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Thank you for inviting me to this page. I will be sure to spend a lot of time on it.
Eva Dospelova Arnold
I just picked allotment plot...nobody worked there 4 years and I rolled up my sleeves and Ive got my fav.veg. in....there was a little "company"...I didn't see so long time frog!
The Joy of Gardening
Second bee swarm this week. One moved into an old hive even though there were 2 freshly prepped clean ones. lol The one today was anove my plave and just moved across the street so Jim carried a 2 box... View More
littletoad
We lose a couple of Hives every winter. It doesn't matter how we prep the Hives or how much we feed them throughout the cold weather or not feed them at all. We collect swarms and buy at least two nucs per year. Sometimes we just buy Queens and split our hives. We lost them all a few years back, it ... View More
  • April 28, 2020
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bobdub
I've just lost 8 over the past month. the wasps have been really really bad this year. Going into winter with only 11 and expecting to lose a few by spring. not a happy experience this year
  • May 19, 2020
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littletoad
What part of the planet are you on?
  • May 19, 2020
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bobdub
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand - when I'm on the planet
  • May 24, 2020
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Last week we cleared a 3-7 plus foot wide swath of blackberries from the fence line enlarging the garden quite a bit. The slightly raised ground to the right is going to be our squash mound and Jim is... View More
Sirhandsome
In the Handsome Garden, I grow 95% of what I eat each year.
Being (U.S.D.A. Hardiness) Zone 9A, I tend to be able to grow year-round and this season, I am experimenting with growing in pots but, too c... View More
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Sirhandsome
Oh, good eye, faye grimm.
Green houses are almost unwise in often too hot s.Texas.
These pots (S.chard, parsley, oregano, lettuce) are on the south side of my home after our "winter & about to poop out.
In the pic are white onions that I grew from my own seed produced from grocery onion roots that... View More
  • April 27, 2020
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Sirhandsome
I do well with radishes but, daikon seems troubled in my pots; leaves keep yellowing, dying.
I do pretty well, with turnips and I wish I had partner to help/share but, you know how most gardeners keep to themselves
  • April 27, 2020
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Sirhandsome
My main twice a year crop, maiz usually grows well and I harvest it for making meal for pan-de-maiz (corn bread) and use as seed for the following season but, last year, both crops failed and my first planting, this year has failed too (used horse manure before completely composted).
I just came in... View More
  • April 27, 2020
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Contrary to common belief, avocados are berries, not vegetables.
Avocados have more protein than any other fruit.
Brazilians like to add avocados to not only sandwiches and salads, but also to ice cream... View More
Sirhandsome
Sirhandsome
I love gardening and, wonder if Y'all can share, with ME, something that es actually meaningful
  • April 26, 2020
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