had none. 2) Did not plant enough sweet corn 3) No luck with carrots, second year in a row and still no luck 4) Planted too many...

Both are little over a year old. The white one is a male dwarf Hotot mix and is full grown at about 3 lbs. The brown one is a female Holland Lop and she is around 3.5 lbs. Both are small breeds. We didn't want big bunnies. I have never had rabbits, but I really like them, both of ours are gentle.

I typically just use my chickens in the winter directly in the garden and sheet compost behind the chicken tractor with leaves and straw so it is broken down by spring. I find the chicken poop is well broken down with this method. With the rabbit poo I plan to just use it mainly for compost...

Thank Hattie! I will do my research this winter and see if I can improve the little trees. Last year I got two peaches and no apples. The little apple trees are big enough to start bearing this year. Just from some quick reading on the links you provided I probable need to do some more work with...

Thanks Lesa, we do have better winter conditions for animals than you, but it is in the 20s this morning with wind chills in the teens. I got a little worried about my roosters as I have had some issues in previous years with combs getting frost bite on the tips. I used some straw to block the...

Does anyone have any ideas about raising apples and peaches organically? I have two dwarf apple trees and two dwarf peach trees and every year the little trees struggle. I see the trees at the orchards and they look great, but I know they spray them constantly. I want my trees to do well, but I...

My daughters got rabbits for Christmas. I am happy about the new source of poo to add to the garden. We have built their hutch over the chicken run and plan to build a compost pile under them. Anyone else have this type of setup? I don't plan on letting the chicks and rabbits interact, but the...

Heirlooms rule! :P Just ordered my Pinetree catalog, didn't know they existed. I am trying to go all heirlooms, over half my garden was heirloom last year. Now if I could just get myself to be displined to save seeds. I appluad your efforts to go with heirlooms, I think it is great to grow the past.

As far as pole beans are concerned you should take a look at a heirloom variety called Rattlesnake. It is availible through Southern Seed Savers or Clemson University has a seed savers organization that has them. I got mine from Clemson Univeristy. I tried them last year and they outperformed my...

I have 4 chickens I run in a chicken tractor and we give them all the kitchen scraps. We often throw in coffee and tea bags. To be honest the chickens don't seem to even bother the coffee grounds. I am sure they eat a few since the scraps are all mixed, but I haven't seen any adverse effects.

I have had decent success with Red Pontiac and Irish potatoes this year. I plant mine shallow and then mulch them with leaves and grass clippings as they grow. Instead of just waiting for the potatoes to all come in at once, I just start pulling back the mulch and pulling out earlies as I need...

I planted "Clemson Spineless" and "Cowhorn" varieties of okra. I noticed the Cowhorn seems to grow a little faster and the plants are a little bigger. Both are putting on a great crop, I just started cutting Okra about a week ago.

Try southern exposure seed exchange at http://www.southernexposure.com. I ordered from them this year and had great luck, also the prices and shipping seemed reasonable.

I have successfully used the plastic bag trick, however it is not very pretty. In fact if you look on my page at my garden pics back in 2006 you can see the plastic bags hanging on some string around the garden. :D

What variety did you plant? This sounds really long for a normal variety. The almost sound like a type called "Yard Long".