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My sister sent me a cold frame as a gift! I've never had one before, and am very excited about it. It looks like it's used to extend the season, but by how much? I'm in zone 6b. It's usually middle of April before last frost. Would that mean I could shelter plants in it at the beginning of...

With the last tomatoes fading away in the surviving garden beds, it's time to start thinking of next years garden. My husband has gotten super excited for this years garden. He grew absolutely huge Carolina Reapers in my greenhouse. We cleaned and sanitized it together. (He mopped my greenhouse...

My husband would like to know what these are and how to get rid of them.They are tiny specs, this is greatly blown up.

Guess what we saw today when we were out working on the siding?! A daring squirrel rescue!! It all started when we stopped work because we heard a chick in distress. We have chicks right now, so I went straight back to the chicken coop to see which hen was missing a chick. The unhappy-chick...

I am posting this on behalf of my mother-in-law. She asked me to ask you guys if you had any ideas for what could go in here: It gets 6-8 hours of full sun in the morning.

Is there anyway to clone a tulip? This is my first year planting tulips and this one is so cool. It's got streaky yellow all through it. I'd love to have more of these but I don't know how bulb flowers work.

I bought a strawberry plant, the kind that is in a bag, in a box. My raspberry plant and blueberry plant came with a stem sticking out the top of the bag. The strawberry did not. When I opened it, I found it roots up, plant down, and the green part of it was rotted. Is it still salvageable? If I...

I usually start my garden in 2024, but this year got to a very slow start. Rocco passed away in October, so I did not feel like starting my garden then. By the time December rolled around, I realized I hadn't ordered my seeds! Between my new seeds arriving and some very generous presents from my...

USDA just changed the gardening zones to reflect warming weather: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1213600629/-it-feels-like-im-not-crazy-gardeners-arent-surprised-as-usda-updates-key-map?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

My son has a venus fly trap in the tiny little cup it came in. The roots are sticking out the bottom so I believe it needs a new home. He would like to know what sort of soil/pot would be good for a little plant, and how to transplant it without triggering the traps because I guess each fly trap...

My flower garden is glorious in the summer, but spring is practically over before it has any flowers. I decided to get some bulbs to add color for the spring. I got crocuses, daffodils, and tulips. Do I plant them right now and they'll come up when it's time, or do I wait for spring? There's no...

My son's best friend is moving about 30 minutes away (We'll still be able to visit as often as we did before, so it's not sad.) Their new house has a lot of space to garden, and already comes with raised garden beds. Since he is over fairly often, I have gotten to hear all about his likes and...

I can see the faintest trace of green on them here and there

Earlier this year, I told my husband I wanted to get some Sebrights for a training project for my blog. That blessed man helped me find the chickens, built me a coop, and got me all set up to get going. We purchased 7 Sebrights because the only ones available were kinda sickly, and 3 survived...

My neighbor would like to know what this is.

Crime has been really rising in Washington. My husband and I are thinking of moving somewhere with a lower crime rate. All of us as a family took a map of the US and put an "x" on any stats we did not want to live in. The prime areas we've narrowed down to are currently North Carolina, South...

I planted a bunch of peas as a cover crop in my garden over winter. Since it was cold not terribly many sprouted, but those that have survived the frosts and snow more or less. Since I'm not planning to eat them, I've just let them be, but noticed something has been nibbling. I'm planning to...

Hey there, I got my blueberry seeds today, and the packet said that they need to be cold stratisfied for 90 days before planting. It also said there were detailed instructions on the website, but the instructions were for giant (easy to pick out of a pile of peat moss) seeds. I don't think the...

I'm guessing I wasn't the only one having errors since last post was Friday :)

I have about 30 chickens who have lived in a coop in my backyard for many years. They have enjoyed strutting around their coop and have been pooping away in their outdoor space--by now I expect the ground has to be a chicken thick in poop, but it always just looks like dirt. >_> I'm wondering...