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Basil worked great with my tomatoes. I had lemon basil and sweet basil growing between the tomato plants and almost no bug damage on my tomatoes. (before you get too jealous - they still went after other veggies.)

I've still got a little baby lettuce holding on. The collards already got some frost-burned leaves, so I don't know how they survived. I put the top part of a soda bottle over the plant on freezing nights, but that's all.

I grew the " Asparagus Yard Long" beans last summer and I loved them. They weren't picky growers and many of them didn't even make it into the house before I ate them. Putting in extra plants of them next time.

I thought I was going to stuff myself with an early T'day dinner, then go to the garden and burn all those calories. :tools Got winter veggies that are ready to be transplanted and old garden stuff to turn under. So what happened? Thunderstorms, wind, and the temp dropped fast. Going down...

Welcome :frow Parsley hates having it's roots crowded. I had bad luck growing it for years till my brother told me I needed to use deep pots with it. I humored him and gave it a one gallon plastic pot. First time it ever grew lush and beautiful for me. It eventually spread till that pot was...

You might need to think about the age of the septic system. They need maintained/emptied sometimes and that could damage your garden. If you know where the pipes run, I'd leave that part for walkways. Then you don't have to lose the plants if it needs fixed, especially while the crops are...

I cut them in half, clean up the inside and steam them. Once they are most of the way soft, I add some stuffing and finish cooking them. I tried this for Thanksgiving and loved it. I've used pepperidge farm stuffing or one year I cooked millet with butter and chives and stuffed it with that...

Beautiful !

Your garden is beautiful. Be proud of it.

I used to live in Orlando. You should get your soil ph tested. Most plants want the ph to be near 7, which is neutral. Potatoes and some berries are big exceptions. They want acidic soil. You could grow them in containers if you don't want to amend the ph of a big area. If your soil is...

" Very interesting, Ridgerunner. Even though I did add epsom salts to my tomato holes- I had a fair bit of blossom end rot. I think I will try watering with it, next year. " I started getting blossom end rot on my tomatoes and read somewhere that it was a calcium deficiency. I had powdered...

Beans and corn are traditionally planted with squashes. You could scatter some radishes around them to repel bugs. Pole beans and some squashes can go up supports to save room. I used bamboo bound together teepee style last summer for it.

Maybe cabbage loopers. I used DE against them. Have you seen little moths around them?

I grew up in Fla and they were one of the most frequent landscaping shrubs. I liked it and it makes pretty flowers, with a light scent. It does become a small tree if you let it and I have climbed old ones when I needed to get on the roof. It was probably 15 feet tall, but had been growing...

Cool ! Wish I had more room to grow some.

I don't have a scale, so I've just been counting things or bundles (handfuls) of them where more appropriate. It's just hubby and me, and a little garden (2 raised beds 4 x 8 and 5 x 14 ) so I just planted my favorite stuff and trellised stuff up for more room. Okra- cut up it would...

Russia may be getting rid of a very needed plant bank. Here's the link. http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57617/

I agree about the fish emulsion. Had good results with it and the plants never burned.

:frow Welcome to the group.

:bee :ep Ouch. Check with the local extension service and find out how many chilling hours you typically get. Then look for plum varieties that want that many hours. They may pollinate each other. It's a pretty tree.