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OK folks, most of us have chickens and a chicken manure compost pile going. When we tilled our garden we added compost and turned it under and my garden is doing great. Will I have to fertilize it again or will the compost last all season? Thanks Laura

I use tobacco sticks and then tie panty hose cut into strips to tie then up. The pantyhose will give since they are so stretchy and it won't cut into the tomato plant. I also sucker my plants, you will get bigger fruit then if you don't.

Thanks for that. I think I'll ditch the pine straw idea and maybe do straw.

Oh, I thought you meant that pine straw would attract bugs. I know that you need to weigh newspaper down and was going to do that with the pine straw. All though we have had some pretty good rains here lately, NC is still in a drought so I was hoping to put some thing down that would slow down...

Ball Blue Book Recipe for Pickled Peppers 4 quarts peppers 1 1/2 cups salt 4 quarts water 1/4 cup sugar 2 TBS prepared horseradish ( optional ) 2 garlic cloves 10 cups ACV 2 cups water Wear rubber gloves to prevent burning hands. Cut 2 small slits in each pepper. Dissolve salt in 4 qts...

Thanks Pat, I am concerned about pest that is why I don't want to use mulch. I might just go to the town newspaper and get a load and put down. We did that year before last and it seemed to work fine.

Has any one every used pine straw around there veg. plants in the garden. Is it to acidic and will it burn the plants? Thanks in advance

I just freeze the whole pepper. Wash them really well then put them into freezer bags. When you need one simply hold in under cold water for a few sec. and then they are soft enough to dice .

nccountrygirl here sir.