Weekly Gardening Thread (Catalog Fever) Vol. 1 Jan 6, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Seeds) Vol. 2, January 13, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 3, January 20, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (U.S. Hardiness Zones) Supplemental Vol. 1
Weekly Gardening Thread (Soil Types) Vol. 4, January 27, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation) Vol. 5, February 03, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation) Vol. 6, February 10, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation?) Vol. 7, February 17, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Home Sweet Home) Vol. 8, February 24, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Soil Structure Part 1) Vol. 9, March 2, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Transplanting Tomatoes) Vol. 10, March 9, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Useful Links) Vol. 11, March 16, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread -- Vol. 12, March 23, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread -- Vol. 13, March 31, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Happy Easter!) Vol. 14, April 6, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 15, April 13, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 16, April 20, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 17, April 27, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 18, May 4, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 19 (Getting Projects Done) May 11, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread (Harvesting Wheat) Vol. 20, May 18, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 21 (Keywords) May 25, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 22 (Keywords 2) June 1, 2012
Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 23, June 8, 2012
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Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 25, June 22, 2012
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I noticed things would grow in my hay bales so I used it as a raised bed planter. 
Those Muscadines look beautiful! They make a potent wine.
Those grapes look like plums! They’re huge!
Oh, yes; about a quart of chokecherry syrup get bottled tonight.
Also helped our friends in town, with whom we stayed the 4 days we were out of here from the fires, ‘steal’ several pounds of apricots from a city park tree along the river-walk in town. Huge tree, about 20’ with a 12+” trunk that fruited for the first time in at least 10 years that they’ve known it was there.
By the way, we drove by the CA State University Ag farm every day we were there, and there was a flourishing apricot orchard there. The trees were laden with fruit, and the ground was yellow with fallen fruit. Nobody was picking. I don’t know why. It just broke my heart wondering why all that fruit was going to waste? At first I thought that maybe there were waiting for more to ripen and they would come through with machines and pick it all at once. But, we drove by every day for 2 weeks and nothing happened, except more fruit falling on the ground.
Do you have any insight as to why they would do this? (Normally, the college makes jams, etc. out of the fruit that they grow and sell them in their farm to market store.)
Oregon water war... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2911403/posts?page=1
At what stage will those Cowpeas be harvested and how?
How to Plant Seeds Using Eggshells
Many of you know that I plant my seeds in little newspaper pots that I make with a form, but I am gonna try this idea. For tomatoes and peppers, you are planting some calcium along with your plant, which helps prevent blossom end rot.
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Every time I see those grapes in your hand I am reminded of Captain Queeg...
We just purchased several fruit trees for a bargain. However, they seem rather leggy and misshapped. Can I prune them to get low branches on the trees? Call me an "urban gardener.