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Public Group active 1 month agoLearn to grow your own food! There is nothing like fresh fruit, vegetables from your garden. Whether you have a balcony, small yard, or large acreage lets learn to make the most of our space.
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diane joined the group Over the Garden Fence April 20, 2013 12:23 pm
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Kim replied to the forum topic What are your garden plans? in the group Over the Garden Fence April 13, 2013 2:13 am
It sounds like your garden is coming a long well!
I would love to get some cold frames made this year. We still have some old windows left over from when we made the greenhouse. -
Cindy replied to the forum topic What are your garden plans? in the group Over the Garden Fence April 7, 2013 6:33 pm
We have big garden plans this year. The stores are higher and higher in prices and lower in quality. Finally my boxes (cold frames) are thawed out so I can seriously plan on starting some cool weather […]
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gloryfarm replied to the forum topic What are your favourite veggie varieties? in the group Over the Garden Fence January 29, 2013 10:48 pm
Kim,
The purple beans are called Royalty Purple Pod and I bought them through Baker’s Creek.
Stay warm and dry.
Rhonda
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Kim replied to the forum topic What are your favourite veggie varieties? in the group Over the Garden Fence January 25, 2013 4:13 pm
Theresa, I tried a few types of beets last year to. I think one was yellow and the other was white. Neither did well, but I can’t blame the varieties!
Gloryfarm, what type of purple beans did you grow? […]
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gloryfarm replied to the forum topic What are your favourite veggie varieties? in the group Over the Garden Fence January 25, 2013 2:08 am
Kim,
I tried a variety of Hubbard squash called Boston Marrow. It’s a heritage kind and produced huge, orange squash. They’re a drier squash, but good tasting. I also tried growing some quinoa which […]
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Cindy posted an update in the group Over the Garden Fence January 21, 2013 11:49 pm
I too am planning the garden. I am trying to extend the growing season into early spring and late fall with our cold frames. That will mostly spinach, lettuces, radishes and other cool weather crops.
Some of my favorite varieties are the Bonny Best tomatoes, Mountain Fresh Tomatoes, Amish paste, San Marzano and hogheart paste. These have worked…[Read more] -
Theresa replied to the forum topic What are your favourite veggie varieties? in the group Over the Garden Fence January 21, 2013 4:44 pm
Hi Kim!
Our red beets did great last year, but I’m not sure of the variety! We are going to try an orange variety this year with them. They are in the Seeds of Change catalog
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Cindy posted an update in the group Over the Garden Fence December 19, 2012 6:15 pm
Well, my cold frame growing has come to an end. Oh well, got an extra 2 months of growing lettuce, onions, etc in them. Learned a lot about doing this as well. It needs sun to keep the heat. This week our temperatures hoovered around 30 -35 and at night dropped into the low 20s. Had a couple of teens too. So the ground started freezing in…[Read more]
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the few extra months must have been wonderful! I am already excited about starting seed. I am starting perennial seeds in January and will start the harder to germinate things like peppers and tomatoes in February. It will be interesting to see what the 2013 gardening season will hold. I have my seed orders all ready to send to Baker’s and…[Read more]
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Yes enjoyed it. I want to take one box and put an arched plastic cover on it and see if that is better than windows. The windows get so heavy after awhile. I would like to start it up earlier in the spring then run it again into the fall. You can plant spinach too. Haven’t worked on seed orders yet.
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So glad that you were able to extend the season a lot!!
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Oh my, I haven’t even started making out my orders yet. lol I need to look at that soon though!
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Cindy posted an update in the group Over the Garden Fence December 14, 2012 2:33 am
Does anyone else get Countryside Magazine? In the Jan/Feb issue there is an extensive article on the plant life cycle. He uses tomato plants but it works for all plants. He waters with a pvc pipe in the ground. I am sure you can find this on their website. He also puts tires around each plant and mulches deeply. Very informative
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I buy it off the stand so I haven’t gotten the new issue yet.
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I used to get that for years, but not the last few. Know one around here sells it any more either.
Sounds like a great watering idea though! I’ll check their website, some times they post the articles online.
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Jo replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence November 13, 2012 10:38 pm
Where OH where was this post last summer when I was going out 9 and 10 times a day to kill off hundreds of the dang things every time ?
I had 1 little old yellow straightneck squash plant… after the […]
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Stephania joined the group Over the Garden Fence November 2, 2012 1:20 pm
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Jo posted an update in the group Over the Garden Fence October 27, 2012 10:56 am
I have a few tomatoes, not much more than a bowl or two of them. However, my 19 tomatoe plants are doing wonderful, even with the temperature drops… they are over 7 feet tall atm. I guess I did something right, but how to get them to stop growing, and start producing some tomatoes? lol
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Pinch the ends of the plants so that it doesn’t grow any taller. It will force growth of fruit.
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that is a wonderful idea. I will have to post a picture of them. the plants are doing so well that even in this cold, they are still growing, and they took out the steaks I had them tied to.
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HealthyLiving4Him joined the group Over the Garden Fence July 18, 2012 9:28 pm
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Wendy replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 6, 2012 6:08 pm
Yup it works, and it hasn’t killed the plants yet!
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Kim replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 6, 2012 4:19 pm
Hmm interesting on the foil. Is it still working for you? With this heat, I’m afraid if I try that I might cook my plants. lol
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Wendy replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 5, 2012 4:09 am
It is a no go on the catnip. When I went back out to check there were bugs everywhere. However, I put aluminum foil under some of the plants, and the ones that I did had no bugs on them at all the rest of the […]
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Kim replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 5, 2012 1:23 am
I’m fighting the cucumber bugs and squash beetles to. Grr! Most evil garden bugs their are. I planted quite a few different heirloom squash this year, hoping to find some that are not bothered by the bugs. So […]
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Wendy replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 5, 2012 12:33 am
Well… if it looks like I will lose this battle then I will throw a few M80’s out there and school them in ”who will win the war”!!!
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columbine53 replied to the forum topic Controlling garden pests in the group Over the Garden Fence July 4, 2012 5:50 pm
Have you tried a grenade with those cucumber beetles?
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I think animals are one of the best weather predictors you can get! I need to find a place to get my light stand set up soon. I would like to try starting the peppers really early this year and see if that helps. My onion seeds to! Last year I had it out in the summer kitchen but dh has emptied that room as he’s sanding the drywall now. It…[Read more]