Forum: Gardening

For years I have tried to grow decent tomatoes. Growing in the garden directly in ground, raised beds, individual pots etc...... but no luck producing more that 2 or 3 fruit per plant. It shouldn't be this hard! Any insight would be appreciated. My region is north central Florida.

I am heading in my own way to being able to keep chickens without having to feed grain. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// How Karl Hammer Feeds 600 Chickens (Without Grains) About 40 minutes long

Video shows intrepid reinventer figuring out how to grow necessary ingredients for the bug spray/cream. Then distill the essential oils out of them. Then turn them into a cream and spray. Talk about a skill set for the apocalypse? Check out the rest of this guys videos. - OGM Fair use. ...

I just thought that I would post this on using minimum water to grow crops. You do not need to use any soil just compost and logs etc. I have a friend who has long beds like this: He has made them half a meter deep and from waste materials. He only uses organic material and has to top...

This year I grew heirloom collards called Alabama Blue. It is a beautiful plant the stems and the veins in the leaves are purple. They grew well and the flavor was excellent. I have never tried to save collards seeds before and had no idea that the plants actually form seed pods. So I am going...

Mine is rather, meh. Cukes, squash, melons, and pumpkins are doing great as usual. Tomatoes look like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. Out of 50, 4 look decent. All the cherry types, that I hate to have to pick, of course. Row crops (carrots, beets, green beans, and cabbage) I had to replant...

Humus Rich Soil: A Garden Foundation Humus is the blood, the life of your garden soil. Every gardener’s primary concern should be to make year-by-year improvements to their soil. Soil without humus, is inactive, lacking the ability to produce quality plants and flowers. Read on to know more...

Embarassing confession time. Last spring we bought two bare-root fruit trees, semi -dwarf IIRC, one pear and one apple, both with multiple varieties. We stuck them (still wrapped) in a large pot. And ignored them. Amazingly, they survived a hot summer & cold winter. Now dh figures it's time to...

we've grown sweet potatoes (Beauregards) for 12-15 years with great success averaging harvests of 350 lbs with regularity. I always thought we were pretty good at it - UNTIL THIS YEAR. we planted our own slips in the same fashion as we always do - and at the same time (the last week of may) -...

I just wanted to share that being I'm in upstate NY, it's in the low 20's tonight and it's March 21st yet I was harvesting food from the greenhouse. Yes! I had dinner with kale in a really nice stirfry with broccoli and spinach, olive oil and butter. Yum! The kale wasn't small either. The same size...

www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ JULY 2018 1st Good day for killing weeds, briars, and other plant pests. Poor for planting. 2nd-4th Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root...

We're near Ocala now and it's been a 4 year learning curve to get a decent garden going here. Our main problem is that all we have here is sand - almost no organic material in it! We have what's called "sugar sand" - the stuff is so fine it's waterproof! Water just beads up and rolls off it. A...

Maggots and Chickens and Whatever. The need for protein for sustainability. Life is somewhat funny! I think life, as we know it in the West, is coming to an end. I have watched the life that is on hand for today's young people and unless one is very clever there is not much opportunity....

I have been watching lots of Youtube on duckweed and Azolla. When one watches Asian Youtubes one can see any type of container used to support water where these floating plants can be grown. Both these water plants are fast to grow and are high in protein which are high in protein which...

www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ MARCH 2018 1st - 2nd A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm. 3rd - 4th Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for...

www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ MARCH 2019 2nd - 4th A barren period, best suited for killing plant pests. Do plowing and cultivating. 5th - 6th Good for planting cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and other vine crops. Set strawberry plants. First day is a good day for...

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ May 2019 Planting Guide 1st - 2nd Poor planting. Fine for cultivating or spraying. 3rd - 4th First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also when planted root crops will yield well. Second day is favorable for planting...

Molasses As Fertilizer: Information On Feeding Plants With Molasses Soil, Fixes & Fertilizers By: Susan Patterson, Master Gardener Printer Friendly Version Image by Marshall Looking for an easy, low cost way to feed your plants? Consider feeding plants with...

We'll be moving to Tennessee this fall, and should be able to establish a garden at our new home next year. I plan to use some raised beds for vegetables, and also plant whatever fruit and nut trees, and berries, etc., are suitable for our location (eastern Tennessee, probably within an hour or so...

My Gardening Method (and the 5 Goals that Shape It) About 10 minutes long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTPOOIf1dvQ

This was last summer. Due not the greenhouse is powered only with solar and is offgrid.

Can we please move them to this forum (I"ll ask her too). Also whoever is moderator of this sub-forum, thanks for sticky-ing the dangerous plant thread.

Have $25K, a back hoe and the ambition to grow fruit and vegetables year round? Maybe enough for a farmer's market? You might like this video. It is a work in progress. The newest design is looking to incorporate aquaponics. - OGM Fair use. Nebraska retiree uses Earth's heat to grow oranges in...

I decided to buy a real expensive grass seed from Douglas Seed so I could emulate native Hill Country grasses that are drought resistant. I bought a bag of mixed seeds. I ordered ten yards of dirt specifically designed to accommodate planting from seed. I had the dirt spread about four to five...

November 2018 www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ 1st - 3rd Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests. 4th - 5th Favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops.