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I remember hearing that when I first started gardening, HiDelight, but I then found out you can plant them in the middle of summer and get good onions by the next summer.

Yes a cover crop is a great way to keep the weeds down! Our cover crop planting season is wrapping up, so I didn't even think about it . . . but I guess you could plant one in winter where you live. This is why it is so important to get advice from people who know your area. :)

Cute, blueskys! I like your title now. :D I understand. It takes time to build the soil. There are no two ways about it. Hang in there! It will all come together. And when it does you will be very proud of what you have created. If you have clay, then you definitely need to be adding...

My first tip is to call it soil instead of dirt. ;) I was scolded for this when I worked in a nursery. :P I have to say, though, it is true . . . if you respect it, it is "soil." Figure out what minerals your soil is lacking and try to ammend for that. Where I live magnesium and calcium...

Watch out, vfem . . . do you know why I am called "DrakeMaiden?"

That's the thing. None of us are. When you try to be self sufficient you realize your limitations and you realize how important community is! There is no way you can do it all for yourself. SS is kind of like AA . . . you have to take it one day (and one project) at a time. ;)

Sounds horrible. I'm glad you are over the worst of it. "Typhoid HiDelight" :lau Not! You didn't know you had the bug, and you probably were not contagious. Did you get tested to see if it was H1N1 or have they quit testing? We all missed you here and we look forward to your coffees with...

Oh good. Thanks for the update. Be well, HiDelight!

:clap Nice photos. :)

You and me both. :D But my patience is thin . . . I'll be weeding all fall and winter and it will be very therapeutic, I can assure you. :)

:D I think you need to bring pictures here for Injunjoe. He's got some pretty scary looking smilies. :hide

Well, you might think you know me. ;)

:frow Hi stranger! LOL

You too, huh? I wasn't sure if you would get a frost the same time as I did.

It is interesting to hear from you all. Pat -- good luck with your lettuce, I hope you get a few more harvests. Steve -- you are a diehard, eh? :) Well, I hope your early morning sprinkler work pays off for more than just the one day. Maybe the frosts will be kind and only come around...

I thought it might be fun if everyone wanted to record on this thread when their first frost happens this year. We got our first frost last night, but it was sort of an incomplete frost -- the lower portions of our property frosted, but the higher spots (like around our house) did not. So I...

This article says the two varieties are related.

Cool. :D I have an Autumn Bliss. I wonder if it is similar? I think it has better raspberries than my summer bearing raspberry. Wow, they are worth waiting for! But the fruit on mine don't sound as resilient to early or late picking as yours. Enjoy. :D

Thank you for the eye candy! :) My favorite is the first flower, but I am forgetting what they are right now. I love the backgrounds in your flower photos!

You maniac, Steve! That is a lot of garden to tend. I love it. :D I've been to Wyoming in the winter. I kept recalling how odd it was that after a few days you could adjust to that sort of cold. It made me laugh at myself when we only got barely below the 20's this past winter and I...